Kidnapped Movie Information

Movie Information

Overall Rank: 34792

Average Rating: 2/4

# of Ratings: 3

Theatrical Release Date: 02/24/1960

Language: English

Genre: Family, Drama

MPAA Rating: NR

Director: Robert Stevenson

Actors: Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee, John Laurie, Niall MacGinnis, Finlay Currie

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2/4

Uneven and dour period drama - by Disney?

Indyfreak - wrote on 09/11/2017

'Kidnapped' (1960) is definitely one of the lesser live-action adventures that Disney produced in bulk during the 1950s and 60s; the crowning achievement being '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' (1954) of course. The atmosphere and action scenes aren't bad but the acting is corny and ott even for a family matinee adventure movie of this time. James MacArthur is wooden as the lead but Peter Finch easily steals the movie as the swashbuckling rogue Alan Breck Stewart. Modern audiences, especially children, might be put off by the surprisingly grim tone (a child gets murdered off-screen by a drunk pirate) and the emphasis on political intrigue that they might not understand. For a more serious minded feature film with a different studio at the helm, it might have worked. But as a Disney movie? …

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