Treasure Island (1972)

Treasure Island (1972)Pay heed, good mates. Let nary a mother's son speak of the treasure map bestowed upon cabin boy Jim Hawkins. Be as silent as the grave. To the plank if ye as much as breathe a word to that peg legged seadog known as Long John Silver. The ideal match of larger than life role and a legendary actor, this lavish 1972 version of Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure classic stars Orson Welles as Silver, swaggering and conniving in grand skull 'n' bones

directs this stylistically understated noir that features an abundance of starpower rare for the genre: Dana Andrews

perhaps better known to theater aficionados

This unusual Hollywood love story mixed with a gangster-themed police caper revealed undeniable chemistry between the two leads

gags range from dead-on deadpan to comedic broadsides

stars in the pre-code comedy Clear All Wires

In a change of pace from his offbeat thrillers and Hitchcock homages

only Commander Halstead can save the woman he loves and defend the entire galaxy from a nefarious megalomaniac based on a distant

living on borrowed time

Their passage may be one-way

Oscar-winner James Coburn ("Maverick")

then just five years into a career stretching from the 1940s into the 21st century

Nancy Gates and Coleen Gray play the eye-catching "Four beautiful reasons behind