Top billed cast

1. 

   George McBean

   Alexander McDonald (uncredited)

2. 

   Olivier Espitalier-Noel

   Prince Charles Edward Stuart (uncredited)

3. 

   Tony Cosgrove

   Lt. Ward / Field Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

4. 

   Robert Oates

   Private Alexander Laing (uncredited)

5. 

   Patrick Watkins

   Crying Baby (uncredited)

6. 

   Don Fairservice

   English Officer (uncredited)

7. 

   Peter Watkins

   Field Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written by Peter McGinn on 2023-04-19

This must be one of the first docudramas around. They interview the battle participants and bystanders as in a documentary, but of course they are all actors since the battle took place in the 1700s.

The film must mean more to the British and Scottish viewers than a mere Anglophile like myself, as it involves the last land battle fought on their soil and the final one of this clan uprising under the overrated Bonnie Prince Charlie.

The show suggests that the Scottish strategy was deeply flawed to the point that the Prince’s own generals were mystified, and that it led not only to defea...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• scotland
• british army
• highlander
• docudrama
• 18th century
• jacobite rebellion
• historical reenactment
• scottish highlands
• struggle for independence
• house of stuart