In Search of the Castaways

In Search of the Castaways (1962) is a Disney adventure film based on Jules Verne — watch online on iFILM. Mary and Robert Grant learn their sea captain father has gone missing, with only a waterlogged message in a bottle to point toward his last position. They join forces with the eccentric Professor Paganel, played by Maurice Chevalier, and Lord Glenarvan.

The route across the Southern Hemisphere throws everything at them: an earthquake, a flood, an erupting volcano, alligators, a jaguar, and Maori warriors. Hayley Mills, Disney's biggest young star of the early 1960s, leads the cast. Director Robert Stevenson adapted Jules Verne's 1868 novel "The Children of Captain Grant" into a brisk 98-minute family adventure. Stream In Search of the Castaways (1962) on iFILM.