In Search of the Castaways (1962)

A Thousand Thrills, And Hayley Mills!

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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Cast

Maurice ChevalierJacques Paganel
Hayley MillsMary Grant
George SandersThomas Ayerton
Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteLord Glenarvan
Michael Anderson Jr.John Glenarvan
Antonio CifarielloIndian Chief
Wilfrid BrambellBill Gaye
Jack GwillimCaptain Grant
Ronald FraserGuard at Dockyard Gate
Norman BirdSenior Yacht Guard

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Robert StevensonDirector
Lowell S. HawleyWriter
Paul BeesonDirector of Photography
William AlwynOriginal Music Composer
Gordon StoneEditor
Walt DisneyProducer

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