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Captains Courageous is a 1977 American television film based on the novel Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling. It was produced by Norman Rosemont, who made a number of television films based on classic novels.[1]
It was shot off the coast of Maine with a budget of $1.5 million.[2]
Rosemont had to pay $25,000 to the Kipling estate. Although the work was in the public domain in the US it was still in copyright in other territories.[3]
Plot summary
Cast
- Karl Malden as Disko Troop
- Jonathan Kahn as Harvey Cheyne
- Johnny Doran as Dan
- Neville Brand as Little Penn
- Fred Gwynne as Long Jack
- Charles Dierkop as Tom Platt
- Jeff Corey as Salters
- Fritz Weaver as Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
- Ricardo Montalban as Manuel
- Stan Haze as Cook
- Redmond Gleeson as Phillips
- Shay Duffin as Chief Steward
- Milton Frome as Mr. Atkins
- Len Wayland as McLean
References
- ^ "'Captains Courageous' to Star Karl Malden in ABC Movie". Los Angeles Times. Mar 15, 1977. p. f12.
- ^ Smith, Cecil (31 July 1977). "The Rosemont Special: Classic Tales for TV". Los Angeles Times. p. o53.
- ^ DAVID LEWIN (Nov 23, 1980). "Why Norman Rosemont Likes to Film the Classics: Norman Rosemont's TV Films". New York Times. p. D35.
External links
- Captains Courageous at the TCM Movie Database
- Captains Courageous at IMDb
- Captains Courageous at AllMovie
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