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The Moon-Spinners (1964)
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8 July 1964 (USA)
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Two strangers bound together by a secret too dangerous to share more
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Young English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less than enthusiastic welcome...
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Crete
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Greek Island
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Tied Up
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Holiday
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Jewel Theft
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Here's to the Ladies
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Hayley Mills | ... | Nikky Ferris | |
| Eli Wallach | ... | Stratos | |
| Peter McEnery | ... | Mark Camford | |
| Pola Negri | ... | Madame Habib | |
| Joan Greenwood | ... | Aunt Frances Ferris | |
| Irene Papas | ... | Sophia | |
| John Le Mesurier | ... | Anthony Gamble | |
| Paul Stassino | ... | Lambis | |
| Sheila Hancock | ... | Cynthia Gamble | |
| André Morell | ... | Yacht Captain | |
| George Pastell | ... | Police Lieutenant | |
| Tutte Lemkow | ... | Orestes | |
| Steve Plytas | ... | Hearse Driver | |
| Harry Tardios | ... | Bus Driver | |
| Pamela Barrie | ... | Ariadne |
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118 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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The Moon-Spinners of the title is the hotel owned by Sophia where Nikky and Frances stay
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Continuity: When Nickie is trapped in the windmill it is late afternoon, yet when they cut away to the aunt at the Inn, it is dark out as if it were night. Then, when Stratos goes to the windmill in the scene after that, it is late afternoon again.
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Featured in Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri (2006)
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The Moon-Spinners
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No classic, but very pleasing, old-fashioned, middlebrow entertainment of a kind we used to take for granted. A little comedy, a little romance, a lot of action, plenty of eye-filling locations, and, in particular, a trio of wonderful women. Hayley's charming in one of her first puppy-love roles; Joan Greenwood, of the delicious voice, is, as always, indispensable; and Pola Negri does some spirited scenery-chewing in a prominent cameo. They thoroughly outclass the men, including a hammy Eli Wallach and a pallid Peter McEnery.
Nothing about it is exceptional, but everything about it is at least competent. The direction is a little obvious: Every time a Maguffin appears in the script, Neilson pulls in for a close-up. Perhaps that's a sop to help the kiddies follow the story, though, despite the Disney imprimatur, it's not really a little-kids' film. On the contrary, it's one of Disney's least cloying, and one of the most appealing for grownups.