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17/08/1990 TV Movie, Crime, Drama 1h 32m
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Overview

Loosely based on a '50's movie of the same name, it tells the story of two young orphan boys who travel by themselves from the Old country to join their father's family in Canada. There they encounter their stern disciplinarian grandfather who has alienated himself from some of his neighbors. There is particularly no love lost between the grandfather and his Dutch neighbors, who he generalizes as being responsible for his son's death in the Boor War. A side product of this animosity is that it is keeping apart the boy's aunt and her Dutch doctor suitor. The two boys change everything though when they find a young baby on the beach...

  1. Donald Shebib

    Writer, Director

  2. Neil Paterson

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Charlton Heston

    James MacKenzie

  2. Bruce Greenwood

    Willem Hooft

  3. Patricia Gage

    Mrs. Mackenzie

  4. Dan MacDonald

    Tom Cameron

  5. Leah Pinsent

    Kirsten MacKenzie

  6. Charles Miller

    Davy Mackenzie

  7. Leo Wheatley

    Harry MacKenzie

  8. Richard Donat

    Hans Hooft

  9. Amos Crawley

    Jan Hooft

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-26
I don't suppose it's very often that anyone would have to compare Charlton Heston with Scottish actor Duncan Macrae but this remake of the 1953 story gives us the chance - and to be honest, I preferred the original. The tale finds two young orphans traveling to Nova Scotia to be with their grandfather. He's a stern man who wants no truck with his Boer neighbours. The youngsters initially fall in with his attitudes, but boys will be boys and gradually they make their own choices. Things come to an head when they discover a baby on the dunes by the sea and secretly try to rear him whilst all hel...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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