Movie
In Search of the Castaways
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1962-12-01
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Family
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Walt Disney Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Maurice Chevalier as Jacques Paganel
- Hayley Mills as Mary Grant
- George Sanders as Thomas Ayerton
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as Lord Glenarvan
- Michael Anderson Jr. as John Glenarvan
- Antonio Cifariello as Indian Chief
- Wilfrid Brambell as Bill Gaye
- Jack Gwillim as Captain Grant
- Ronald Fraser as Guard at Dockyard Gate
- Norman Bird as Senior Yacht Guard
- George Murcell as Ayerton's Assistant
- Inia Te Wiata as Maori Chief
Crew
- Robert Stevenson - Director
- Lowell S. Hawley - Writer
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