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...heart in Rob Roy, more even than the beauty of its backgrounds, is its modesty. The gathering of the clan for Rob Roy's wedding is, for instance, no massive conclave, but a nice little country get-together of 30 or 40 people. The famed battle of Sheriffmuir is not mounted as a mighty spectacle, with thousands of warriors arrayed on either side, but is shown as it must have been fought: with a gaggle of half-armed crofters opposing a fairly small troop of British regulars. Producer Disney seems to have had an idea that other producers might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 8, 1954 | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

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