Treasure Island Movie Review 1950

Spine-tingling Robert Louis Stevenson tale of pirates and buried treasure, in which young cabin boy Jim Hawkins matches wits with Long John Silver. Some editions excise extra violence. Stevenson's ending is revised. Full Disney treatment, excellent casting.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 96 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Swashbucklers, Books to Film: Robert Louis Stevenson, Disney Family Movies, Childhood Visions, Treasure Hunt, Pirates

Cast

Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea, Ralph Truman, Finlay Currie

Cinematography

Frederick A. (Freddie) Young

Director

Byron Haskin

Producer

Walt Disney Studios