In Search of the Castaways (film)

In Search of the Castaways
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Stevenson
Screenplay byLowell S. Hawley
Based onIn Search of the Castaways
by Jules Verne
Produced byWalt Disney
StarringMaurice Chevalier
Hayley Mills
George Sanders
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Michael Anderson Jr.
Keith Hamshere
Antonio Cifariello
CinematographyPaul Beeson
Edited byGordon Stone
Music byMusic Composed by:
William Alwyn
Musical Director:
Muir Mathieson
Songs:
Richard M. Sherman
Robert B. Sherman
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Distribution
Release dates
  • November 14, 1962 (1962-11-14) (London, premiere)
  • December 19, 1962 (1962-12-19) (US)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$21,745,500[1]

In Search of the Castaways (also known as 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.[2][3]

In Search of the Castaways was the third of six films Hayley Mills starred in at Disney.

  1. ^ Box Office Information for In Search of the Castaways. Worldwide Box Office. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  2. ^ "In Search of the Castaways". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  3. ^ \"IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS". Te Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 29, no. 336. London. Jan 1, 1962. p. 171.