---
title: 'Swiss Family Robinson (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ken Annakin'
released: '1960-12-10'
runtime_minutes: 128
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/swiss-family-robinson-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054357/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

1960 · 128 min · Adventure, Family · United States


## Synopsis

Swiss Family Robinson is a 1960 American adventure film starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Tommy Kirk, and Kevin Corcoran in a tale of the shipwrecked Robinson family building an island home. It was the second feature film based on the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, a previous adaptation having been released by RKO Pictures in 1940. Directed by Ken Annakin and shot in Tobago and Pinewood Studios outside London, it was the first widescreen Walt Disney Pictures film shot with Panavision lenses; when shooting in widescreen, Disney had almost always used a matted wide screen or filmed in CinemaScope. Upon its release, Swiss Family Robinson was a major success with both critics and audiences.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ken Annakin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-annakin)
- **Screenplay:** [Lowell S. Hawley](https://cinepixo.com/people/lowell-s-hawley)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Terry Gilkyson](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-gilkyson), [William Alwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-alwyn)
- **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney), [Bill Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-anderson)
- **Editor:** [Peter Boita](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-boita)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-waxman), [Paul Beeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-beeson)

## Cast

- [Sessue Hayakawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/sessue-hayakawa) as pirate chief
- [Larry Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-taylor) as pirates
- [Dorothy McGuire](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-mcguire) as Mother Robinson
- [Janet Munro](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-munro) as Roberta
- [Cecil Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-parker) as Captain Moreland
- [Milton Reid](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-reid) as pirates
- [Tommy Kirk](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommy-kirk) as Ernst Robinson
- [John Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mills) as William Robinson
- [Andy Ho](https://cinepixo.com/people/andy-ho) as pirates
- [James MacArthur](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-macarthur) as Fritz Robinson
- [Kevin Corcoran](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-corcoran) as Francis Robinson

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/swiss-family-robinson
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/swiss-family-robinson-1960
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