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In Search of the Castaways
“A Thousand Thrills, And Hayley Mills!”
6.5 / 10• 1962• 1h 38m•G• English
AdventureFamily
Storyline
Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) on a search expedition for the children's shipwrecked sea captain father. This Disney film was based upon Jules Verne's 1868 adventure novel Captain Grant's Children.
Cast & Crew
Maurice Chevalier
Jacques Paganel
Lead
Hayley Mills
Mary Grant
George Sanders
Thomas Ayerton
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Lord Glenarvan
Michael Anderson Jr.
John Glenarvan
Antonio Cifariello
Indian Chief
Wilfrid Brambell
Bill Gaye
Jack Gwillim
Captain Grant
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Stevenson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. In Search of the Castaways is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
