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Release Year1930
Runtime0h 15m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
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DirectorJ. Martin Mackay Jr.
WritersJ. Martin Mackay Jr.
TypeFeature Film
RatingNot rated yet
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsFickle Fortune
About Fickle Fortune
Dramatised film of an incident in the life of Rob Roy MacGregor, set in the Trossachs. Entered in the Scottish Amateur Film Festival 1933. Roy Roy has been outlawed and is in hiding in the Trossachs. His band is suprised by a party of redcoats. Rob Roy escapes and the outlaws get away taking a red coat officer prisoner. The redcoat is freed by one of the clanswomen who is his lover. The outlaws discover her treachery and plan to drown her but Rob Roy arrives and saves her from her fate.
Directed by J. Martin Mackay Jr., Fickle Fortune leans on a strong ensemble — Margaret Peat, John M. White, A.S. Henderson — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1930.
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