The Moon-Spinners
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| Directed by | James Neilson |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Written by | Novel: Mary Stewart Screenplay: Michael Dyne |
| Starring | Hayley Mills Eli Wallach Joan Greenwood |
| Studio | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
| Release date(s) | July 2, 1964 |
| Running time | 118 min. |
| Language | English |
The Moon-Spinners is a 1964 American Walt Disney Productions feature film starring Hayley Mills in a story about a jewel thief hiding on the island of Crete. The film was based upon a suspense novel by Mary Stewart and was directed by James Neilson. The Moon-Spinners was Mills' fifth of six films for Disney, and featured the legendary silent film actress Pola Negri in her final screen performance.
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[edit] Plot
A young English woman named Nikky Ferris (Hayley Mills) takes a trip with her aunt (Joan Greenwood) to the Greek island of Crete. She meets a wounded stranger (Peter McEnery) and the plot takes off, involving her in the man's attempt to recover stolen jewels while battling the thief (Eli Wallach) who is in hiding at his sister's (Irene Papas) small inn called 'The Moon-Spinners'. The thief hopes to sell the jewels to a mysterious wealthy woman, played by silent film star Pola Negri, in her final film role.
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The lead character is somewhat younger than in the novel. Traveling alone in the book, she is accompanied by her aunt in the film. The film is somewhat dark, similar to other Disney live-action features made in the '50s and '60s for more mainstream audiences such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Treasure Island. It was Walt Disney's penultimate live-action film in which he was credited as producer while alive.
Disney convinced silent film actress Pola Negri, who had been retired for two decades, to return to the screen for this, her final film. Both Mills and Wallach were interviewed extensively about their work with Miss Negri in The Moon-Spinners for the 2006 biographical documentary film Pola Negri: Life is a Dream in Cinema.
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