Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

NR 1953 · 82 min · ★ 5.2 · Action, Adventure, War

After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures, gets married, and eventually becomes enough of a nuisance to George I to be outlawed, and hunted by the English

Directed by Harold French · Written by Lawrence Edward Watkin

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