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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1953 DVD Release: 07/01/2003 Format: DVD - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 29 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Action, Adventure, Swashbuckler

Errol Flynn buckled his last swash in The Master of Ballantrae, playing out the final film of his Warner Brothers contract in this high seas adventure, liberally adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson yarn. Flynn plays Jamie Durrisdeer, a Scottish heir, who fights for freedom against the British. When the rebels are defeated, Jamie must flee to the West Indies with Col. Francis Burke (Roger Livesey), an Irish soldier of fortune, in order to escape capture. After battling pirates, Jamie puts together a small fortune and returns to Scotland to marry his true love, Lady Alison (Beatrice Campbell). But Jamie's hopes are dashed when he finds that Lady Alison, thinking that Jamie was dead, is now engaged to his brother Henry (Anthony Steel), who may have betrayed Jamie to the English. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Errol Flynn - Jamie Durrisdeer
Roger Livesey - Col. Francis Burke
Anthony Steel - Henry Durrisdeer
Beatrice Campbell - Lady Alison
Yvonne Furneaux - Jessie Brown

Errol Flynn demonstrates his knack for heroics in this action adventure opus's debut on DVD. The Master of Ballantrae has been transferred to disc in its original full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono. In addition to the original English language soundtrack, there's also an alternate soundtrack in French, and subtitles in English, Spanish and French. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide