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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.

It was shot off the coast of Maine with a budget of $1.5 million.

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.

Plot summary

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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

1. "'Captains Courageous' to Star Karl Malden in ABC Movie". Los Angeles Times. Mar 15, 1977. p. f12.
2. Smith, Cecil (31 July 1977). "The Rosemont Special: Classic Tales for TV". Los Angeles Times. p. o53.
3. 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

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