SCALAWAG
DIRECTED & CO-WRITTEN BY KIRK DOUGLAS
PRODUCED BY ANNE DOUGLAS
INEX FILM
OCEANIA PRODUZIONI INTERNAZIONALI CINEMATOGRAFICHE
THE BYNA COMPANY
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
A peg legged pirate is searching for treasure with the help of a young boy,
teen girl and a parrot. They'll have to fight Natives and his former crew on the way.
Cast
Kirk Douglas ... Peg
Mark Lester ... Jamie
Neville Brand ... Brimstone / Mudhook
George Eastman ... Don Aragon
Don Stroud ... Velvet
Lesley-Anne Down ... Lucy-Ann
Danny DeVito ... Fly Speck
Mel Blanc ... Barfly the Parrot (voice)
Phil Brown ... Sandy
Davor Antolic ... Rooster
Stojan 'Stole' Arandjelovic ... Beanbelly (as Stole Arandjelovic)
Fabijan Sovagovic ... Blackfoot
Shaft Douglas ... Beau
and many more..
Directed
Kirk Douglas
Zoran Calic ... (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Kirk Douglas ... (contributor)
Albert Sidney Fleischman ... (co-writer) (as Sid Fleischman)
Albert Maltz ... (co-writer)
Robert Louis Stevenson ... (story "Treasure Island")
Produced
Anne Douglas ... producer (as Anne Buydens)
Music
John Cameron
Cinematography
Jack Cardiff
Trivia
Danny De Vito won his role because he and Kirk's son, Michael Douglas, were best friends and had been roommates in college.
This was the directorial debut of Kirk Douglas.
Goofs
Factual errors
The hot air balloon is far too small & slender to carry even one boy.
Revealing mistakes
Obvious day-for-night photography, since the moon can't make a blue sky.
Filming Locations
Centralni Filmski Studio Kosutnjak, Belgrade, Serbia (studio)
Yugoslavia
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