The Adventures of Long John Silver

- Season 1

(1957)

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Desperate to get the money to save his ship, Long John agrees to a plan another pirate recommends to steal Spanish gold. But the pirate turns out to be just as much of a liar as was the last time Long John met him.

It's Christmas time, but Jim Hawkins, an orphan himself, is too depressed to participate in the holiday festivities. He's just met the children living in Miss Willoughby's orphanage, where they not only don't celebrate Christmas, but aren't permitted to speak to other children. Long John Silver takes matters into his own hands, and arranges for his crew to spirit the children away to Polly Purity's Christmas party, while holding Miss Willoughby at gunpoint. Long John learns that Miss Willoughby had a very stern upbringing herself and convinces her that fun and games ...

Delirious with fever, Long John dreams he is sent to England to face trial for piracy.

Arrogant Lord Ellington is put in his place by members of Long John's crew, and gets the Cask and Anchor shut down in retaliation. But Long John smells a rat, and sets out to bring down Ellington and reopen Miss Purity's Inn.

Hired to find the island where an Englishman has disappeared among friendly pearl-diving natives, Long John senses something is wrong when the native's don't answer his questions truthfully.

Long John has become surly with the crew because of a toothache. Yet he is terrified seeing the dentist, a Scotsman who is as stubborn as he is tight with a dollar.

From his new sloop, Jim spies a ship, the Rachel, with dead men strewn over the deck, but when he reports it, none believe him, not even the Governor -- nor Long John.

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Sailing under the Union Jack, Long John's unwittingly surrenders his ship to the French, with whom England has declared war while he was at sea. But as cook Long John hatches a plan to get his ship back.

Depressed that everyone except the reverend has forgotten her birthday, Miss Purity closes the inn so she can join the reverend doing his rounds. But she has no idea the reverend is in on one of Long John's ploys.

Miss Purity and Long John decide Jim should be sent to a private school after he causes trouble at a local birthday party. But things become worse then Jim's roommate is the same boy who actually caused the trouble at the party.

After losing the Faithful gambling, a former pirate convinces Long John the real money is in honest trade, such as he conducts. But is this "former" pirate really reformed?

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Redbeard says he can bring Long John and Miss Purity back together by making Long John a "Dragon Slayer" like the knights of old. In truth, Redbeard is playing Long John against Miss Purity, and plans on being the winner himself.

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Awaiting the arrival of her sister and niece Dimity, Miss Purity learns that their ship has been scuttled by Carolla, a female pirate. Purity mourns and Long John swears revenge, but then her niece appears at Porto Bello.

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