The Master of Ballantrae (1953 film)

This article is about the 1953 film. For the novel, see The Master of Ballantrae. For the 1984 film adaptation, see The Master of Ballantrae (1984 film).

The Master of Ballantrae
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Keighley
Written byHerb Meadow
Harold Medford (add. dialogue)
Based onThe Master of Ballantrae
1889 novel
by Robert Louis Stevenson
StarringErrol Flynn
Roger Livesey
CinematographyJack Cardiff
Edited byJack Harris
Music byWilliam Alwyn
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • 5 August 1953 (1953-08-05) (US)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2 million (US rentals)[1]
1,814,822 admissions (France)[2]

The Master of Ballantrae is a 1953 British Technicolor 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.

  1. ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, 13 January 1954
  2. ^ 1954 French box office figures at Box Office Story