Treasure Island

Story

Synopsis

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. Hispaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious island. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scallywag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Hispaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the ship.

Director

Fraser Clarke Heston

Writers

Fraser Clarke Heston, Robert Louis Stevenson

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom, United States of America

Release date

7 June 1990

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Charlton Heston

  Long John Silver

• 

  Christian Bale

  Jim Hawkins

• 

  Oliver Reed

  Billy Bones

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  Christopher Lee

  Blind Pew

• 

  Richard Johnson

  Squire Trelawney

• 

  Julian Glover

  Dr. Livesey

• 

  Isla Blair

  Mrs. Hawkins

• 

  James Cosmo

  Redruth

• 

  Pete Postlethwaite

  George Merry

• 

  John Benfield

  Black Dog

• 

  Steven Mackintosh

  Dick

• Richard Beale

  Mr. Arrow