The Little Savage

If anyone has read the original story(and the only way I ever read it was through Classics Illustrated),then you'll see that this is more closely related to"Treasure Island",and every film made with Cooper and Beery than the grim story written by Captain Marryat.Where do we begin? 1.)The original story takes place on a guano island off the coast of Chile,during the 1820s,rather than on the Spanish Main during the late 1680s. 2.)The screenplay,dealing with a double-crossed pirate redeeming himself by raising and loving a shipwrecked boy,and helping him to become a responsible man,never took place in the original opus. 3.)The only incident taken from the book involves the loyal seal who sacrifices himself for his master from the sharks. 4.)We've got an old bandit,who becomes a loving dad,and helps his boy reach manhood,by giving up his own life. Marryat's book is a tale of loneliness,Victorian duty,sacrifice,emotional deprivation,and growing up with the absolute minimal amount of nurturance imaginable.It wouldn't have sold without any the romance and swashbuckling adventure given in this movie.

This was my favorite movie when I was a kid. But I have not seen it on TV since the late sixties. It is not even listed in most move reference books. Can any one tell me why it is not being shown? And is there any way I can get it on video? You would think with that "surviver" series such at hit,video companies would be turning every movie ever made about people stranded on a deserted island. Please some one tell where this movie is and where I can get it. Thank you.

This great warm adventure film about a little boy and a pirate shipwrecked on a deserted island is a joy to watch. Pedro Armendize can play a pirate almost as good as Robert Newton. Terry Rango is also good as the little boy and Robert Palmer plays him grown up. When I was a kid it was shown on most of the local TV channels and was even shown twice at my local theaters as a kiddie matinée. It was released by a major movie company, 20 Centry Fox. But now it is not shown anywhere that I know of, neither has it been released on video or DVD. Why? Who is holding it back? Parents everywhere, write or e-mail Fox and the DVD companies and request it's release. Today's children don't know what they are missing. At long last you can watch it online. Now please, please release it on DVD!