A French soldier in the Napoleonic Wars plots his escape after he's captured and imprisoned in a castle fortress in Edinburgh, Scotland. Director Philip Rosen's 1949 film, adapted from a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, stars Richard Ney, Vanessa Brown, Henry Daniell, John Dehner, Douglas Walton, Aubrey Mather, Jean Del Val, Luis Van Rooten, Maurice Marsac and Billy Bevan.
Cast
Richard Ney
Anatole de Keroual
Henry Daniell
Maj. Edward Chevenish
Vanessa Brown
Floria Gilchrist
Edgar Barrier
Sgt. Carnac
Aubrey Mather
Daniel Romaine
Luis van Rooten
Clausel
John Dehner
Couguelat
Paul Marion
Amiot
Douglas Walton
Allan St. Ives
Jean Del Val
Count St. Ives
Phyllis Morris
Annie Gilchrist
Jimmy Aubrey
Guard (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
Douglas (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Recording Officer (uncredited)
Guy De Vestel
Dubois (uncredited)
Betty Fairfax
Emily (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Sergeant (uncredited)
Alex Frazer
Swindow (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Priest (uncredited)
John Goldsworthy
Gen. Ordney (uncredited)
Gerald Hamer
Hudson - the Footman (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Passerby (uncredited)
Keith Hitchcock
Landlord (uncredited)
Robin Hughes
Corporal (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Defense Officer (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Tribunal Judge (uncredited)
Guy Kingsford
Corporal (uncredited)
Queenie Leonard
Maid (uncredited)
Maurice Marsac
Portuguese Joe (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
Henley (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Sergeant (uncredited)
Gordon Richards
Prosecution Officer (uncredited)
Fred F. Sears
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
Drunk (uncredited)
Doris Stone
Townswoman (uncredited)
Crew
Phil Rosen
Director
Eric Taylor
Screenplay
Robert Louis Stevenson
Novel
James Sweeney
Editor
Henry Freulich
Director of Photography
Rudolph C. Flothow
Producer
Sherry Banks
Hairstylist
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Jack A. Goodrich
Sound
Sidney Clifford
Set Decoration
Hal Hanks
Grip
Jack Fier
Production Manager
Cary Odell
Art Direction
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