Master of Ballantrae is a 1953 British Technicolor adventure film starring Errol Flynn and Roger Livesey.
Grade: B-
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It is a very loose adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson 1889 novel of the same name.
In eighteenth century Scotland, two sons of a laird clash over the family estate and a lady.
It was the last film directed by William Keighley and the last film Flynn made under his contract with Warner Bros.
Credits:
Directed by William Keighley
Written by Herb Meadow, Harold Medford (add. dialogue). based on The Master of Ballantrae
1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
Cinematography Jack Cardiff
Edited by Jack Harris
Music by William Alwyn
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date: August 5, 1953 (US)
Running time: 90 minutes
Box office: $2 million (US rentals)
1,814,822 admissions (France)
