Captains Courageous (1977 film)

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.

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