---
title: 'The Master of Ballantrae (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Keighley'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-master-of-ballantrae-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046054/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Master of Ballantrae (1953)

1953 · 90 min · Adventure · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Master of Ballantrae is a 1953 British Technicolor swashbuckler adventure film starring Errol Flynn and Roger Livesey. It is a loose and highly truncated adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson 1889 novel of the same name. In eighteenth century Scotland, two sons of a laird clash over the family estate and a lady. It was the last film directed by William Keighley.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Keighley](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-keighley)
- **Screenplay:** [Herb Meadow](https://cinepixo.com/people/herb-meadow)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Alwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-alwyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Cardiff](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-cardiff)
- **Editor:** [Jack Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-harris)

## Cast

- [Ralph Truman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-truman) as Major Clarendon
- [Charles Goldner](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-goldner) as Captain Mendoza
- [Errol Flynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/errol-flynn) as Jamie Durie
- [Yvonne Furneaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-furneaux) as Jessie Brown
- [Beatrice Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/beatrice-campbell) as Lady Alison
- [Mervyn Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/mervyn-johns) as MacKellar
- [Gillian Lynne](https://cinepixo.com/people/gillian-lynne) as Marianne
- [Jacques Berthier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-berthier) as Captain Arnaud
- [Felix Aylmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-aylmer) as Lord Durrisdeer
- [Roger Livesey](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-livesey) as Colonel Francis Burke
- [Francis de Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-de-wolff) as Matthew Bull
- [Anthony Steel](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-steel) as Henry Durie

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