Two robbers are persecuted by the law, whose servants are not much better and even worse.Two robbers are persecuted by the law, whose servants are not much better and even worse.Two robbers are persecuted by the law, whose servants are not much better and even worse.
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- TriviaJames Macleane (1711-1750) was the son of a Scottish parson, and became known as "Gentleman Highwayman" in partnership with his good friend Will Plunkett (also a Scotsman). Plunkett really was an apothecary, although it was Macleane's wife who had died. Macleane was an inveterate dandy, and this caused him to make the fatal mistake of wearing a set of stolen waistcoats into the shop of the tailor who made them, leading to his arrest and subsequent hanging in November 1750.
- GoofsWhile there was an Earl of Rochester extant in 1748, he would have been 76 years old, and was certainly not known as a bisexual profligate. The character seems to be based upon John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester who lived during the reign of Charles II and died in 1680.
- Quotes
Lord Rochester: No, the new world is too far. Too big. Too primitive. No, no, my place is here... corrupting the young.
- Crazy creditsThe person in charge of overseeing the duel between Chance and Plunkett is listed as the "Dual Referee".
- ConnectionsReferenced in Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000)
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Well hang me if this isn't a great flick!!
I've been waiting since last October to see this film! (it was supposed to come out October '98) and now I've finally seen it I am not disappointed. Bloody marvellous! OK it was a tad slow in the beginning, but once it got going it's a very exciting nail-biting tense Robert Carlyle is so different from either Gaz in 'The Full Monty' and Begbie in 'Trainspotting' ) that it's hard to recognise him! And Johnny Lee Miller, no longer with his Sick Boy from 'Trainspotting' blond hair, plays his dashing gentlemen highway man with the right about of humour and sensitivity that it is easy to see why Liv Tylers Rebecca falls for him. A great film. As Hades in Disney's 'Hercules' would say: "Two thumbs way way up!!"
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- Estella
- Apr 20, 1999
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $474,900
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $244,765
- Oct 3, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $474,900
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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