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A Thousand Thrills, And Hayley Mills!

Overview

Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) on a search expedition for the children's shipwrecked sea captain father. This Disney film was based upon Jules Verne's 1868 adventure novel Captain Grant's Children.

Top Billed Cast

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    Maurice Chevalier

    Jacques Paganel

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    Hayley Mills

    Mary Grant

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    George Sanders

    Thomas Ayerton

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    Wilfrid Hyde-White

    Lord Glenarvan

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    Michael Anderson Jr.

    John Glenarvan

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    Antonio Cifariello

    Indian Chief

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    Wilfrid Brambell

    Bill Gaye

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    Jack Gwillim

    Captain Grant

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    Ronald Fraser

    Guard at Dockyard Gate

Maurice Chevalier and Wilfrid Hyde-White are very good, but <em>'In Search of the Castaways'</em> didn't quite capture my imagination. I mostly like the adventure elements, as they cross land and sea in search of castaways. Despite that, I never properly felt attached to the story as the aforementioned isn't stitched together well with the characters and their motives/feelings. It's also paced too slow, at least for me. As noted, Chevalier (Paganel) and Hyde-White (Lord Glenarvan) are solid in their respective roles, if only due to their amusing moments both together and on their own wit...