The Little Kidnappers (1990 film)

The Little Kidnappers
GenreCrime
Drama
Written byCoralee Elliott Testar
Directed byDonald Shebib
StarringCharlton Heston
Patricia Gage
Bruce Greenwood
Leah Pinsent
Music byMark Snow
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersPhilip D. Fehrle
Glenn R. Jones
Noel Resnick
ProducerJames Margellos
CinematographyMiklós Lente
EditorRon Wisman
Running time92 minutes
Original release
NetworkCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
Disney Channel
ReleaseAugust 17, 1990 (1990-08-17)
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The Little Kidnappers is a 1990 Canadian drama television film[1] made by Testar Productions, Margellos-Resnick and Jones 21st Century for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Disney Channel. It tells the story of orphans Harry and Davy MacKenzie (Leo Wheatley and Charles Miller), who are sent to live with their stern grandfather, James MacKenzie (Charlton Heston).

Based on the short story "Scotch Settlement" by Neil Paterson (previously filmed in 1953), set in Nova Scotia in 1903, the film was shot in several locations throughout Nova Scotia with dockside scenes being filmed aboard the CSS Acadia at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax.[2]

  1. ^ "Innocence, Conflict in 'Little Kidnappers'". LA Times. 17 August 1990. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "CSS Acadia Filmography", Maritime Museum of the Atlantic