The Little Kidnappers

– Loosely based on a '50's movie of the same name, it tells the story of two young orphan boys who tra..

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Movie
Rating:
6.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 32 Minutes
Release Year:
1990
The Little Kidnappers (1990)

Loosely based on a '50's movie of the same name, it tells the story of two young orphan boys who travel by themselves from the Old country to join their father's family in Canada. There they encounter their stern disciplinarian grandfather who has alienated himself from some of his neighbors. There is particularly no love lost between the grandfather and his Dutch neighbors, who he generalizes as being responsible for his son's death in the Boor War. A side product of this animosity is that it is keeping apart the boy's aunt and her Dutch doctor suitor. The two boys change everything though when they find a young baby on the beach...

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The Little Kidnappers (1990) - Trailer

Release Date:

17 Aug 1990

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
G – General Audiences

All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.

Director:

Donald Shebib

Writer:

Coralee Elliott Testar (screenplay), Neil Paterson (screenplay "The Kidnappers"), Neil Paterson (short story "Scotch Settlement")

Main Actors:

Charlton Heston, Bruce Greenwood, Patricia Gage, Dan MacDonald

Plot:

Loosely based on a '50's movie of the same name, it tells the story of two young orphan boys who travel by themselves from the Old country to join their father's family in Canada. There they encounter their stern disciplinarian grandfather who has alienated himself from some of his neighbors. There is particularly no love lost between the grandfather and his Dutch neighbors, who he generalizes as being responsible for his son's death in the Boor War. A side product of this animosity is that it is keeping apart the boy's aunt and her Dutch doctor suitor. The two boys change everything though when they find a young baby on the beach...

Awards:

7 nominations.

Production:

21st Century Film Corporation

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.2/10