Kidnapped (1938)

Movie
German title	Kidnapped
Original title	Kidnapped
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1938
length	85 minutes
Rod
Director	Otto Preminger
script	Sonya Levien
production	20th Century Fox
camera	Gregg Toland
cut	Allen McNeil
occupation
Freddie Bartholomew : David Balfour Warner Baxter : Alan Breck Arleen Whelan : Jean MacDonald Nigel Bruce : Neil MacDonald C. Aubrey Smith : Duke of Argyle Reginald Owen : Captain Hoseason John Carradine : Gordon Miles Mander : Ebenezer Balfour Ralph Forbes : James HB Warner : Angus Rankeiller Arthur Hohl : Riach EE Clive : Minister MacDougall Halliwell Hobbes : Dominie Campbell Montagu Love : Colonel Whitehead Donald Haines : Ransome Mary Gordon : Mrs. MacDonald

Kidnapped is an American adventure film based on a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson . The film is also marketed as Der kleine Lord 2 in German distributors .

action

The orphaned David Balfour has to see his uncle Ebenezer Balfour. To secure the boy's inheritance, he sells David to pirates who are supposed to bring him to the American colonies as a slave. On the ship, however, he meets the Jacobite Alan Breck, who gives his fate a different turn.

Trivia

In 1936 the child star Freddie Bartholomew had a worldwide hit with The Little Lord . For this reason, the German distributor decided to market the film as the second part of the first success.

Web links

• Kidnapped in the Internet Movie Database (English)