David McCallum stars as the rebellious Alan Breck Stewart, and this ambitious serial (a co-production between HTV and Germany's Tele-Munchen) also features a host of British character actors, including Bill Simpson, Patrick Allen, Andrew Keir, Patrick Magee and Frank Windsor. When young David Balfour arrives at his uncle's bleak Scottish house to claim his inheritance, his relative tries to murder him then has him shipped off to be sold as a slave in the colonies. Luckily for the lad, he strikes up a friendship with Alan Breck Stewart, who is on the run after Bonnie Prince Charlie's defeat at Culloden. When a ship's captain tries to kill Breck for his money, the two manage to get to land and set out for Edinburgh, dodging the ruthless Redcoats along the way.
Directed by Jean-Pierre Decourt
David McCallum
Alan Breck Stewart
Ekkehardt Belle
David Balfour
Aude Landry
Catriona
Bill Simpson
James of the Glens
Patrick Allen
Prestongrange
Jutta Speidel
Barbara Grant
Bernhard Wicki
Hoseason
Arthur Brauss
Riarch
