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In Search of the Castaways (1962) [G]

Featuring:
Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders

Written by:
Lowell S. Hawley
Jules Verne

Directed by:
Robert Stevenson


Release Date:
December 1, 1962

Original Title:
In Search of the Castaways

Alternate Titles:
Castaways
Die Kinder des Kapitän Grant
Jules Verne's Fantasy-Adventure in search of The Castaways

Genres:
Adventure | Family

Production Companies:
Walt Disney Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 6  GB: U  IE: G  US: G 

Runtime: 98

A Thousand Thrills, And Hayley Mills!

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Overview from Open Movies

An earthquake, a flash flood, an avalanche, a volcano, alligators, jaguars, mutineers, and a man-eating Maoris dog the steps of a shipping company owner, a scientist, and the two children of a lost sea Captain as they circle the Earth along the 37th parallel per instructions in a bottled note the scientist has recovered from a shark's stomach. Only certain facts are discerned from the stained note, especially the words "37 parallel". Teenage Mary Grant (Hayley Mills), her younger brother, Robert (Keith Hamshere), and the scientist, French Professor Jacques Paganel (Maurice Chevalier), trick their way aboard the grand yacht, "Persevero II", during a bon voyage party to see the owner of the shipping company, Lord Edward Glenarvan (Wilfrid Hyde-White), the epitome of British aloofness. With the urging of his own son, John (Michael Anderson, Jr.), Glenarvan's luxurious side-wheeler sets sail for the coastal town of Concepcion, Chile in the search for the missing Captain Grant (Jack Gwillim).

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In Search of the Castaways (1962) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.5/10
Awards Won: 2 nominations

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Production

Additional Photography:
Michael Reed
Ray Sturgess
David Harcourt

Art Direction:
Michael Stringer

Associate Producer:
Hugh Attwooll

Costume Design:
Margaret Furse

Director:
Robert Stevenson

Director of Photography:
Paul Beeson

Editor:
Gordon Stone

Makeup & Hair:
Harry Frampton

Original Music Composer:
William Alwyn

Producer:
Walt Disney

Production Manager:
Peter Manley

Second Unit Director:
Peter Bolton

Set Dresser:
Vernon Dixon

Songs:
Richard M. Sherman
Robert B. Sherman

Sound Editor:
Peter Thornton

Still Photographer:
Laurie Ridley

Visual Effects:
Peter Ellenshaw
Sydney Pearson

Writer:
Lowell S. Hawley

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