---
title: 'The Secret of Treasure Island (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Elmer Clifton'
released: '1938-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-secret-of-treasure-island-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030725/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Secret of Treasure Island (1938)

1938 · Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

The Secret of Treasure Island is a 1938 Columbia movie serial based on the serialized Argosy magazine story Murder at Pirate Castle (1936). The magazine story was written by L. Ron Hubbard, at the time a writer of pulp fiction who went on to found the Scientology religion. The film version is divided into 15 chapters.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Elmer Clifton](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-clifton)
- **Screenplay:** [Elmer Clifton](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-clifton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Abe Meyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/abe-meyer)
- **Producer:** [Louis Weiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-weiss), [George M. Merrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-m-merrick), [Jack Fier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-fier)
- **Director of Photography:** [Edward Linden](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-linden)
- **Editor:** [Earl Turner](https://cinepixo.com/people/earl-turner)

## Cast

- [Hobart Bosworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/hobart-bosworth)
- [George Rosener](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-rosener)
- [Gwen Gaze](https://cinepixo.com/people/gwen-gaze)
- [Grant Withers](https://cinepixo.com/people/grant-withers)

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