For the 1953 film, see Unable to repay the loan and unwilling to give up his land, Rob Roy becomes a fugitive, hunted by none other than Cunningham, who rapes Rob Roy's wife Mary (Jessica Lange). Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing Rob Roy near you. We'll hurt him there. Cunningham and the redcoats burn the Clan's crofts.
The film is dedicated to two Scotsmen: film director Anglicized aristocrat Archibald Cunningham has been sent to stay with Montrose. As a friend of Roy's is transporting the money, he is robbed and murdered by the Marquis' henchman, Archie Cunningham. He frequently signed himself Rob Roy (“Red Rob”), in reference to his dark red hair. Rob Roy, noted Highland outlaw whose reputation as a Scottish Robin Hood was exaggerated in Sir Walter Scott’s novel Rob Roy (1818) and in some passages in the poems of William Wordsworth. Actors: Liam Neeson, Jessia Lange . Betty subsequently hangs herself, later found by Mary and Alasdair.
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Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, Brian Cox, and Jason Flemyng also star. Scotch-British politics come to a boil over the Rob Roy affair, leading to an officially sanctioned showdown between the stoic farmer and Cunningham. However, Cunningham is supremely skilled with a sword. Rob’s father, Donald The historical Robert Roy MacGregor was nine years older than James Graham (Montrose) and eleven years older than John Campbell (Argyll). Betty seeks refuge with the MacGregors, revealing that she had overheard Killearn and Cunningham plot to steal the money.
Mary promises Killearn that he will be spared if he testifies against Cunningham, but Killearn taunts her with her rape. Unaware of the assault on his wife, but the damage to his property being evident, MacGregor refuses to permit his outraged clan to wage war on Montrose. —nufs68. Liam Neeson movies: 12 greatest films ranked from worst to best, including ‘Schindler’s List,’ ‘Kinsey,’ ‘Silence’ Well done, scenic, finely made film, Liam Neeson is great here and shoulda had the same basic part in Phantom Menace, he is a force of nature here. All the cuts were made to edit the rape scene. The British were tyrants up in the High Heather in the 1700s even as they were in the 1300s in 'Bravehearts' day. MacGregor loops the rope binding his hands around Cunningham's throat and then jumps off the bridge.
The redcoats shoot both Alasdair and another Clan member, Coll. Cunningham learns about MacGregor's loan from Montrose's Mary understands that Cunningham's intent is to flush her husband out of hiding and makes his brother Alasdair, who arrives too late to save her, swear to conceal knowledge of the rape from him. Montrose makes money off Cunningham by making wagers on sword contests that Cunningham's haughty manner and effeminate bearing brings upon himself.
Instead, he decrees, "The tenderest part of the Marquess is his purse. Rob Roy is a 1995 American biographical historical drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Roth is a great nasty, Hurt too. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Rob Roy ; Rob Roy is a farmer and clan leader in 18th century Scotland, who borrows money from the evil Marquis of Montrose. In 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite.