Treasure Island (1950 film)

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Treasure Island
Directed by	Byron Haskin
Produced by	Perce Pearce
Written by	Lawrence Edward Watkin
Starring	Bobby Driscoll Robert Newton
Music by	Clifton Parker
Cinematography	Freddie Young
Editing by	Alan Jaggs
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s)	1950
Running time	96 min.
Country	UK/USA
Language	English
Followed by	Long John Silver
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Treasure Island is a 1950 Disney film based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. It starred Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins and Robert Newton as Long John Silver. It was Disney's first completely live action film.

A sequel to this film, Long John Silver, was made in 1954, with Newton reprising his role of Long John Silver. Newton would go on to play Silver again in a TV series, The Adventures of Long John Silver (1955)