In Search of the Castaways

In Search of the Castaways.

In Search of the Castaways is a 1962 adventure film based on the Jules Verne novel Captain Grant's Children.

Cast

Singing roles

• Maurice Chevalier - Jacques Paganel
• Hayley Mills - Mary Grant
• Michael Anderson Jr. - John Glenarvan
• Keith Hamshere - Robert Grant

Non-singing roles

• Wilfrid Hyde-White - Lord Glenarvan
• George Sanders - Thomas Ayerton
• Jack Gwillim - Captain Grant

Plot

In company with her younger brother Robert, and her elderly yet young-at-heart friend Professor Jacques Paganel, teenage Mary Grant journeys to Glasgow to persuade the comically brave Lord Glenarvan to rescue her shipwrecked father, Captain John Grant. The expedition sets sail and ventures halfway around the world, to both South America and New Zealand, respectively. The party suffers many assorted perils including an earthquake, a flood, a fire, an attack by a giant condor and an erupting volcano before finding and rescuing Captain Grant.

A subplot involves a gunrunner named Thomas Ayerton, who is a treacherous former crew-member of Captain Grant's ship, and responsible for his disappearance. Another subplot involves a budding romance between young Mary Grant and Lord Glenarvan's handsome and loyal son John.

Musical numbers

• "Merci Beaucoup" - Jacques
• "Grimpons!" - Jacques and Mary
• "Enjoy It" - Jacques, John, Robert and Mary
• "Castaways" - Mary