Trouble in the Glen

Trouble in the Glen

1954 · 91 min · ★ 6.2 · Comedy

Major Jim "Lance" Lansing, an American ex-pilot of the U.S. Air Corps, returns to Scotland after the war and finds much trouble in the glen where he settles because of the high-handed activities of the local laird, Sandy Mengues, a wealthy South American who, with his daughter Marissa, has returned to the land of his forefathers. Led by Lansing, the people eventually prevail upon Mengues to restore peace to the glen, but not before a brief and unconvincing fight between Lansing and Dukes, the Mengues foreman. Written by Les Adams

Directed by Herbert Wilcox · Written by Frank S. Nugent

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Margaret Lockwood Marissa Mengues
Orson Welles Sanin Cejador y Mengues
Forrest Tucker Maj. Jim 'Lance' Lansing
Victor McLaglen Parlan
John McCallum Malcolm
Eddie Byrne Dinny Sullivan
Archie Duncan Nolly Dukes
Gudrun Ure Dandy Dimont (as Ann Gudrun)
Moultrie Kelsall Luke Carnoch
Maggie McCourt Alsuin (as Margaret McCourt)
Alex McCrindle Keegan
Mary Mackenzie Kate Carnoch

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