The Secret of Treasure Island (1938)

Directed by

Elmer Clifton

Genre

adventure film, pirate film

Country

United States

Runtime

5h

Rated

NR

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A journalist and a friend investigate a hidden island where a legendary pirate treasure is supposedly buried. They face dangers and rival treasure hunters across 15 chapters.

fast-pacedadventurousswashbucklingpulpycliffhangerlight-hearteddramatic

What happens

The Secret of Treasure Island is a 1938 Columbia movie serial based on the serialized Argosy magazine story Murder at Pirate Castle (1936). The magazine story was written by L. Ron Hubbard, at the time a writer of pulp fiction who went on to found the Scientology religion. The film version is divided into 15 chapters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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