Swiss Family Robinson (1940)

Movie Details

Original Title Swiss Family Robinson

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.5

Cast

Thomas Mitchell

William Robinson

Popularity: 1.5

Edna Best

Elizabeth Robinson

Popularity: 0.5

Freddie Bartholomew

Jack Robinson

Popularity: 2.7

Terry Kilburn

Ernest Robinson

Popularity: 0.3

Tim Holt

Fritz Robinson

Popularity: 3.9

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Bobbie Quillan

Francis Robinson

Popularity: 0.0

Christian Rub

Thoren

Popularity: 0.4

John Wray

Ramsey

Popularity: 0.3

Herbert Rawlinson

Captain

Popularity: 0.2

Jack Stoney

Seaman

Popularity: 0.3

Orson Welles

Opening Narrator

Popularity: 1.0

Key Crew

Director Edward Ludwig

Writer C. Graham Baker, Walter Ferris, Gene Towne

Producer C. Graham Baker, Gene Towne

Editor George Crone

Production

RKO Radio Pictures

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Backdrops

Keywords

island based on novel or book shipwreck 18th century swiss family robinson

Reviews from TMDB

r96sk 7/10

Jun 26, 2020

I thought I'd give this a watch before watching the Disney remake, given they are both on the latter's streaming service. I like 1940's <em>'Swiss Family Robinson'</em>, though there are many ways it could be improved upon which is what I hope the 1960 production does. This one, made by RKO Pictu ... Read more

CinemaSerf 6/10

Mar 27, 2022

Based on Johann Wyss' tale and relying heavily on a wonderful soundtrack, this is a much more faithful adaptation of the story of a well-to-do Swiss clockmaker and his family who decide to escape a Europe beset by the Napoleonic wars and start anew in New Guinea. En route they are shipwrecked by a s ... Read more