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  • 1950
  • G
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 1950
  • G
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m
Treasure Island

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 Jo...

Directed By: Byron Haskin

Written By: Lawrence Edward Watkin, Robert Louis Stevenson

  • 1950
  • G
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 1950
  • G
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m

Treasure Island

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 8 Critic Reviews
89
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
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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 Jo...

Directed By: Byron Haskin

Written By: Lawrence Edward Watkin, Robert Louis Stevenson

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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.
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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.
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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]
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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
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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]
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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.
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With Bobby Driscoll and Robert Newton, in hog heaven as Long John Silver.
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Production Company Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney British Films
Release Date Jul 19, 1950
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating G
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Tagline a young cabin boy, a roguish buccaneer...match wits in a swashbuckling adventure!
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