Swiss Family Robinson
From the BEST "Best Seller" in Fiction History!
5.7(31) 1940-02-08 93 minAdventure
A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family members collaborate to create a home for themselves in the jungle environment.
DirectorEdward Ludwig
WriterGene Towne
ProducerGene Towne
WriterC. Graham Baker
ProducerC. Graham Baker
WriterWalter Ferris
Original Music ComposerAnthony Collins
Cast & characters
Thomas Mitchell
as William Robinson
Edna Best
as Elizabeth Robinson
Freddie Bartholomew
as Jack Robinson
Terry Kilburn
as Ernest Robinson
Tim Holt
as Fritz Robinson
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Bobbie Quillan
as Francis Robinson
Christian Rub
as Thoren
John Wray
as Ramsey
Herbert Rawlinson
as Captain
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Jack Stoney
as Seaman
Orson Welles
as Opening Narrator (uncredited)
