In Search of the Castaways

Dec 1, 1962

1h 38m

★ 6.4

A Thousand Thrills, And Hayley Mills!

Overview

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.

Genres

Adventure

Family

Production Companies

Walt Disney Productions

In Search of the Castaways Trailers

Cast

Jacques Paganel

Maurice Chevalier

Mary Grant

Hayley Mills

Thomas Ayerton

George Sanders

Lord Glenarvan

Wilfrid Hyde-White

John Glenarvan

Michael Anderson Jr.

Indian Chief

Antonio Cifariello

Bill Gaye

Wilfrid Brambell

Captain Grant

Jack Gwillim

Guard at Dockyard Gate

Ronald Fraser

Senior Yacht Guard

Norman Bird

Ayerton's Assistant

George Murcell

Maori Chief

Inia Te Wiata

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