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| Directed by | Ken Annakin |
| Written by | Lowell S. Hawley |
| Based on | The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
| Edited by | Peter Boita |
| Music by | William Alwyn |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million[2] |
| Box office | $40 million |
Swiss Family Robinson is a 1960 American adventure film starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Tommy Kirk, and Kevin Corcoran in a tale of a shipwrecked family building an island home. It was the second feature film based on the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, a previous adaptation having been released by RKO Pictures in 1940. Directed by Ken Annakin and shot in Tobago and Pinewood Studios outside London, it was the first widescreen Walt Disney Pictures film shot with Panavision lenses; when shooting in widescreen, Disney had almost always used a matted wide screen or filmed in CinemaScope.[3]
Upon its release, Swiss Family Robinson was a major success with both critics and audiences and remains one of Disney's most beloved live-action feature films.
- ^ BFI: Swiss Family Robinson Retrieved 2013-03-10
- ^ "$16,700,000 Invested in Disney's Line up". Variety. 18 January 1961. p. 3. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ IMDb: Filming locations for Swiss Family Robinson Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-03-10