Treasure Island

Name: Treasure Island
Genre: Adventure, Family
Released: July 19, 1950
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 89
Cast: Basil Sydney, Bobby Driscoll, Denis O'Dea, Finlay Currie, Geoffrey Keen

1950

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RKO Radio Pictures | Release Date: July 19, 1950 | Approved

Starring: Basil Sydney, Bobby Driscoll, Denis O'Dea, Finlay Currie, Geoffrey Keen, Geoffrey Wilkinson, John Laurie, Ralph Truman, Robert Newton, Walter Fitzgerald

Summary: Ahoy, mateys! Walt Disney's first live action feature vividly brings to life Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of buccaneers and buried gold. Authentic locales, rich color photography, and musket-roaring action set the stage for the stouthearted heroics of young Jim Hawkins and the skullduggery of the wily, one-legged pirate Long JohnAhoy, mateys! Walt Disney's first live action feature vividly brings to life Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of buccaneers and buried gold. Authentic locales, rich color photography, and musket-roaring action set the stage for the stouthearted heroics of young Jim Hawkins and the skullduggery of the wily, one-legged pirate Long John Silver. [Disney]… Expand

Director: Byron Haskin

Genre(s): Adventure, Family

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 96 min

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Disney's first totally live-action movie, and it is, by far, the best film version of the familiar Stevenson story. Disney regular Bobby Driscoll takes on the coveted role of Jim Hawkins, and a number of reliable British actors round out the cast. This version has a marvelous full-bodied visual style that never appears to be studio-bound. Read full review

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T.M.P.

A grand and glorious entertainment. Six or 60, the spectator is bound to be caught up in the magic of this thrilling quest for fabulous wealth. Read full review

Phillip French

Attractively staged, it is one of numerous versions of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure and is most notable for an unforgettable, over-the-top performance by Robert Newton as an eye-rolling Long John Silver. [7 May 2006, p.2]

Jeremy Conrad

It's a very good adaptation of the original novel that maintains the core themes and characters while at the same time making it distinctly "Disney". I Read full review

Graham Fuller

Newton's eye-rolling Silver has been much impersonated but never equaled. Disney's first live-action feature was vividly shot in Technicolor by Freddie Young. [10 Nov 2002]

Dave Kehr

With Bobby Driscoll and Robert Newton, in hog heaven as Long John Silver.

Staff (Not Credited)

It also offers the fun of watching an eye-rolling, lip-twitching Robert Newton as he wallows outrageously through the role of Long John Silver, one of fiction's most ingratiating scoundrels. Disney apparently liked him well enough to let him steal the whole treasure (as well as the picture), instead of the single sack of coins that Stevenson let him get away with. Read full review

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