''Kidnapped'' is a 1917 American silent

adventure film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...

directed by Alan Crosland for

Edison Studios Edison Studios was an American film production organization, owned by companies controlled by inventor and entrepreneur, Thomas Edison. The studio made close to 1,200 films, as part of the Edison Manufacturing Company (1894–1911) and then Thom ...

. It was based on the 1886 novel ''

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 Ca ...

'' by

Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...

. 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 Sco ...

. Previously thought lost, a copy of the film is preserved in the

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collection, with a 2017 DVD of the film being released with the help of the Library of Congress and crowdfunding.

Cast

Raymond McKee Eldon Raymond McKee (December 7, 1892 – October 3, 1984), also credited as Roy McKee, was an American stage and screen actor. His film debut was in the 1912 production ''The Lovers' Signal''. Over the next 23 years, he performed in no less ...

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 Captain Hoseason (*Franklin Farnum) *Samuel N. Niblack as Cluny McPherson (*as Samuel Niblack) *Horace Haine as Colin Campbell (*as Horace Hane) *James Levering as Minister

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* 1917 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films based on Kidnapped (novel) Films directed by Alan Crosland 1910s rediscovered films Films set in Scotland 1910s historical drama films American historical drama films 1917 drama films Rediscovered American films 1910s American films Silent American drama films Silent adventure films {{1910s-drama-film-stub