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In Search of the Castaways

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In Search of the Castaways
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G,1hr 38min
Genres:
Family,Action
Release:
1962
Director:
Robert Stevenson
Distributor:
Walt Disney Video
Starring:
Maurice Chevalier, Hayley Mills, George Sanders  ...more
Synopsis: Based on Jules Verne's novel Captain Grant's Children, In Search of the Castaways is a roller-coaster of a Disney film, making up in excitement what it lacks in credibility or coherence. Hayley Mills and Keith Hamshere play the children of long-missing ship's captain Jack Gwillim. By chance, a note stuffed in a bottle comes to the attention of the kids and professor Maurice Chevalier; the note contains the fragment of a map, which suggests that Gwillim is somewhere in South America. Only after enduring ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
The opening credits of In Search of the Castaways tell the audience that this is a "fantasy adventure," and that turns out to be pretty accurate. The fantasy label at least prepares the viewer for some of the larger credibility gaps that pop up along the way. Those that deal with plot points (e.g., the unbelievably fortunate timing of a waterspout that douses a deadly fire, the ability of one character ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Maurice Chevalier
Prof. Jacques Paganel
Hayley Mills
Mary Grant
George Sanders
Thomas Ayerton
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Lord Glenarvan
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