Treasure Island (1950 film)

Treasure Island is a 1950 live action adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions, adapted from the Robert Louis Stevensons 1883 novel Treasure Island. It stars Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins, and Robert Newton as Long John Silver. Treasure Island is notable for being Disneys first completely liveaction film and the first screen version of Treasure Island made in color. It was filmed in England on location and at Denham Film Studios, Buckinghamshire.

Before departure Trelawney is taken in by Long John Silver, a onelegged innkeeper, who agrees to gather a crew. Silver strikes up a friendship with Hawkins, and joins the expedition as the ships cook. Smollett is concerned about the crew, especially when he reveals to Trelawney that the nature of their journey is common knowledge.At sea Hawkins overhears Silver and the crews plan to mutiny, discovering that the seamen hired by Silver are Captain Flints old crew. Jim reveals the treachery to Smollett who asks Hawkins to stay friends with Silver to learn more. Upon reaching Treasure Island, Silver offers to tow the ship to a safer anchorage, using two of the ships row boats. While the ship is being towed, one of Silvers men, Merry, leads a mutiny on the ship. Smollett, having been forewarned of the plot by Hawkins, is able to hold them off with the few men loyal to him and imprisons the mutineers below decks. Silver cuts the row boats from the Hispaniola and heads for shore with the rest of his men, taking Hawkins as a hostage. Smollett, Trelawney and Livesey go ashore after them, leaving two guards on the ship. ........

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