The Moon-Spinners (1964)

Directed by

James Neilson

Genre

mystery film, neo-noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

G

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman on vacation in Crete gets tangled up with a jewel thief who is hiding out on the island. She teams up with a local man to uncover the thief's secret and recover the stolen jewels.

light-heartedsuspensefulwhimsicalromanticsunnyadventurousplayfulslow-burn

What happens

The Moon-Spinners is a 1964 American mystery film starring Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach and Peter McEnery in a story about a jewel thief hiding on the island of Crete. Produced by Walt Disney Productions, the film was loosely based upon a 1962 suspense novel by Mary Stewart and was directed by James Neilson. It featured the silent film actress Pola Negri in her final screen performance. The Moon-Spinners was Hayley Mills' fifth film in the series of six for Disney. It includes her first "proper" on-screen romance in a Disney film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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