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In Search of the Castaways is a 1962 Walt Disney Productions feature film starring Hayley Mills and Maurice Chevalier in a tale about a worldwide search for a shipwrecked sea captain. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Lowell S. Hawley based upon Jules Verne's 1868 adventure novel Captain Grant's Children. The film was Mills' third of six for the Disney Studios.

Plot

In company with her younger brother Robert (Keith Hamshere), and her elderly yet young-at-heart friend Professor Jacques Paganel (Maurice Chevalier), teenage Mary Grant (Hayley Mills) journeys to Glasgow, Scotland, to persuade the comically brave Lord Glenarvan (Wilfrid Hyde-White) to rescue her shipwrecked father, Captain John Grant (Jack Gwillim). The expedition sets sail and ventures halfway around the world, to both South America and New Zealand, respectively. The party suffers many assorted perils including an earthquake, a flood, a fire, an attack by a giant condor and an erupting volcano before finding and rescuing Captain Grant. A subplot involves a gunrunner named Thomas Ayerton (George Sanders), who is a treacherous former crew-member of Captain Grant's ship, and responsible for his disappearance. Another subplot involves a budding romance between young Mary Grant and Lord Glenarvan's handsome and loyal son John (Michael Anderson, Jr.).

Cast and characters

Hayley Mills as Mary Grant
Maurice Chevalier as Jacques Paganel
George Sanders as Thomas Ayerton
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Lord Glenarvan
Michael Anderson, Jr. as John Glenarvan
Antonio Cifariello as Thalcave, the Indian Chief
Keith Hamshere as Robert Grant
Wilfrid Brambell as Bill Gaye
Jack Gwillim as Captain Grant
Inia Te Wiata as Maori Chief
Roger Delgado as Patagonian Prisoner

Musical Numbers

Songs composed by the Sherman Brothers include "Castaway", "Merci Beaucoup", "Let's Climb (Grimpons)", and "Enjoy It", with an orchestral arrangement of "Castaway" serving as the film's overture.

Awards and nominations

The film placed third in the 1963 Golden Laurel Top Male Musical Performance (Chevalier) and was nominated for the Golden Laurel Top Action Drama.

Gallery

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia page In Search of the Castaways (film). The list of authors can be seen in the page history. Text from Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.

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-'''''In Search of the Castaways''''' is a [[1962]] [[Walt Disney Productions]] feature film starring [[Hayley Mills]] and Maurice Chevalier in a tale about a worldwide search for a shipwrecked sea captain. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Lowell S. Hawley based upon [[Jules Verne]]'s [[Pre-1922#1868|1868]] adventure novel Captain Grant's Children. The film was Mills' third of six for the Disney Studios.
+'''''In Search of the Castaways''''' is a [[1962]] [[Walt Disney Productions]] feature film starring [[Hayley Mills]] and [[Maurice Chevalier]] in a tale about a worldwide search for a shipwrecked sea captain. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Lowell S. Hawley based upon [[Jules Verne]]'s [[Pre-1922#1868|1868]] adventure novel Captain Grant's Children. The film was Mills' third of six for the Disney Studios.
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