Treasure Island

Treasure Island

131 mins | Adventure, Family, TV Movie | Jan. 22, 1990

Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scaliwag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Espaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the Espaniola.

Treasure Island

131 mins | Adventure, Family, TV Movie | Jan. 22, 1990

Treasure Island
Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scaliwag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Espaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the Espaniola.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers British Lion Films, Agamemnon Films, Turner Pictures (I)
Original title Treasure Island
Directors Fraser Clarke Heston
Writers Fraser Clarke Heston, Robert Louis Stevenson

Cast

Charlton Heston

as Long John Silver

Christian Bale

as Jim Hawkins

Oliver Reed

as Billy Bones

Christopher Lee

as Blind Pew

Richard Johnson

as Squire Trelawney

Julian Glover

as Dr. Livesey

Isla Blair

as Mrs. Hawkins

James Cosmo

as Redruth

Pete Postlethwaite

as George Merry

John Benfield

as Black Dog