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Kidnapped
Kidnapped may refer to: * subject to the crime of kidnapping Literature * ''Kidnapped'' (novel), an 1886 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson * ''Kidnapped'' (comics), a 2007 graphic novel adaptation of R. L. Stevenson's novel by Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy * "Kidnapped" (short story), by Rudyard Kipling, 1887 * ''Kidnapped'', a 2006 book series by Gordon Korman Film * ''Kidnapped'' (1917 film), a silent film based on R. L. Stevenson's novel * ''Kidnapped'' (1935 film), a Danish film * ''Kidnapped'' (1938 film), based on R. L. Stevenson's novel * ''Kidnapped'' (1948 film), based on R. L. Stevenson's novel * ''Kidnapped'' (1960 film), a Disney film based on R. L. Stevenson's novel * ''Kidnapped'' (1971 film), with Michael Caine, based on R. L. Stevenson's novel * ''Kidnapped'' (1986 film), an animation, based on R. L. Stevenson's novel * ''Kidnapped'' (1995 film), a TV film based on R. L. Stevenson's novel * ''Kidnapped'' (2010 film), a Spanish film * ''Kidnapped: The H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (novel)
''Kidnapped'' is a historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a boys' novel and first published in the magazine ''Young Folks'' from May to July 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. A sequel, ''Catriona'', was published in 1893. The narrative is written in English with some dialogue in Lowland Scots, a Germanic language that evolved from an earlier incarnation of English. ''Kidnapped'' is set around real 18th-century Scottish events, notably the "Appin Murder", which occurred in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Many of the characters are real people, including one of the principals, Alan Breck Stewart. The political situation of the time is portrayed from multiple viewpoints, and the Scottish Highlanders are treated sympathetically. The full title of the book is ''Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (1978 Miniseries)
Kidnapped may refer to: * subject to the crime of kidnapping Literature * ''Kidnapped'' (novel), an 1886 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson * ''Kidnapped'' (comics), a 2007 graphic novel adaptation of R. L. Stevenson's novel by Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy * "Kidnapped" (short story), by Rudyard Kipling, 1887 * ''Kidnapped'', a 2006 book series by Gordon Korman Film * ''Kidnapped'' (1917 film), a silent film based on R. L. Stevenson's novel * ''Kidnapped'' (1935 film), a Danish film * ''Kidnapped'' (1938 film), based on R. L. Stevenson's novel * ''Kidnapped'' (1948 film), based on R. L. Stevenson's novel * ''Kidnapped'' (1960 film), a Disney film based on R. L. Stevenson's novel * ''Kidnapped'' (1971 film), with Michael Caine, based on R. L. Stevenson's novel * ''Kidnapped'' (1986 film), an animation, based on R. L. Stevenson's novel * ''Kidnapped'' (1995 film), a TV film based on R. L. Stevenson's novel * ''Kidnapped'' (2010 film), a Spanish film * ''Kidnapped: The Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (1960 Film)
''Kidnapped'' is a 1960 American adventure drama film. It is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic 1886 novel ''Kidnapped''. It stars Peter Finch and James MacArthur, and was Disney's second production based on a novel by Stevenson, the first being ''Treasure Island''. It also marked Peter O'Toole's feature-film debut. Plot In 18th-century Scotland, young David Balfour ( James MacArthur) takes a letter of introduction from his recently deceased father to the House of Shaws, where he is greeted without much enthusiasm by his miserly uncle Ebenezer (John Laurie). David finds that Ebenezer is disliked by his neighbours and begins to ask questions about family affairs. Ebenezer tries to arrange a fatal accident for David. David accompanies Ebenezer to a meeting with a seafaring associate, Captain Hoseason (Bernard Lee). Hoseason lures David aboard his ship and shanghais him, at Ebenezer's instigation. At sea, David learns he is to be sold into indentured servitude. A fog comes u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (1938 Film)
''Kidnapped'' (1938) is an adventure film directed by Otto Preminger (who was uncredited) and Alfred L. Werker, starring Warner Baxter and Freddie Bartholomew, and based on the 1886 novel '' Kidnapped'' by Robert Louis Stevenson. The copyright of the film was renewed. Plot In 1747, David Balfour's evil uncle arranges for him to be kidnapped and sent to sea where he meets exiled Alan Breck. The two make their way back to Scotland and justice. Cast * Warner Baxter as Alan Breck * Freddie Bartholomew as David Balfour * Arleen Whelan as Jean MacDonald * C. Aubrey Smith as Duke of Argyle * Reginald Owen as Captain Hoseason * John Carradine as Gordon * Nigel Bruce as Neil MacDonald * Miles Mander as Ebenezer Balfour * Ralph Forbes as James * H. B. Warner as Angus Rankeillor * Arthur Hohl as Riach * E. E. Clive as Minister MacDougall * Halliwell Hobbes as Dominie Campbell * Montagu Love as Colonel Whitehead * Moroni Olsen as Douglas * Leonard Mudie as Red Fox * Mary G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (American TV Series)
''Kidnapped'' is an American crime drama television series created by Jason Smilovic, which aired on NBC from September 20, 2006, to August 11, 2007. Overview The series premise planned to feature a new kidnapping each season, with a core continuing cast who investigated the kidnappings, and additional cast members who changed each season, consisting of the kidnappers and the people affected. The show told the story from the discrete points of view of the victim, the parents, the investigators, and the kidnappers. The core cast included ex-FBI operative Knapp (Jeremy Sisto) offering privately contracted services to retrieve kidnapping victims, his technologically adept coordinator and assistant Turner (Carmen Ejogo), and FBI Agent Latimer King ( Delroy Lindo). Timothy Hutton and Dana Delany co-starred as an affluent New York couple whose teenage son Leopold ( Will Denton) is abducted. Other characters included Gutman (Mädchen Amick) and "The Accountant" (James Urbaniak), Leopo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (1971 Film)
''Kidnapped'' is a 1971 British adventure film, directed by Delbert Mann and starring Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Jack Hawkins and Donald Pleasence, as well as a number of well-known British character actors. The film is based on the 1886 novel '' Kidnapped'' and the first half of the 1893 sequel ''Catriona'' by Robert Louis Stevenson. Plot Young David Balfour arrives at a bleak Scottish house, the House of Shaws, to claim his inheritance. The house and land have been under the custodianship of his father's brother, Ebenezer Balfour, but on reaching adulthood, the land and property become David's. Ebenezer is having none of it, however, so he first tries to murder him, then has him kidnapped by sea captain Hoseason, with whom he has "a venture for trade in the West Indies". David is shipped off to be sold as a slave in the Carolinas. He strikes up a friendship with Alan Breck, escaping from Charles Edward Stuart's defeat at Culloden. Breck is in a coble which is run down in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (1917 Film)
''Kidnapped'' is a 1917 American silent adventure film directed by Alan Crosland for Edison Studios. It was based on the 1886 novel '' Kidnapped'' by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film only included selected parts of the story, and reinforced the then-developing romanticisation of the Scottish Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland S .... Previously thought lost, a copy of the film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection, with a 2017 DVD of the film being released with the help of the Library of Congress and crowdfunding. Cast * Raymond McKee as David Balfour *Joseph Burke as Ebenezer Balfour *Ray Hallor as Ransome * William Wadsworth as Angus Ban Keillor *Robert Cain as Alan Breck *Walter Craven as Riach *John Nicholson as Shuan *Franklyn Hanna as C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (2010 Film)
''Kidnapped'' ( es, Secuestrados, links=no) is a 2010 horror-thriller film directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas and written by Javier García, which stars Fernando Cayo, Manuela Vellés, and Ana Wagener alongside Guillermo Barrientos, Dritan Biba, Martijn Kuiper and Zoel Yáñez. Plot Jaime, his wife Marta and their daughter Isa have just moved into a new home. Isa has plans to attend a party with her boyfriend while Marta and Jaime are arguing about how to raise their daughter. In the midst of this, three masked thieves break in. They are from the moving crew and in the film credits are listed as Head Thief, Young Thief, and Strong Thief. Head Thief takes Jaime to a bank machine several miles away from home, while the other two stay with the mother and daughter. He tells Jaime that if there is any deviation from the plan, or if he tries to alert anyone to his predicament, he will call the house and have the other two kill Marta. Jaime takes the risk, and tries to convince a woman at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (2005 TV Series)
''Kidnapped'' is a two-part BBC television adaptation of the 1886 novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. The show is directed by Brendan Maher and stars James Anthony Pearson as Davie Balfour and Iain Glen as Alan Breck. Production On 1 December 2004, it was announced that the BBC had commissioned ''Kidnapped''. Plot Among the plot deviations from novel to film: * The film added a love interest for Davie in Catriona, the daughter of James of the Glen. This plot element is from Stevenson's sequel novel, ''Catriona Catriona (pronounced "ka-TREE-nah" is a feminine given name in the English language. It is an Anglicisation of the Irish Caitríona or Scottish Gaelic Catrìona, which are forms of the English Katherine. Bearers of the name Caitríona * Cait ...''. * In the novel ''Kidnapped'', Breck and James of the Glen were never arrested by the British, but the film showed James of the Glen being falsely arrested with the threat of being hanged, to force Breck to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (1995 Film)
''Kidnapped'' is a 1995 TV adventure drama film directed by Ivan Passer and starring Armand Assante as Highlander Alan Breck and Brian McCardie as Lowlander David Balfour. Among the supporting actors are Michael Kitchen and Brian Blessed. The film was based on the 1886 novel '' Kidnapped'' by author Robert Louis Stevenson. Christopher Reeve had originally been cast as Breck prior to his spinal cord injury in a horse race which left him a quadriplegic on May 27, 1995. The adaptation starts by describing a divided Scotland which is populated by Highlanders and Lowlanders who are loyal to different kings. Alan Breck Stewart is characterised as a leading figure of Jacobitism who tried "to keep the flame alive". It ends when Stewart leaves Scotland forever "to have a distinguished career in the French Army", while Balfour stays and marries a lady from the Highlands. Another voice-over tells they had sons who "were neither Highlanders nor Lowlanders. They were Scots." The film was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (1948 Film)
''Kidnapped'' is a 1948 drama directed by William Beaudine, starring Roddy McDowall, Sue England and Dan O'Herlihy based on the 1886 novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. The former child star McDowall plays David Balfour in the story about a young man cheated out of his birthright by his wicked, covetous uncle Ebenezer (Houseley Stevenson). Plot Scotland, 1751: At a stately manor near Edinburgh, the young David Balfour arrives with a sealed letter from his recently deceased father for Ebenezer, his uncle. It is meant to be delivered to a family lawyer to introduce David as the rightful heir to the property. After slyly trying to kill his previously unknown nephew but failing, Ebenezer conspires with a sea captain, Hoseason, to take the boy hostage and sell him into slavery. A prisoner aboard ship, David soon meets Alan Breck, who, in need of rescue, now finds himself in danger of Hoseason stealing his gold and perhaps murdering him as well. David's quick interven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (1986 Film)
''Kidnapped'' is a 1986 Australian animated historical drama film directed by Geoff Collins. The film is based on the 1886 novel ''Kidnapped'' by author Robert Louis Stevenson. A region free collectors edition of the film was released on DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kin ... in 1999, the film was also remastered for this release. External links IMDb page 1986 films 1986 drama films Films based on Kidnapped (novel) 1980s Australian animated films 1980s English-language films {{animation-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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