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Treasure Island (1934)

Treasure Island poster
Directed by
Victor Fleming
Genre
adventure film, pirate film, treasure hunt film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 78 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Young Jim Hawkins finds a treasure map and joins a ship headed for a distant island. The one-legged pirate Long John Silver and his crew plot to steal the gold and harm the honest sailors.

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What happens

Treasure Island is a 1934 American adventure film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, and Nigel Bruce. It is an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous 1883 novel of the same name. Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map and travels on a sailing ship to a remote island, but pirates led by Long John Silver threaten to take away the honest seafarers’ riches and lives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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