Treasure of Matecumbe
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Treasure of Matecumbe is a Walt Disney Productions family adventure film released in 1976, directed by Vincent McEveety
. It was based on the novel by Robert Lewis Taylor
. The plot involves a boy and his companion who run away from home to hunt for treasure. The filming locations were in Kentucky and Walt Disney Golden Oak Ranch
in California. The final scene at a beached shipwreck was filmed at Walt Disney World's Discovery Island.
Vincent McEveety
Vincent Michael McEveety is an American director and producer.- Career :TelevisionVince McEveety has directed numerous Emmy Award winning television series, including The Untouchables, Gunsmoke, six Star Trek , Magnum, P.I., How the...
. It was based on the novel by Robert Lewis Taylor
Robert Lewis Taylor
Robert Lewis Taylor was an American author and winner of the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.Taylor was born in Carbondale, Illinois and attended Southern Illinois University, which now houses his papers, for one year. He graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor...
. The plot involves a boy and his companion who run away from home to hunt for treasure. The filming locations were in Kentucky and Walt Disney Golden Oak Ranch
Golden Oak Ranch
The Walt Disney Company’s Golden Oak Ranch is a movie ranch that serves as an interior and exterior filming location. The ranch is off of Placerita Canyon Road in Canyon Country, California, less than an hour north of Los Angeles; its entrance is about from Placerita Canyon Road's intersection...
in California. The final scene at a beached shipwreck was filmed at Walt Disney World's Discovery Island.
Cast
- Robert FoxworthRobert FoxworthRobert Heath Foxworth is an American film, stage and television actor.-Early life and career:Foxworth was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Erna Beth , a writer, and John Howard Foxworth, a roofing contractor...
as Jim - Joan HackettJoan HackettJoan Ann Hackett was an American actress who appeared on stage, in films, and on television.- Early life :She was born in New York City of Irish and Italian extraction...
as Lauriette Paxton - Peter UstinovPeter UstinovPeter Alexander Ustinov CBE was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter...
as Dr. Ewing T. Snodgrass - Vic MorrowVic MorrowVictor "Vic" Morrow was an American actor whose credits include a starring role in the 1960s TV series Combat!, prominent roles in a handful of other television and cinema dramas, and numerous guest roles on television...
as Spangler