Sick of the rule of the Hanoverian government that had arrived following the deposition of King James VII/II, the Scots people are all too keen to welcome his son - the “Bonnie Prince” himself (David Niven) as he calls for a gathering of the clans at Glenfinnan and declares that he is going to restore the house of Stuart to the throne. There are sceptics, but once he manages to secure the services of the acclaimed soldier “Murray” (Jack Hawkins) and the support of many of the chieftains the length and breadth of the land, they set off to remove the “redcoats” from not just Scotland but from…