The Little Kidnappers (1990): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1990, The Little Kidnappers is a drama, crime and tv movie film directed by Donald Shebib, running about 92 minutes.

What it’s about. Loosely based on a '50's movie of the same name, it tells the story of two young orphan boys who travel by themselves from the Old country to join their father's family in Canada. There they encounter their stern disciplinarian grandfather who has alienated himself from some of his neighbors. There is particularly no love lost between the grandfather and his Dutch neighbors, who he generalizes as being responsible for his son's death in the Boor War. A side product of this animosity is that it is keeping apart the boy's aunt and her Dutch doctor suitor. The two boys change everything though when they find a young baby on the beach...

Who’s in it. The Little Kidnappers stars Charlton Heston as James MacKenzie, Bruce Greenwood as Willem Hooft, Patricia Gage as Mrs. Mackenzie and Dan MacDonald as Tom Cameron, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.0/10, The Little Kidnappers has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on fuboTV and rent or buy it from Amazon Video and Apple TV Store. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Little Kidnappers page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Little Kidnappers tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.