Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)

10/26/1948Drama, History, War1h 54m
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Overview

Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the German House of Hanover, ruler of Great Britain.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    David Niven

    Prince Charles Edward Stuart

  2. Cast 1

    Judy Campbell

    Clementina Walkinshaw

  3. Cast 1

    Jack Hawkins

    Lord George Murray

  4. Cast 1

    John Laurie

    Blind Jamie

  5. Cast 1

    Morland Graham

    Donald MacDonald

  6. Cast 1

    Finlay Currie

    The Marquis of Tullibardine

  7. Hector Ross

    Glonallddale

  8. Hugh Kelly

    Lieutenant Ingleby

  9. Elwyn Brook-Jones

    The Duke of Cumberland

Sick of the rule of the Hanoverian government that had arrived following the deposition of King James VII/II, the Scots people are all too keen to welcome his son - the “Bonnie Prince” himself (David Niven) as he calls for a gathering of the clans at Glenfinnan and declares that he is going to restore the house of Stuart to the throne. There are sceptics, but once he manages to secure the services of the acclaimed soldier “Murray” (Jack Hawkins) and the support of many of the chieftains the length and breadth of the land, they set off to remove the “redcoats” from not just Scotland but from th...