Welles arrives from Brazil to inherit some Scottish land, but he quickly antagonizes the locals by closing a highway that runs through the estate, evicting some tinkers who have long lived on the land, and upsetting crippled girl McCourt, who asks a visiting US Air Force major, Tucker, to
help settle the matter. The displaced tinkers, led by McLaglen and son McCallum, strike back by burning Welles in effigy and stealing his prize cow. Welles escalates the war by importing a gang of Glaswegian thugs. A full-scale battle is avoided, though, when Welles admits he has been wrong and
works to get along with the natives. Tucker falls in love with Lockwood, Welles's daugh...
Released:
1954
Rated:
NR
Length:
91 mins