The Walt Disney production of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic novel Treasure Island is one of the companys best live-action films of the 50s, and one of the best family-oriented adventures ever filmed. Bobby Driscoll plays Jim Hawkins, a young cabin boy who battles the pirate Long John Silver (Robert Newton) for a treasure. Disney changes the ending of the book, yet the film is so entertaining--particularly Newtons scene-stealing performance--that the difference is forgivable. In the 70s, Treasure Island was re-issued with objectionable violence cut out of the print; the original version was restored in the 1992 home video re-release. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide