The Adventures of Long John Silver facts for kids
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| Genre | Adventure |
| Created by | Martin Rackin Byron Haskin Joseph Kaufman Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Written by | Martin Rackin Kay Keavney |
| Directed by | Byron Haskin Lee Sholem |
| Starring | Robert Newton Connie Gilchrist Kit Taylor |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Producer(s) | Joseph Kaufman |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Isola del'Oro Treasure Island Productions |
| Distributor | ITV (1957) (UK) |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | 1958 – 1958 |
The Adventures of Long John Silver is a TV series about the Long John Silver character from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island. It was made in 1954 in colour in Australia for the American and British markets before the development of Australian television.
Cast and characters
- Robert Newton as Long John Silver
- Connie Gilchrist as Purity Pinker
- Kit Taylor as Jim Hawkins
- Grant Taylor as Patch
- Eric Reiman as Trip Fenner
- John Brunskill as Old Stingley
- Harry Hambleton as Big Eric
Newton and several of the other actors had the same roles as in the 1954 film Long John Silver, also shot in Australia.
Select List of Episodes
- Ep 1 - "The Necklace" - Silver is arrested for murder
- Ep 2 - "Pieces of Eight" - Silver and his crew search for Spanish gold with a sailor (Albert Garcia)
- Ep 3 - "The Orphans' Christmas" - Hawkins and Silver help out at an orphanage run by a woman (Neva Carr-Glynn) who hates Christmas
- Ep 4 - "Execution Dock" - Silver falls ill and has nightmares about being put on trial for old crimes
- "Ep 5 - The Eviction"
- Ep 6 - "The Pink Pearl"
- Ep 7 - "Tale of a Tooth"
- Ep 8 - "Ship o' the Dead" - Jim sees a ship full of dead people but no one believes him
- Ep 9 - "Sword of Vengeance"
- Ep 10 - "Turnabout" - Silver is captured by a French captain (David Nettheim)
- Ep 11 - "Miss Purity's Birthday"
- Ep 12 - "Dead Reckoning"
- Ep 13 - "Devil's Stew"
- Ep 14 - "Where Men Are Men"
- Ep 15 - "The Master's Touch"
- Ep 16 - "The Siege"
- Ep 17 - "The Flag Flies Back"
- Ep 18 - "The Fish Wife"
- Ep 19 - "Dragon Slayer"
- Ep 20 - "Temple of Evil"
- Ep 21 - "To Purity, a Daughter"
- Ep 22 - "Ties of Blood"
- Ep 23 - "Strange Cargo"
- Ep 24 - "Infernal Cargo"
- Ep 25 - "The Crisis"
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