Captains Courageous (1977 film) explained

Genre:Adventure
Director:Harvey Hart
Starring:Karl Malden
Jonathan Kahn
Johnny Doran
Neville Brand
Fred Gwynne
Charles Dierkop
Fritz Weaver
Ricardo Montalbán
Composer:Allyn Ferguson
Country:United States
Language:English
Producer:Norman Rosemont
Cinematography:Philip H. Lathrop
Editor:John McSweeney Jr.
Location:Camden, Maine
Rockland, Maine
Runtime:100 minutes
Company:Norman Rosemont Productions
Network:ABC

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]

Cast

Notes and References

  1. News: 'Captains Courageous' to Star Karl Malden in ABC Movie. Los Angeles Times. Mar 15, 1977. f12.
  2. News: The Rosemont Special: Classic Tales for TV. Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times. 31 July 1977. o53.
  3. News: Why Norman Rosemont Likes to Film the Classics: Norman Rosemont's TV Films. DAVID LEWIN. New York Times. Nov 23, 1980. D35.