George Sanders, Hayley Mills, Jack Gwillim

In Search of the Castaways was Hayley Mills's third feature for Disney, an agreeable adventure--loosely based on a Jules Verne story--with enough derring-do to make kids happy and with the rig...( read more  read more... )ht touch of self-conscious silliness to keep adults smiling. Mills plays Mary Grant, a missing freighter captain's daughter convinced her father is still alive somewhere in Earth's southern hemisphere. With the help of her brother (Keith Hamshire) and a veteran seaman (an extremely unlikely if charming Maurice Chevalier), Mary convinces a shipping magnate, Lord Glenarvan (Wilfrid Hyde-White), to set sail and find the missing Captain Grant. The team survives freezing weather, avalanches, a menacing condor, an active volcano, Maori captors, and a plot by a slick George Sanders to steal a ship. Meanwhile, Mary and Glenarvan's rakish son, John (Michael Anderson Jr.), engage in flirtatious feuding. The many memorable action sequences are wildly improbable (all the more so watching the nonchalant Chevalier have a go at Indiana Jones-like heroics) and liberally employ old-fashioned process shots, mattes, paintings, and other pre-digital special effects. The incomparable Hyde-White looks as if he's having fun alternately harrumphing and encouraging good old British resolve, while Sanders effortlessly portrays, for the umpteenth time, his brand of enchanting villainy. Directed by Robert Stevenson (Mary Poppins). In Search of the Castaways is presented here in its original, full-screen format. --Tom Keogh

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G, 98 min.

Directed by: Robert Stevenson

Release Date: December 21, 1962

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DVD Release Date: May 3, 2005

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  • November 22, 2009
    Overall, the movie is quite enjoyable. The special effects are a bit hokey compared to today's standards, but were most likely high quality back in the day.
  • April 10, 2009
    No thanks - Not interested
  • June 3, 2008
    It was a cute movie, some really funny parts. I almost didn't finish it, but I saw it to the end and it was okay. I wouldn't see it again, though.
  • March 28, 2008
    Another fun movie with Haley Mills, along with adventure. Somehow you've never been able to miss with Disney.
  • March 17, 2008
    My World has become richer by your presence, your thoughts.
    If i was to loose you i would surely feel lost .
    For you gave me hope and so many joys.
    You made me smile as my world danced by .
    A beautiful reflection of you entered my mind .
    So thoughtful and caring you stayed b...( read more)y my side.
    Theres nowhere I could wish than you to be.
    Spending some time here just you and me .
  • February 22, 2008
    Awesome adventure. One of the best popcorn flicks of the 60's.
  • December 29, 2007
    I LOVE Haley Mills! This is a good story! VHS.

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    April 13, 2007
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