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In Search of the Castaways(1962)
Status: Released
Date: 1962-12-01
65%
81 Votes
Time: 1h 38m
A Thousand Thrills, And Hayley Mills!
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.
Languages: English.
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United States of America
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Movie: In Search of the Castaways
Top 10 Billed 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
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