Treasure Island Movie Review 1972

Unexceptional British reheat of familiar pirate tale. Welles' interpretation of Long John Silver may be truer to Stevenson, but it's one heckuva blustering binge.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 94 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Swashbucklers, Teen Angst, Books to Film: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Hunt, Pirates

Screenplay

Orson Welles

Cast

Orson Welles, Kim Burfield, Walter Slezak, Lionel Stander

Director

John Hough

Producer

Harry Alan Towers