---
title: 'In Search of the Castaways (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Stevenson'
released: '1962-12-19'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/in-search-of-the-castaways-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056095/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# In Search of the Castaways (1962)

1962 · 100 min · Adventure, Music, Family · United States


## Synopsis

In Search of the Castaways is a 1962 American adventure film starring Maurice Chevalier and Hayley Mills in a tale about a worldwide search for a shipwrecked sea captain. The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Lowell S. Hawley, based upon Jules Verne's 1868 adventure novel Captain Grant's Children.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Stevenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-stevenson)
- **Screenplay:** [Lowell S. Hawley](https://cinepixo.com/people/lowell-s-hawley)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Alwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-alwyn), [Sherman Brothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/sherman-brothers)
- **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michael Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-reed), [Paul Beeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-beeson), [Ray Sturgess](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-sturgess), [David Harcourt](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-harcourt)
- **Editor:** [Gordon Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-stone)

## Cast

- [Jack Gwillim](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-gwillim) as Captain Grant
- [Barry Keegan](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-keegan)
- [Maurice Chevalier](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-chevalier) as Jacques Paganel
- [Joss Ackland](https://cinepixo.com/people/joss-ackland)
- [Maxwell Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/maxwell-shaw)
- [Inia Te Wiata](https://cinepixo.com/people/inia-te-wiata) as Maori Chief
- [Wilfrid Hyde-White](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfrid-hyde-white) as Lord Glenarvan
- [Antonio Cifariello](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-cifariello) as Thalcave
- [Michael Wayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-wayne)
- [George Murcell](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-murcell)
- [George Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-sanders) as Thomas Ayerton
- [Michael Anderson, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-anderson-jr) as John Glenarvan
- [Hayley Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/hayley-mills) as Mary Grant
- [Milo Sperber](https://cinepixo.com/people/milo-sperber)
- [Ronald Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-fraser) as guard

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/in-search-of-the-castaways
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/in-search-of-the-castaways-1962
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