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Disney's first completely live action film, I can't say that I was impressed at all. Bobby Driscoll sticks out like a sore thumb as the only American in the cast but that wouldn't be a problem if he gave a good performance, which he most certainly doesn't. Frankly, I don't think that he could act to save his life. He is one of two things that really drag the film down, the other being the deathly slow pacing. It sticks to the general storyline of the novel by my fellow University of Edinburgh alumnus Robert Louis Stevenson but leaves out many of the details. Yet, bizarrely, it still feels considerably longer than its 95 minute runtime. It's plodding and dull. Neither the script nor the direction are very good. There is little of the great atmosphere of adventure that defines the novel.On the bright side, Robert Newton gives a great over the top performance as Long John Silver, which is the best part of the film. It also features a strong supporting cast of British character actors such as Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea, Ralph Truman, John Laurie, Francis de Wolff, Finlay Currie, Geoffrey Keen, Sam Kydd and Patrick Troughton. The film also looks good. Overall, however, I much preferred Disney's 1960 version of Stevenson's later and, for my money, better novel "Kidnapped" as well as "Muppet Treasure Island", which is considerably more fun.

A deadly boring, badly acted movie that has not stood the test of time at all - although it probably wasn't that good when it was made over sixty years ago. Robert Newton overacts as Long John Silver and Bobby Driscoll was badly miscast as Jim Hawkins. His American accent was totally out of place, an English boy should have been cast. Most of the movie takes place in the studio even when they're supposed to be at sea. The worst part of all was a completely unfunny and embarrassing Ben Gunn - thankfully, he wasn't in the film for very long.The 1972 version with Orson Welles is far better, despite the dubbing of the international cast.

Treasure Island directed by Haskin is indeed commendable even after a lapse of fifty years. It is the first live action film by Disney Productions. The violence is a bit more for Walt Disney level.Robert Newton steals the show in the role of Long John Silver. He has injected the exact amount of guile, treachery, crooked chivalry and maneuvering in the robust character of versatile pirate named Long John Silver. The originality exuding from the acting of Newton far outweighs that of film giants like Orsen Welles in the film version of 1972 or by Charlton Heston in TV adaptation of 1990.The special effects and computer graphics generated in the fiction movies of this ultra advanced age have failed to come up to the austere and vivid standards of this Disney Production half a century ago. Honestly speaking, in its genre, this flick has more entertaining charm and reality than in the Pirates of the Caribbean (2006). Robert Newton as the lame, rugged and craggy natured pirate (Silver) outperforms Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow (modern day pirate) of The Dead Man's Chest.I would go, even that far to say that Jim Hawkins played by Bobby Discroll consummates better as the young protagonist in comparison with Daniel Radcliffe playing Harry Potter, although Discroll seems younger in 1950 than Radcliffe in J.K. Rowlings children thriller.

Robert Louis Stevenson published his adventure packed book in 1883 and it would become the wellspring of a hundred imitations, sagas and motion pictures. This film for instance is the original tale as penned by the author and called " Treasure Island. " Anyone looking for the original birth source of Jim Hawkins (Bobby Driscoll), Long John Silver (Robert Newton) or Ben Gunn (Geoffrey Wilkinson) should include this incredible story as likely a Classic movie. It contains nearly all things related to the 19th century. Pirates, Tall ships, sailing the high seas, treasure maps and of course Spanish Gold. For any audience, the masterful pirate John Silver who takes as his mate, young Jim Hawkings and teaches the ways of the Pirate World, is perhaps the one place where hearing 'Arrrrr, there-she be mate' sounds perfectly natural. Coined by Newton himself, it became the stereotype of all subsequence pirate characters. Produced by Walt Disney studios, this film made sure that a star on the walk of fame, would forever shine for the principals of the story. Excellent family fare. ****