Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Adventure | Family

With a shipwreck, the Robinson family becomes castaways on a lush tropical island. While the mother (Dorothy McGuire) isn't too happy about this fact, the father (John Mills) and the sons (James MacArthur, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran) are thrilled at the prospect of carving out a new life for themselves. In short order, the industrious Robinsons have constructed a treehouse with all the creature comforts and "utilities" of their home in Switzerland. Later on, the little party is joined by Janet Munro, the daughter of a sea captain who has been captured by pirate Sessue Hayakawa and his band. After a series of adventures calculated to arouse the envy of every man, woman and child in the audience, the film comes to a rousing conclusion as the Robinsons resourcefully fend off Hayakawa and his pirates with a variety of jerry-built booby traps.

User Comment: kat58 new england • I wanted to live on this island with the Robinsons! I love their house they built, I love the jungle and the animals, and the 3 sons, I love the 2 dogs they saved off the boat. I wish the Robinsons were my family... As for the movie - I love it! Great for the whole family. We own it on video. I loved the book as a kid, and I try to get my kids to read it now. (They've seem the movie, so it's hard to get them to read the book - if possible read the book 1'st.) Don't you wish you had a waterfall slide to play on? Pirates, romance, and a shipwreck on a beautiful island - a classic.

Summary: Adventure, suspense, island paradise...

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