Today Bert I. Gordon died at the age of 100, RIP.
Here is a film I found by him that makes a great riff. A 1960 adventure film with his daughter who you should recognize from Tormented as well as an episode of The Twilight Zone along with former child star Charles Herbert.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053672/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_and_the_Pirates

I tried finding a trailer, no luck yet.