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In Search of the Castaways(Movie, 1962)

1h 38min | Genres: Adventure, Kids & Family
In Search of the CastawaysRating: 3.2/5 (with 3232 votes)
In Search of the Castaways is a 1962 American adventure film starring Maurice Chevalier and Hayley Mills in a tale about a worldwide search for a shipwrecked sea captain. The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Lowell S. Hawley, based upon Jules Verne's 1868 adventure novel Captain Grant's Children. In Search of the Castaways was the third of six films Hayley Mills starred in at Disney. ()
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About In Search of the Castaways

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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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on the work of: Jules Verne ("In Search of the Castaways")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 15 languages: Catalan (CA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)
Status: Released
Release date CA: 12/01/1962
Producer: Walt Disney
Screenwriter: Lowell S. Hawley
Executive Producer: Peter Bolton, Hugh Attwooll, Peter Manley
Film Editor: Gordon Stone
Art Director: Michael Stringer
Composer: William Alwyn, Sherman Brothers
Costume designer: Margaret Furse
Production Designer: Vernon Dixon
Musical Conductor: Muir Mathieson
Other Team Members: Peter Ellenshaw, Sydney Pearson, Dudley Messenger, Gordon McCallum
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Die Kinder des Kapitän Grant"
"Castaways"
"Jules Verne's Fantasy-Adventure in search of The Castaways"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:21673, Added: 02/24/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024