Summaries

Two young orphans have to relocate to Nova Scotia and endure their bitter and jerky grandfather, but when they find a baby washed up on the beach, everything changes.

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...—CD

Details

Keywords
  • doctor
  • orphan
  • based on short story
  • horse and carriage
  • falling off a cliff
Genres
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Aug 16, 1990
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) G
Countries of origin Canada
Language English
Filming locations Iona, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Production companies Disney Channel Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Jones Maple Leaf Production

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 32m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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