Rob Roy

Instead, he decrees, "The tenderest part of the Marquess is his purse. We'll hurt him there. Thieve his cattle, steal his rents. When Killearn tells Montrose, Betty is dismissed from service and rejected by Cunningham. Betty seeks refuge with the MacGregors, revealing that she had overheard Killearn and Cunningham plot to steal the money.

Betty subsequently hangs herself, later found by Mary and Alasdair. To build a case against Cunningham, MacGregor abducts Killearn and imprisons him. Mary promises Killearn that he will be spared if he testifies against Cunningham, but Killearn taunts her with her rape. Realizing that Mary is pregnant, he threatens to tell MacGregor that Cunningham may be the father if she does not release him.

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Enraged, Mary draws a sgian dubh and stabs Killearn in the neck. Alasdair finishes him off and then drowns him in the loch. Montrose tells Cunningham that he suspects who really stole the money but that he doesn't care. Complaining that the ongoing thefts of his cattle and rents will impoverish him and mystified by the disappearance of Killearn, he orders Cunningham to pursue MacGregor to prevent further humiliation.

Cunningham and the redcoats burn the Clan's crofts. MacGregor refuses to take the bait, but Alasdair attempts to snipe Cunningham and hits a redcoat, revealing their hiding place. The redcoats shoot both Alasdair and another Clan member, Coll.

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Alasdair finally tells MacGregor about Mary's rape. Taken prisoner, MacGregor accuses Cunningham of murder, robbery and rape. Cunningham confirms the charges. The following morning, Montrose, despite hearing MacGregor confirm his suspicions as to who stole his money, orders MacGregor to be hanged from a nearby bridge.

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MacGregor loops the rope binding his hands around Cunningham's throat and then jumps off the bridge. To save Cunningham, Montrose orders the rope cut, freeing MacGregor. MacGregor is chased downstream by the redcoats, but he evades them by hiding inside the rotting corpse of a cow.

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Cunningham survives his strangulation. Mary gains an audience with the Duke of Argyll and exposes Montrose's plan to frame him. Moved by MacGregor's integrity, he grants the family asylum at Glen Shira. MacGregor arrives, at first upset by Mary's unwillingness to inform him of her rape or her pregnancy. The Duke, though skeptical of MacGregor's likelihood of survival, arranges a duel between MacGregor and Cunningham, wagering Montrose that if MacGregor lives, his debt will be forgiven and that if he dies, the Duke will pay his debt.

Montrose agrees and Cunningham and MacGregor vow that no quarter will be asked or given. Armed with a smallsword , Cunningham skillfully attacks and repeatedly wounds MacGregor, who appears to swiftly exhaust himself swinging a heavy broadsword. Montrose signals Cunningham to finish him, but MacGregor grabs his enemy's sword-point with his left hand.

As Cunningham struggles to free his blade, MacGregor delivers a fatal strike. The film was shot entirely on location in Scotland , much of it in parts of the Highlands so remote they had to be reached by helicopter. In the opening scenes, Rob and his men pass by Loch Leven. Crichton Castle was used in a landscape shot.

Non-stop Highland rain presented a problem for cast and crew when filming outdoor shots, as did the resulting swarms of midges. William Hobbs choreographed the swordfights, with Robert G. The main composer is Carter Burwell. Beside the film score, the film features a slightly different version of a traditional Gaelic song called " Ailein duinn ", sung in the film by Karen Matheson , lead singer in Capercaillie. The character of Cunningham is invented. He was raised to the dukedom as a reward for his support for the Act of Union , whilst being Lord President of the Scottish Privy Council.

It ranked 2 at the box office after Bad Boys. Rob Roy received a generally positive critical response. Roger Ebert , writing for the Chicago Sun-Times , opined, "This is a splendid, rousing historical adventure, an example of what can happen when the best direction, acting, writing and technical credits are brought to bear on what might look like shopworn material.

As a result, he was branded an outlaw , and his wife and family were evicted from their house at Inversnaid , which was then burned down. After his principal creditor, James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose seized his lands, Rob Roy waged a private blood feud against the Duke until , when he was forced to surrender. Later imprisoned, he was finally pardoned in He died in his house at Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder , on 28 December , [6] aged Another version of this series of events states that Rob Roy's estates of Craigrostan and Ardess were forfeited for his part in the rebellion of The Duke of Montrose acquired the property in by open purchase from the Commissioners of Enquiry.

Alexander Drummond, an old priest of that faith, who resided at Drummond Castle.

Glengyle House, on the shore of Loch Katrine, dates back to the early 18th century, with a porch dated to , and is built on the site of the 17th century stone cottage where Rob Roy is said to have been born. Since the s, the Category B- listed building had been in the hands of successive water authorities, but was identified as surplus to requirements and put up for auction in November , despite objections from the Scottish National Party. The signet was a bloodstone from Loch Lomond, and was sketched by William Williams.

In , the football club Kirkintilloch Rob Roy was founded and named in his memory. The year saw the publication of a fictionalised account of his life, The Highland Rogue. The publication of Rob Roy , by Sir Walter Scott in , further added to his fame and fleshed out his biography. Hector Berlioz was inspired by the book to compose an overture. The editor of the book changed the place of burial to the present location. Smith loosely based upon Robert Roy MacGregor. Cul-de-sac , a film directed by Roman Polanski in , was shot on location at Lindisfarne Castle , on the island of Lindisfarne also known as Holy Island off the coast of Northumberland , England.

The script of the film depicts this castle as Walter Scott's residence during the novel's composition. Restless Natives , a comedy film about a pair of modern day Scottish outlaws, makes reference to Rob Roy MacGregor.

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The title song of the film's soundtrack, written and performed by Big Country , contains the lyric:. Alone among the hills and stone Through summer sun and winter snow The eagle he was lord above And Rob was lord below. The film was shot entirely on location in the Scottish Highlands. In a new statue of Rob Roy was commissioned to be installed in Peterculter, Aberdeen. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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