In Search of the Castaways
A Thousand Thrills, And Hayley Mills!
1962 • 98 min • Adventure · Family
Synopsis
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.
Our family guide
Best from age 6- 50 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 65 Audience · 83 · 49%
Two spirited teenagers, Mary and Robert, embark on a perilous global adventure with a charming but eccentric professor to find their missing sea captain father. Their journey takes them through diverse landscapes and dangerous encounters in this classic Disney adaptation of a Jules Verne novel.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Some peril from natural disasters
- Encounters with wild animals
- Brief moments of restraint
What it models well
- Courage and resilience
- Loyalty to family
- Spirit of adventure
- International cooperation
Talk about it after
- The challenges of a long journey
- Exploring different cultures
- Perseverance in the face of danger
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Top billed cast
Director: Robert Stevenson • Crew: Lowell S. Hawley
Trailers & clips
In Search of the Castaways 1978 re-release TV trailer
Reviewer notes
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers_**Ridiculous set-bound Disney adventure with Hayley Mills**_ In Scotland, a sister (Hayley Mills) and her little brother team-up with a French professor (Maurice Chevalier), a shipping magnate (Wilfrid Hyde-White) and his son (Michael Anderson, Jr.) to search for the siblings’ missing father, a sea captain.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersMaurice Chevalier and Wilfrid Hyde-White are very good, but <em>'In Search of the Castaways'</em> didn't quite capture my imagination. I mostly like the adventure elements, as they cross land and sea in search of castaways. Despite that, I never properly felt attached to the story as the aforementioned isn't stitched together well with the characters and their motives/feelings.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.5/10 (83)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- IMDb
- tt0056095
