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Swiss Family Robinson
After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates.
1960 · Directed by Ken Annakin · 126 min · Adventure · Family · 9 frames
Tagline
THE ADVENTURE OF ADVENTURES!
Crew
- Screenplay: Lowell S. Hawley
- Cinematography: Harry Waxman
- Edited by: Peter Boita
- Music: William Alwyn
- Production design: John Howell
- Produced by: Bill Anderson, Basil Keys, Walt Disney
Cast
- John Mills as Father
- Dorothy McGuire as Mother
- James MacArthur as Fritz
- Janet Munro as Roberta 'Bertie'
- Sessue Hayakawa as Kuala, Pirate Chief
- Tommy Kirk as Ernst
- Kevin Corcoran as Francis
- Cecil Parker as Captain Moreland
- Andy Ho as Auban
- Milton Reid as Big Pirate
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Walt Disney Productions
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box office: $40,356,000
- Themes: island, based on novel or book, shipwreck, tree house, pirate gang, zebra, pirate, ostrich, 19th century, swiss family robinson
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