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| Captains Courageous | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure |
| Based on | Captains Courageous 1897 novel by Rudyard Kipling |
| Written by | John Gay Rudyard Kipling (novel) |
| Directed by | Harvey Hart |
| Starring | Karl Malden Jonathan Kahn Johnny Doran Neville Brand Fred Gwynne Charles Dierkop Fritz Weaver Ricardo Montalbán |
| Composer | Allyn Ferguson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Norman Rosemont |
| Production locations | Camden, Maine Rockland, Maine |
| Cinematography | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Editor | John McSweeney Jr. |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production company | Norman Rosemont Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | December 4, 1977 |
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]
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