Treasure Island (1950 film)

Treasure Island
Theatrical release poster
Directed byByron Haskin
Written byLawrence Edward Watkin
Based onTreasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFreddie Young
Edited byAlan Jaggs
Music byClifton Parker
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures[2]
Release dates
  • June 22, 1950 (1950-06-22) (London)[3]
  • July 29, 1950 (1950-07-29) (United States)[3]
  • July 19, 1950 (1950-07-19)[4]
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.8 million[5]
Box office$4.1 million (worldwide rentals)[6]

Treasure Island is a 1950 adventure film produced by RKO-Walt Disney British Productions, adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel of the same name. Directed by Byron Haskin, it stars Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins and Robert Newton as Long John Silver. Treasure Island was Disney's first completely live-action film and the first screen version of Treasure Island made in color. It was filmed in the United Kingdom on location and at Denham Film Studios, Buckinghamshire.

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  3. ^ a b "Treasure Island: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  4. ^ "Treasure Island (Film)".
  5. ^ Nollen, Scott Allen. "Walt Disney and Robert Louis Stevenson: Haskin's Treasure Island or Stevenson's Kidnapped? It's the Disney Version!: Popular Cinema and Literary Classics. Eds. Douglas Brode and Shea T. Brode. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. p. 62.
  6. ^ "Richard B. Jewell's RKO film grosses, 1929–51: The C. J. Trevlin Ledger: A comment". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1994.