The producers got Columbia to pony up cash for this so good on them but it's not that great. A shipwreck leads a boy and convict to traipse through the bush but it never feels that dangerous or urgent. They cut away to the boy's father looking for him, panicking, then back to the kid who is having an high old time.
The film has amiable charm - it's sweet and the leads can act. Maybe Spike Milligan who has a cameo should have played the lead. It needed villains, more urgency, romance, something... just needed more work done on the script. They don't feel in danger.
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