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In Search of the Castaways

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.

19621h 38mGAdventure, Family

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About In Search of the Castaways

Directors
Robert Stevenson
Cast
Maurice Chevalier, Hayley Mills, George Sanders, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Michael Anderson Jr., Antonio Cifariello
Genres
Adventure, Family
Content rating
G
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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