Long John Silver (film)
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Original film poster
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| Directed by | Byron Haskin |
| Produced by | Joe Kaufmann Mark Evans |
| Written by | Martin Rackin |
| Based on | characters created by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Starring |
Robert Newton Connie Gilchrist Rod Taylor |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Cinematography | Carl E. Guthrie |
| Edited by | Manuel del Campo |
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| Distributed by | Distributors Corporation of America |
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Release date
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16 December 1954 (Australia) 17 December 1954 (UK) 21 December 1954 (USA) |
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Running time
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106 minutes |
| Country | United States Australia |
| Budget | US$ 1,000,000 |
| Box office | 754,745 admissions (France) |
Long John Silver, also known as Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island, is a 1954 United States film production made in Australia about the eponymous pirate from Treasure Island, starring Robert Newton as Silver and Rod Taylor as Israel Hands.
It was shot in CinemaScope and colour at the Pagewood Studios, Sydney, and the same company went on to make a 26 episode TV series with the same actors, called The Adventures of Long John Silver. The director, Byron Haskin, had directed Treasure Island in 1950, with Newton as Silver.
Long John Silver should not be confused with the 1954 American film, Return to Treasure Island, starring Tab Hunter and Dawn Addams.
The movie is set some time after the events of Treasure Island. Long John Silver receives grave news from Dod Perch of a massacre by Mendoza, who had also kidnapped Governor Strong's daughter Elizabeth for ransom along with Jim Hawkins. Long John also learns of a second treasure cache on Treasure Island; the only clue to its location is a pirate medallion. Long John visits Governor Strong and his wife and proposes to deliver the ransom before they pursue Mendoza.
During the pickup of the ransom, Long John goes with Billy Bowlegs to Mendoza's ship and explains that Billy shot his two partners to hoard the ransom money for himself. Long John, invited on the ship, suggests to Mendoza that he leave Elizabeth on shore and lure the governor's warships away in order to sack the king's warehouses. As Mendoza carries out the plan, Long John finds that Jim possesses the pirate medallion indicating the second treasure's location. Mendoza begins to double cross Long John, but Long John his men to ambush and capture Mendoza along with the warehouse fortune, while Jim and Elizabeth make their escape.
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