Treasure Island (1950 film)
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| Treasure Island | |
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| Directed by | Byron Haskin |
| Produced by | Perce Pearce |
| Written by | Lawrence Edward Watkin |
| Starring | Bobby Driscoll Robert Newton Basil Sydney |
| Music by | Clifton Parker |
| Cinematography | Freddie Young |
| Editing by | Alan Jaggs |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 19, 1950 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Country | UK/USA |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Long John Silver |
| Allmovie profile | |
| IMDb profile | |
Treasure Island is a Disney film, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island, and was released on July 19, 1950. 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 the film, Long John Silver, was released in 1954, with Newton reprising his role of Long John Silver. Newton went on to play Silver again in a TV series, The Adventures of Long John Silver (made 1954-55), also shot at Pagewood Studios Sydney, and started (in Technicolor) before Australia had television!
[edit] External links
- Radio Times review
- Treasure Island at the Internet Movie Database
- Treasure Island at Allmovie
- Treasure Island at Rotten Tomatoes
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