The Swiss Family Robinson

Thought lost after its original airing on NBC, this entertaining take on the Johann David Wyss adventure saga casts Walter Pidgeon and Laraine Day as the heads of the immigrant clan whose Australia-bound ship gets waylaid by pirates in the East Indies, and find themselves spending a decade having to scrape at survival as island castaways. Dennis Hopper, Patty Duke, Dennis Kohler, Steven Marlo also star. 55 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.