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| Return to Treasure Island | |
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| Directed by | Ewald André Dupont |
| Written by | Jack Pollexfen Aubrey Wisberg |
| Based on | Treasure Island byRobert Louis Stevenson |
| Produced by | Jack Pollexfen Aubrey Wisberg |
| Starring | Tab Hunter Dawn Addams Porter Hall |
| Narrated by | Tab Hunter |
| Cinematography | William Bradford |
| Edited by | Fred R. Feitshans Jr. |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Return to Treasure Island is a 1954 Americanadventure film directed byEwald André Dupont and starringTab Hunter,Dawn Addams andPorter Hall.[1] Shot inPathécolor it was distributed byUnited Artists. The film is about modern-day adventurers (circa 1950s) exploring thedesert island fromRobert Louis Stevenson's frequently filmed 1883 novelTreasure Island. Though Stevenson's story was fictional, it is treated as historical for the purposes of the film's plot.
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Location filming took place at Palos Verdes. In September 1953 a deal was signed where the film would be distributed by UA under theEdward Small banner.[2]
According to Tab Hunter, the film "prompted Dawn Addams to immediately marry Prince Don Vittorio Massimo and move to Italy. It prompted Dupont to never make another movie. His decision or not, I don't know. For my part, whatever strides I’d made as an actor were lost in the stink of this fiasco. Even my mother weighed in with a brutally frank assessment: “You were lousy,’ she pronounced, bolting from the theater lobby."[3]
Variety said the film "shapes up favorably for its intended market. For despite an implausible pulp fiction story,Return to Treasure Island does better than par the course in sex, gunplay, chicanery and aquatic scenery."[4]
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