Treasure Island (1990)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

Sail the high seas. Battle the pirates. Live the adventure.

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.

• Released: 1990-06-07
• Genres: Adventure, Family, TV Movie
• Runtime: 2h 11m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 163 votes

Directed by Fraser Clarke Heston.

Top 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

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Treasure Island

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• Canada: buy on Apple TV Store, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video

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