Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

A fantastic adventure film!
This is one of my favorite live action Disney films. It was all filmed on location and it looks stunning. The creation of the treehouse, the whimsical scenes with the animals of the island (and some dangerous scenes too) as well as the plot of the family surviving being shipwrecked and hunted by pirates is a delightful adventure story and the best of its kind. Many of those dangerous animal scenes could not be made anymore, such as the dogs attacking a tiger and a real snake dragging the boys into the swamp. The cast is wonderful, even though they are supposed to be swiss, but are made up of Americans headed by a British father. John Mills and Dorothy McGuire as the parents ground the film in a sober reality and have a very moving scene together in the firelight on the beach the first night on the island. The sons are all Disney regulars and Tommy Kirk is particularly good as the intellectual middle brother.

This film has everything!

I highly reccommend this film to anyone! Many of the other reveiws have stated just what I would like to about how action-packed and fun this film is, so I'll just make mine short and sweet!

swiss family roberson
I bought this for my granddaughter's birthday. The family is going to Disney for 10 days to their time share.My daughter and her husband felt this would be a good movie for the girls to see before they go. The family loved it.