
Long John Silver
Long John Silver, also known as Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island, is a 1954 American-Australian adventure film about the eponymous pirate from Treasure Island, starring Robert Newton as Silver and Rod Taylor as Israel Hands.
Plot
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.
More details
author | Martin Rackin |
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director | Byron Haskin |
editor | Manuel del Campo |
events | piracy |
genre | adventure |
keywords | bury cut double cross engage kidnap kill long john silver maroon secret hideout the king trap treasure island |
musicBy | David Buttolph |
producer | Joseph Kaufman |
productionCompany | Treasure Island Pictures Pty. Ltd. |
publisher | Distributors Corporation of America |
recordedAt | Australia |