Synopsis
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. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including Long John Silver.
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Cast
- Bobby DriscollJim Hawkins
- Robert NewtonLong John Silver
- Basil SydneyCaptain Smollett
- Walter FitzgeraldSquire Trelawney
- Denis O'DeaDr. Livesy
- Finlay CurrieCapt. Billy Bones
- Ralph TrumanGeorge Merry
- Geoffrey KeenIsrael Hands
- Geoffrey WilkinsonBen Gunn
- John LaurieBlind Pew
Recommendations
- 100
The New York Times
A grand and glorious entertainment. Six or 60, the spectator is bound to be caught up in the magic of this thrilling quest for fabulous wealth. - 100
TV Guide Magazine
Disney's first totally live-action movie, and it is, by far, the best film version of the familiar Stevenson story. Disney regular Bobby Driscoll takes on the coveted role of Jim Hawkins, and a number of reliable British actors round out the cast. This version has a marvelous full-bodied visual style that never appears to be studio-bound. - 90
IGN
It's a very good adaptation of the original novel that maintains the core themes and characters while at the same time making it distinctly "Disney". I - 90
Variety
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, has been handsomely mounted by Walt Disney. Settings are sumptuous and a British cast headed by American moppet Bobby Driscoll faithfully recaptures the bloodthirsty 18th-century era when pirates vied for the supremacy of the seas. - 90
The Observer (UK)
Attractively staged, it is one of numerous versions of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure and is most notable for an unforgettable, over-the-top performance by Robert Newton as an eye-rolling Long John Silver. [7 May 2006, p.2] - 80
Chicago Reader
With Bobby Driscoll and Robert Newton, in hog heaven as Long John Silver. - 80
Time
It also offers the fun of watching an eye-rolling, lip-twitching Robert Newton as he wallows outrageously through the role of Long John Silver, one of fiction's most ingratiating scoundrels. Disney apparently liked him well enough to let him steal the whole treasure (as well as the picture), instead of the single sack of coins that Stevenson let him get away with. - 80
New York Daily News
Newton's eye-rolling Silver has been much impersonated but never equaled. Disney's first live-action feature was vividly shot in Technicolor by Freddie Young. [10 Nov 2002]
