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5.7/10 • 23

1953-08-051h 30m

Adventure

The Thundering Crusaders of the White Cockade!

Scottish highlander Jamie Durie falls into a life of piracy after joining the failed rebellion of Bonnie Prince Charlie against the British crown.

Directors
William Keighley
Editors
Jack Harris

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  1. Errol Flynn

    Errol Flynn

    Jamie Durie

  2. Roger Livesey

    Roger Livesey

    Col. Francis Burke

  3. Anthony Steel

    Anthony Steel

    Henry Durie

  4. Beatrice Campbell

    Beatrice Campbell

    Lady Alison

  5. Yvonne Furneaux

    Yvonne Furneaux

    Jessie Brown

  6. Felix Aylmer

    Felix Aylmer

    Lord Durrisdeer

  7. Mervyn Johns

    Mervyn Johns

    MacKellar

  8. Charles Goldner

    Charles Goldner

    Capt. Mendoza

  9. Ralph Truman

    Ralph Truman

    Clarendon

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Filipe Manuel Neto

Sep 5, 2022

4/10

A little-known film, but with quality, with Flynn in one of the last good works of his career. Another swashbuckling film starring Errol Flynn and directly inspired by a literary work by the great Robert Lewis Stevenson. A film similar to others made by the actor throughout a brilliant career, which ended too soon when alcoholism, as we know, led to his death. Far from being one of the actor's most interesting works, this is one of the most beautiful and well-executed films of his later life. I believe that the most avid readers will already know the original book by Stevenson, an author we have all read, at least in adolescence. I speak for myself, Stevenson was one of the writers I most enjoyed reading as a child and teenager, thanks to the colorful descriptions and the lively way he described the adventures of his characters. The film doesn't make use of even half of the original book, but what was used resulted in an effective script that works well, and gives us the adventure and action we hope to find. At the end of the movie, there's a twist that we didn't expect (except for those who read the book) and it gives a nice feeling at the end. Errol Flynn, although the glory days are far away, performs here in good shape and gives the public one of the last quality works. He shows some energy and willingness to shine, and the character allows him to do a little more than we've seen, better, in movies like Sea Hawk. However, he is already quite a mature man and those who have read the book, and know the characters, will surely find the actor old for the role. Unlike other works by the actor, this film is very masculine and only Beatrice Campbell deserves real importance in the female cast. The film also has good work by Roger Livesey and also Anthony Steel. Technically, the film does what it can to live up to what the audience wants, and it gives us good cinematography, vividly colored and lit. The camera is quite static, but it does a very interesting job, and the action and fight scenes are particularly enjoyable, however choreographed the fights are. The action stunts work is good, and the sets and costumes are nice and epic in a sense, even if everything is obviously fake. Finally, a note for the soundtrack, which resonates with epic adventure, but isn't really very memorable if you listen to it.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
scotlandpirate18th centuryjacobite rebellionhighlands