Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Maurice Chevalier | ... | Jacques Paganel | |
Hayley Mills | ... | Mary Grant | |
George Sanders | ... | Thomas Ayerton | |
Wilfrid Hyde-White | ... | Lord Glenarvan (as Wilfrid Hyde White) | |
Michael Anderson Jr. | ... | John Glenarvan (as Michael Anderson Jnr.) | |
Antonio Cifariello | ... | Chief Thalcave | |
Keith Hamshere | ... | Robert Grant | |
Wilfrid Brambell | ... | Bill Gaye | |
Jack Gwillim | ... | Captain Grant | |
Ronald Fraser | ... | Guard at Dockyard Gate | |
Norman Bird | ... | Senior Yacht Guard | |
George Murcell | ... | Ayerton's Assistant | |
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Inia Te Wiata | ... | Maori Chief (as Inia Wiata) |
Mark Dignam | ... | Rich Man at Yacht Party | |
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Michael Wynne | ... | Crooked Sailor |
An earthquake, a flash flood, an avalanche, a volcano, alligators, jaguars, mutineers, and a man-eating Maoris dog the steps of a shipping company owner, a scientist, and the two children of a lost sea Captain as they circle the Earth along the 37th parallel per instructions in a bottled note the scientist has recovered from a shark's stomach. Only certain facts are discerned from the stained note, especially the words "37 parallel". Teenage Mary Grant (Hayley Mills), her younger brother, Robert (Keith Hamshere), and the scientist, French Professor Jacques Paganel (Maurice Chevalier), trick their way aboard the grand yacht, "Persevero II", during a bon voyage party to see the owner of the shipping company, Lord Edward Glenarvan (Wilfrid Hyde-White), the epitome of British aloofness. With the urging of his own son, John (Michael Anderson, Jr.), Glenarvan's luxurious side-wheeler sets sail for the coastal town of Concepcion, Chile in the search for the missing Captain Grant (Jack ... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
I'll give Disney's "In Search Of The Castaways" a seven out of ten because of the possibilities, not for what it is! If you were to take all the noted bloopers from the original Star Wars series, you'd run out of fingers, instantly! Compared to other Disney live action films and some real turkeys, this film fared much better. Not everyone is into Maurice Chevalier and I am not one of them. But he did manage to play the bumbling fool of a professor very well. Sometimes you have to overlook the Disney staple of sticking to sugary family fare. We cant all have homeboys on top of a mountain, spraying graffiti. Quite frankly, the movie really suffers from simply becoming outdated. I wish the movie moguls would think to look at this movie one day-for a remake. If anything, I like the sudden idea of being caught and trapped on a slope, riding on a loosened mountain chunk down a ravine. The next in line biggest adventure, would be the tied to a rope, upside down, swinging wildly in the air! COOL. I give it a seven, for the possibilities. Robert.