In Search of the Castaways
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- 1962
- 98 min
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[People chattering]
- Good night.
- Good night, milord, milady.
[Girl] Excuse me, sir.
Is that Lord Glenarvan's yacht?
- It is.
- Well, we'd like to see him, please.
Oh, would you now?
He'll be horribly hurt
to know you didn't arrive
for the start of the party.
We didn't even
know about it.
I bring news of one of
his ships disappeared at sea.
of the Britannia.
Captain Grant?
Why, he's dead, isn't he?
And just how would he get
Go on. Get on with ya.
Captain Grant's our father.
And he's not dead.
I'm Mary Grant,
and this is my brother Robert.
Oh, no offense intended, miss.
He was a good man, he was.
The best this line ever had.
It's just that it's, uh,
hard to take serious,
a note in a bottle, I mean.
Still, uh,
And that's why we just have to see
Oh, I'm sorry, miss.
I've had my orders.
Nobody aboard
except invited guests.
But we've come all the way
from Plymouth.
It has cost me my last franc.
And we haven't
had a thing to eat.
So that's it.
Another trick, is it?
Get out of here with your
wild tales, your hard-luck stories.
You almost had me
for a minute.
[Guard] Go on.
Stand clear of the gate there.
Come on.
[Clanking]
- [Woman] Lovely.
- [Man] Thank you.
You two, come back here!
[Guard] Come back, I say!
[Guard] You two,
come here at once!
- [Guard] Did you hear me?
- Good evening.
- [Guard] Come back, I say!
- Good evening.
Come out now,
wherever you are.
You wouldn't want me to lose
my bloomin' job now, would ya?
How do we get
past this one?
Good night, sir.
Oh, very simple.
Just walk nonchalantly
up the plank backwards.
Yes. In all the confusion,
he won't be able to tell you
from the departing guests.
Go on now.
Go on.
[Guard] Good night, sir.
Good night, sir.
[Guard] Good night, sir.
- Come on.
- You now.
Go on. Go on, go on.
[Guard] Good night, sir.
Good night.
Little boy, would you be so kind
as to get my wrap for me?
- I think I left it in the...
- You! What are you doing?
[Shrieks]
Stop those children!
- Excuse me. Good evening.
- [Guard] Come back you two!
[Guard] Come back!
Stop, you two! Come on, stop!
Come on back, you two!
Come back!
[Murmuring, laughter]
[Man] May I get you
some more turkey?
- [Woman #1] Not too much.
- [Woman #2] It's delicious.
Charming. Lovely party.
I hear Lord Glenarvan is going
to the Mediterranean this year.
[Man #1] Yes, he so much
enjoys the season.
[Man #2] How long does he
plan to be away this time?
[Man #1] Six months.
[Man #2] He seems very proud
of this new, uh, steamship.
Good evening.
Cloves from Madagascar.
It is not bad
for English ham. [chuckles]
Oh, excuse me, madam.
[Screams]
[Woman] There's someone
under the table!
Look!
There they are!
Head them off the other way.
[Everyone talking]
- Oh, let me go!
- Why?
[Guard] Come back, you two!
Come back!
Ah! Come here. Come here now.
I gotcha. I got you!
Oh! Let me go!
You let him alone!
Oh!
It's you, your lordship.
- Isn't it?
- I dare say, but who are you?
Your lordship,
we must speak to you.
- We're from Plymouth.
- I'm Mary. This is my brother.
- Our father's Captain Grant.
- Of Britannia.
- [Mary] He's alive. Send a ship.
- [Robert] Quick.
Now, just a minute.
Come along. We'll talk it over.
Now then, how do you know
your father's still alive?
- He put a note in a bottle.
- The professor Paganel found it.
- Oh, that again.
- What do you mean?
Ever since I posted the reward
for news on your father's ship,
people have been turning up with notes
they've found in bottles...
- How many is this, John?
- Twenty-two, father.
If I had my way,
every last one of the culprits
would be hanged
from the yardarm.
Exploiting human misery, it is.
Nothing more vicious,
more treacherous.
But it is from my father.
I can tell.
Monsieur Paganel,
show them the note you found.
[Speaks French]
Well... Oh, I'm sorry.
- Wrong bottle.
- [Laughter]
This is the one.
First question:
Where'd you find the bottle?
You see, I went fishing
with some students.
You cut open a fish
and found the bottle.
Oui, oui, milord,
a 220-pound shark.
Throw this man off the ship
before I turn him over to the police.
- No, your lordship.
- But it is the truth, what I tell you.
Why should a shark
swallow a bottle?
Oh, what was in his mind,
I don't know.
I tell you only
what was in his stomach.
You make a career of this,
do you, exploiting children?
I am Jacques Eliacin
Francois Paganel.
Professor of geography,
University of Paris.
My credentials, milord. Oh!
[Mumbling]
Forged, I imagine,
like the note in the bottle.
- All right, steward.
- Come along.
[Paganel speaking French]
- Oh, no, you can't.
- Just a minute, children.
I have something to say to you.
If we could be alone for a moment.
Take your hands off me,
monsieur.
Never have I been thrown
from any place in my life.
Let's not set a precedent.
[Speaks French]
Children, don't you think
I'd be the first to respond
if I thought there was a chance
of finding your father or his crew?
I'd go to the ends of the earth.
And that's no idle boast.
The Glenarvan motto:
"Persevero."
Been the family creed
for 800 years.
But it's not a hoax.
I saw the note myself,
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