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starring: Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, Peter McEnery, Pola Negri, Joan Greenwooddirected by: James Neilson
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780788806735
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Digital Sound, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 0788806734
Label: Walt Disney Home Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video
Release Date: March 03, 1998
Running Time: 119 minutes
Sales Rank: 9625
Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: July 08, 1964
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Start with a fortune in stolen jewels. Add a dash of danger. A pinch of romance. Season with Hitchcock-like intrigue and comic flair. What do you have? A mystery thriller for the whole family ... with the Disney touch. Set against the sun-bleached beauty of the Isle of Crete, the story pits a young English tourist (Hayley Mills) against a wily Greek jewel thief (Eli Wallach). Mistaken identities and perilous escapes -- including a nail-biting battle with a windmill -- lead the junior-miss detective to a final confrontation aboard the yacht of an eccentric millionairess (Pola Negri) with a passion for priceless gems and pet cheetahs!
Amazon.com:
Hayley Mills was well on her way to adulthood when she found intrigue and chaste romance on the island of Crete in this 1964 Disney attempt at Hitchcock in one of his lighter moods. That means the principals do wind up in a hearse trapped on a narrow street by celebratory but ominous masked paraders. And that seemingly good guys can and do turn out to be bad guys and vice versa. But it's Disney and Mills, so there are no deaths in this mystery, although gunplay and some scariness do earn it a PG rating. Based on the Mary Stewart novel of the same name, this 118-minute film finds Mills and her aunt visiting a Cretan village on holiday. In the face of hostility from their innkeeper's brother (Eli Wallach), the pair befriend a fellow Brit. The young man's escapades with jewel thief Wallach draw a beguiled Mills into a sometimes perilous adventure involving a harrowing ride upon the sails of a windmill, hiding out in an underground crypt, and a showdown with a cheetah-loving millionairess (the scene-stealing Pola Negri) aboard her yacht. Probably a little too sophisticated for those under 8. --Kimberly Heinrichs
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Hayley Mills fans
Grew up on Disney and Hayley Mills, so this is a "comfort" trip back in time. First class actors including one from the silent era. The plot moves right along to the usual Disney implausible resolution.
Rating:  - Moon Spinners
I have not seen this movie since I was a young teenager. I found that I forgot the biggest part of the plot. Happily, it was like watching the movie for the first time.
I have been a Haley Mills fan since my pre-teenage years to this date. For those who are not familiar with Haley MIlls and her movie credits I strongly recomend renting/buying her movies starting with Pollyanna. The viewer will not be disappointed I'm sure.
Rating: - love this movie
By far my favorite Hayley Mills movie...with the drama, action, and romance. It's fantastic.
Rating:  - Family Classic
This is a wonderful family friendly adventure flick. You can't go wrong with Haley Mills.
Rating: - Loved this movie
I'm giving it 5 stars because the movie is really good. If you love Haley Mills you have to have it. The plot is exciting and holds your interest. I agree though the movie should be widescreen but had to give it 5 stars on my impression of the movie and not the DVD and Disney's stupid decisions.
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