Considered the best TV (or movie) adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island' of all time.
Michael Ande (Jim Hawkins) and Ivor Dean (Jon Silver) remained close friends until Dean's death in 1974.
As the 'Hispanola' wasn't fully capable at sea, the sails could never be fully filled, as the ship would have capsized. For the scenes which show the ship in full sail, the ship would be pulled backwards to fill the sails with air, and the sequence was played in reverse.
The treasure map shown in the movie is an exact copy of the map drawn by Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of 'Treasure Island', which was included in the book.
For the first time, Jim Hawkins (played by 22 year old Michael Ande) is portrayed as a young man of 18, rather than a boy of 10 or 12 as in many other movie versions of the 'Treasure Island'. Although the book describes him to be at least 17 years old.