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. It was directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Lowell S. Hawley based upon Jules Verne's 1868 adventure novel Captain Grant's Children. It was Mills' third of six for the Disney Studios.
Synopsis[]
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[]
- 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[]
Copyright info[]
The film's copyright was renewed on October 10, 1990.[1]
References[]
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