Long John Silver (1954)

Directed by

Byron Haskin

Genre

adventure film, pirate film

Country

Australia, United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

12

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This pirate adventure is a sequel to Treasure Island. Long John Silver returns to search for more treasure and faces new threats. Young Jim Hawkins is back along with a crew of colorful pirates.

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What happens

Long John Silver, also known as Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island, is a 1954 American-Australian adventure film about the eponymous pirate Long John Silver, with Robert Newton repeating his starring role from Walt Disney's 1950 feature Treasure Island. It is a sequel to the original novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Newton's billing in the opening credits states, "Robert Newton as Robert Louis Stevenson's immortal", followed by the title Long John Silver, presenting Robert Louis Stevenson's immortal Long John Silver as another of the film's alternate titles. Kit Taylor plays Jim Hawkins, Connie Gilchrist is Purity Pinker, Lloyd Berrell is Capt. Mendoza, Kit Taylor's father Grant Taylor plays Patch and 24-year-old Rod Taylor, credited under his early stage name, Rodney Taylor, has the showy role of the blind bearded pirate Israel Hands who murderously pursues Jim. The film was shot in CinemaScope and color at Sydney's Pagewood Studios and the same company went on to make The Adventures of Long John Silver, a 26-episode TV series with the same actors. The director, Byron Haskin, also directed the 1950 Disney film and at least one episode of the TV series. Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island should not be confused with another 1954 American film, Return to Treasure Island, released six months earlier, in June, with stars Tab Hunter and Dawn Addams. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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