Swiss Family Robinson

Based On the book by Johann David Wyss

Swiss Family Robinson is a 1960 American adventure film starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Tommy Kirk, and Kevin Corcoran in a tale of the shipwrecked Robinson family building an island home. It was the second feature film based on the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, a previous adaptation having been released by RKO Pictures in 1940. Directed by Ken Annakin and shot in Tobago and Pinewood Studios outside London, it was the first widescreen Walt Disney Pictures film shot with Panavision lenses; when shooting in widescreen, Disney had almost always used a matted wide screen or filmed in CinemaScope. Upon its release, Swiss Family Robinson was a major success with both critics and audiences.

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Release date:

December 10, 1960

Director:

Ken Annakin

Cast:

John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Sessue Hayakawa

Genre:

Adventure, Children's, Pirate

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1960 in adaptations