A very enjoyable and surprisingly faithful Disney adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic 1886 novel which retains some of its darker moments, including Shuan murdering the cabin boy Ransome. Future "Hawaii Five-O" star James MacArthur, the only American in the cast, is very likable and generally very good as David Balfour, which meant that I could live with the fact that his Scottish accent is very variable: sometimes good, sometimes non-existent. Peter Finch is excellent as Alan Breck Stewart. I was surprised that the film kept some of his less savoury attributes in place.
It has a very good cast overall, including John Laurie (the most prominent real life Scot in the film), Bernard Lee (who does the best Scottish accent out of the non-Scots), Niall MacGinnis, Finlay Currie, Miles Malleson, Eileen Way, Andrew Cruickshank, Duncan Macrae and, in his first film appearance, the late, great Peter O'Toole. It loses momentum somewhat in its last half hour but it's still a very entertaining film. Funnily enough, the film is directed by Disney stalwart Robert Stevenson, who was no relation to the author of the novel.
It has a very good cast overall, including John Laurie (the most prominent real life Scot in the film), Bernard Lee (who does the best Scottish accent out of the non-Scots), Niall MacGinnis, Finlay Currie, Miles Malleson, Eileen Way, Andrew Cruickshank, Duncan Macrae and, in his first film appearance, the late, great Peter O'Toole. It loses momentum somewhat in its last half hour but it's still a very entertaining film. Funnily enough, the film is directed by Disney stalwart Robert Stevenson, who was no relation to the author of the novel.