What is "huntingtower"

Huntingtower may refer to:

• Huntingtower, a part of the village of Huntingtower and Ruthvenfield, near Perth, Scotland
• Huntingtower Castle, near the village of Huntingtower, Scotland
• Huntingtower (novel), a 1922 novel by John Buchan
• Huntingtower (film), a 1927 British film based on the novel
• Huntingtower School, Melbourne, Australia
• Huntingtower: Ballad for Band, a musical composition by Ottorino Respighi

Huntingtower is a novel written by John Buchan in 1922. The first of his three Dickson McCunn books, it is set near Carrick in south-west Scotland around 1920. The hero is a 55-year-old grocer Dickson McCunn, who has sold his business and taken early retirement. As soon as he ventures out to explore the world, he is swept out of his bourgeois rut into bizarre and outlandish adventures, and forced to become a reluctant hero.

Huntingtower is a 1927 British silent adventure film directed by George Pearson and starring Harry Lauder, Vera Voronina and Patrick Aherne. It was based on the 1922 novel Huntingtower by John Buchan and made at Cricklewood Studios. The art direction was by Walter Murton.