In Search of the Castaways
“A Thousand Thrills, And Hayley Mills!”
1962•G•1h 38m•6.5•Released
AdventureFamily
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.
Director
Robert Stevenson
Writer
Lowell S. Hawley
Languages
English
Studio
Walt Disney Productions
Cast
Maurice Chevalier
Jacques Paganel
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
Ronald Fraser
Guard at Dockyard Gate
Norman Bird
Senior Yacht Guard
George Murcell
Ayerton's Assistant
Inia Te Wiata
Maori Chief
Mark Dignam
Rich man at Yacht party
David Spenser
South American Guide
Milo Sperber
Crooked sailor
Production
Company
Walt Disney Productions
Producer
Walt Disney
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