Treasure Island poster

Treasure Island( 1934)

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Overview

In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of buccaneer Captain Flint's buried treasure.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Wallace Beery

      Long John Silver

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      Jackie Cooper

      Jim Hawkins

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      Lionel Barrymore

      Billy Bones

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      Otto Kruger

      Doctor Livesey

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      Lewis Stone

      Captain Smollett

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      Nigel Bruce

      Squire Trelawney

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      Charles 'Chic' Sale

      Ben Gunn

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      William V. Mong

      Pew

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      Charles McNaughton

      Black Dog

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      Dorothy Peterson

      Mrs. Hawkins

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      Douglass Dumbrille

      Pirate of the Spanish Main

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      Edmund Breese

      Pirate of the Spanish Main

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      Olin Howland

      Pirate of the Spanish Main

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      Charles Irwin

      Pirate of the Spanish Main

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      Edward Pawley

      Pirate of the Spanish Main

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      Richard Powell

      Pirate of the Spanish Main

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      James Burke

      Pirate of the Spanish Main

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      John Anderson

      Pirate of the Spanish Main

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      Charles Bennett

      Pirate of the Spanish Main

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      Cora Sue Collins

      Young Girl at the Inn (uncredited)

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      Bruce Bennett

      Man at Tavern (uncredited)

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      Ed Brady

      Pirate (uncredited)

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    A review by Charles Tatum

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    Written by Charles Tatum on Wed Sep 27 2023
    I lucked out in high school. I had a good streak of English teachers. While other classes were reading "The Great Gatsby," "The Pigman," and "Hamlet," I was entrenched in "Frankenstein," "In Cold Blood," and "Macbeth." Another classic I got to avoid was "Treasure Island." After watching the 1934 film version, I kind of get the feeling Robert Louis Stevenson's book was better. Jim Hawkins (Jackie Cooper) and his mother (Dorothy Peterson) run a small inn in England. One night a creepy paranoid drunk named Billy Bones (Lionel Barrymore) checks in, demanding Jim watch out for a one-legged man wh...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • sailboat
    • island
    • based on novel or book
    • pirate gang
    • treasure hunt
    • treasure map
    • sunken treasure
    • pirate
    • 18th century
    • pirate ship