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The New Swiss Family Robinson (1998)
When Angelino Jack Robinson gets a new job in Australia, he decides to take his sissy wife Ann, brave sons Shane and Todd and wining daughter Elisabeth 'Lizzy' by sailing yacht from Hong Kong to Syndney. The gun he gets thrown in by Sheldon Blake proves disabled, and for a sinister reason: near Borneo, Blake's men turn up to capture them. The family escapes but loses the yacht on a reef. They build a cool camp on an island. But the pirates keep coming back, and the boys discover why: he hid a treasure in the yacht. Shane is also discovered and captured in more then one way by French plane wreck survivor Françoise, who later teams up with the family.
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When Angelino Jack Robinson gets a new job in Australia, he decides to take his sissy wife Ann, brave sons Shane and Todd and wining daughter Elisabeth 'Lizzy' by sailing yacht from Hong Kong to Syndney. The gun he gets thrown in by Sheldon Blake proves disabled, and for a sinister reason: near Borneo, Blake's men turn up to capture them. The family escapes but loses the yacht on a reef. They build a cool camp on an island. But the pirates keep coming back, and the boys discover why: he hid a treasure in the yacht. Shane is also discovered and captured in more then one way by French plane wreck survivor Françoise, who later teams up with the family.
Rating:PG
Genre:Adventure, Action, TV Movie
Written By:Stewart Raffill
In Theaters:12/25/1998
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Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:
Cast
Stewart Raffill
Director
Jane Seymour
Anna Robinson
David Carradine
Sheldon Blake
James Keach
Jack Robinson
John Asher
Shane Robinson
Blake Bashoff
Todd Robinson
Jamie Renée Smith
Elizabeth Robinson
Simone Griffeth
Cynthia
Yumi Iwama
Francoise
Diane Kirman
Girlfriend Pirate
Billy Bates
Halo Pirate
Rick Kahana
Ninja Pirate
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