Treasure Island

"PIRATE'S PLUNDER a young cabin boy, a roguish buccaneer... match wits in a swashbuckling adventure!"

1950 1h 36m EN

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6.9

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★6.5TMDB · 247●89Metacritic★6.9IMDB · 10,232

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Synopsis

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Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including Long John Silver.

“PIRATE'S PLUNDER a young cabin boy, a roguish buccaneer... match wits in a swashbuckling adventure!”

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Cast

Bobby Driscoll
Jim Hawkins
Robert Newton
Long John Silver
Basil Sydney
Captain Smollett
Walter Fitzgerald
Squire Trelawney
Denis O'Dea
Dr. Livesy
Finlay Currie
Capt. Billy Bones
Ralph Truman
George Merry
Geoffrey Keen
Israel Hands

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Byron Haskin
Writers: Lawrence Edward Watkin, Robert Louis Stevenson
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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76 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 8

RUNTIME

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Part of the "Long John Silver Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Byron Haskin, shot by Freddie Young. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Clifton Parker. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Alan Jaggs shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Bobby Driscoll and Robert Newton and Basil Sydney carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "PIRATE'S PLUNDER a young cabin boy, a roguish buccaneer... match wits in a swashbuckling adventure!".

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8 / 8

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IMDB entry: tt0043067 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Byron Haskin directs. Freddie Young behind the camera. Clifton Parker scores. Alan Jaggs cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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176 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Long John Silver Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Byron Haskin, shot by Freddie Young. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Clifton Parker. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Alan Jaggs shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Bobby Driscoll and Robert Newton and Basil Sydney carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "PIRATE'S PLUNDER a young cabin boy, a roguish buccaneer... match wits in a swashbuckling adventure!".
8IMDB entry: tt0043067 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 13 themes, including "treasure", "island", "based on novel or book", "parrot".

The technical file

Cinematography: Freddie Young
Original score: Clifton Parker
Editing: Alan Jaggs
Production design: Thomas N. Morahan
Costume design: Sheila Graham
Makeup / hair: Tony Sforzini
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $4,419,657
Original language: EN
IMDB: Treasure Island (1950)
Metacritic: 89/100
IMDB rating: 6.9/10 · 10,232 votes
MPAA: Approved

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination total

Part of

Long John Silver Collection

Disney's Treasure Island, based on the book by Robert Louis Stevenson; with Robert Newton repeating his starring role in the followup film, Long John Silver.

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CinemaSerf2022-12-27
★ 8/10
This is a cracking interpretation of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of a hunt for a legendary treasure on a remote desert island. Robert Newton is superb as the double-dealing, one-legged "Long John Silver" who would betray his own mother if needs be, enlisted by the foolish "Squire Trelawney" to raise a crew to get them to Hispaniola where Flint's treasure is reputedly located. There's a solid effort from the enthusiastic young Bobby Driscoll as "Jim Hawkins", and Basil Sydney, John Gregson and Denis O'Shea complete the complement of "loyal" officers as against a crew riddled with cut-throats. It's a great, colourful, seafaring adventure with it's fair share of twists and turns. It's odd to see Geoffrey Keen ("Israel Hands") as a baddie and John Laurie, Finlay Currie and a super Francis de Wolff all help Byron Haskin's adaptation to be the best of all. "Them's the die'll be the lucky ones!"

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