The Highwayman (1951)

Directors

Lesley Selander

Cast

Alan Napier, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Coburn, Dan O'Herlihy, Harry Morgan, Victor Jory

The story

The Highwayman is an aristocrat who leads a band of criminals who steal from the wealthy to distribute to the needy. Their campaign is broadened when they discover that innocents are being kidnapped and sold into slavery in the colonies. The Highwayman is betrayed to the authorities, soldiers march to set an ambush, his lover Bess sacrifices herself to give warning and he is shot down on the highway as he tries to take revenge.

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