''Five on a Treasure Island'' is an 8-part 1957 British

film serial A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, gene ...

made by the

Children's Film Foundation The Children's Film Foundation (CFF) was a non-profit organisation which made films for children in the United Kingdom originally to be shown as part of childrens' Saturday morning matinée cinema programming. The films typically were about 55 ...

, based on the novel of the same name by

Enid Blyton Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have b ...

. The author herself helped cast the film. It was filmed in

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ...

, UK, at

Corfe Castle Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the English county of Dorset. Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the P ...

, in Corfe Castle Village, the

Jurassic Coast The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about , and was inscribed on the World Heritage List in mid-Decembe ...

, Lulworth Cove and Stair Hole near Lulworth Cove which served as the Kirrin Island landing spot for the rowing boat in the film. The antique store from the beginning of the film was filmed at Oliver's in 5 West Street, Corfe Castle Village, Dorset, UK.

Cast

*Rel Grainer as George *Richard Palmer as Julian *Gillian Harrison as Anne *John Bailey as Dick *Daga as Timothy the Dog *

Robert Cawdron Robert Cawdron (29 December 1921 – 14 September 1997) was a French-born British film and television actor. Often cast as police officers, he had a long-running role on '' Dixon of Dock Green'' as Detective Inspector Cherry.The Guinness Book of ...

as Luke Undown *Nicholas Bruce as Jim * Peter Burton as Quentin Kirrin *Iris Russell as Margaret Kirrin *Robert Dean as Cmdr. Mainbridge *John Charlesworth as Jan *Rufus Cruickshank as Captain Zachary (as Rufus Cruikshank)

Critical reception

DVD Beaver wrote "Chock-full of cliff-hangers and mystery, the popular Children's Film Foundation serial remains close to the spirit of the book...This is very highly recommended."

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* 1957 films Children's Film Foundation Films set on islands Films based on children's books Adaptations of works by Enid Blyton 1957 adventure films British adventure films Films scored by Jack Beaver Films shot in Dorset 1950s British films {{adventure-film-stub