Treasure Island

About Treasure Island

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.

Treasure Island (1950) is an adventure family film directed by Byron Haskin. The film is filed under pirate, 18th century, treasure hunt, and treasure.

Bobby Driscoll takes the lead as Jim Hawkins, Robert Newton as Long John Silver, Basil Sydney as Captain Smollett, and Walter Fitzgerald as Squire Trelawney. Released in July 1950, it runs 96 minutes.

The screenplay is by Lawrence Edward Watkin. The film began as a novel. It streams on Disney Plus and History Vault in the United States.

Treasure Island, Muppet Treasure Island, and Treasure Planet make useful companions to Treasure Island, all filed under island. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 247 votes.