Big Kids movie night
The Sea Gypsies
The story
The Sea Gypsies, also known as Shipwreck, is a 1978 family adventure film starring Robert Logan and Mikki Jamison-Olsen. The film's tagline is It began as a dream... and became an adventure of a lifetime.
The film was written and directed by Stewart Raffill, who wrote and directed the similarly themed Across The Great Divide and the first of the Wilderness Family films in the 1970s, all of which also starred Robert Logan. Heather Rattray portrayed Logan's daughter in four of these films including this one.
Plot
Travis Maclaine and his two daughters, Courtney and Samantha, set off on a dangerous trip around the world on a sailboat. Along for the trip is Kelly Zimmerman, a journalist who has been assigned to cover the voyage. Also, Jesse, a stowaway, is found aboard adding a fifth person on the trip. Soon, they are shipwrecked on the coast of Alaska and must learn how to survive together in a sometimes dangerous environment.
Main cast
Robert Logan as Travis Maclaine
Mikki Jamison-Olsen as Kelly Zimmerman
Heather Rattray as Courtney Maclaine
Shannon Saylor as Samantha Maclaine
Cjon Damitri Patterson as Jesse
Mark Litke as TV Reporter
Nancy Loomis as Girlfriend