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Synopsis: British musicologist Frances Ferris and her late teen niece Nicky Ferris are traveling through Crete recording Greek folk songs for the BBC. In the usually quiet coastal town of Aghios Georgios, they manage to get a room at an inn called the Moon-Spinners, despite the people at the inn being busy preparing for a wedding, and no one there, except Alexis, the young teen son of the proprietress Sophia, he who is fond of spouting current popular Americanisms in his slightly broken English, seeming to want them there. Frances and Nicky learn from Alexis that the unwelcoming feeling is all because of his maternal Uncle Stratos, who has become a man suspicious of anyone ever since his recent return from London after being away for fifteen years. Beyond those there for the wedding, the only other guest at the inn is a young Englishman named Mark Camford, who they befriend. Nicky is too preoccupied with her own suspicions and mistrust of Stratos truly to see that there is something more siniste
Director(s): James Neilson
Production: Walt Disney Productions
 
IMDB:
6.9
G
Year:
1964
118 min
271 Views


Just lie still.

Mark!

I don't knowwhat

Lady Cynthia was up to...

but I'm convinced she's

drugged me to the gills.

What?

I found some tablets

in Gamble's bathroom.

I feel quite astonishingly

wide awake.

What... you're insane!

Mr. Gamble's the British Consul.

I don't know

what the devil he is.

There's something fishy

about them both.

Now, you get on that plane

and go to Athens.

Do you hear me?

If you try to get out

of this hearse...

I'll do something desperate.

I've got to get back

to the inn.

I've the strongest

possible hunch...

that tonight's the night.

Stratos will kill you.

And if he doesn't, I will.

Now, lie down!

Don't you get rough with me.

I'm an invalid.

Mark, you're not going

without me.

You'll only get into

some awful scrape...

and I won't be there

to help you.

Dear Nikky...

you've gone through

quite enough for me.

I just don't want you

to get hurt.

Take care.

Mark!

(Fireworks)

Will you explain to them?

We have a sick man

who must go to hospital!

(Speaking Greek)

(Honking horn)

Hoo hoo ha ha ho!

(Marching band playing)

Mark!

Mark!

Mark!

Mark...

Mark!

Mark, stop!

(Dramatic music playing)

NIKKY:
stop!

Stop!

Stop! Stop! Stop!

Stop the boat, will you?

I want to get on!

Stop!

Stop it!

Will you stop?

I want to get on!

It's very important!

(Speaking Greek)

(Knock on door)

MADAME HABIB:
Come.

(Leopard growling)

Madame,

there's a young woman...

in a motorboat alongside.

She's signaling

to come aboard.

What sort of

a young woman?

CAPTAIN:

A young woman.

I don't recall

any mention of a young woman...

in the arrangements.

Bring her on board,

and we'll see.

Yes, madame.

Thank you.

(Leopard growling)

What are you doing...

out in the middle of nowhere

following my yacht?

Are you Madame Habib?

Yes, I am.

And who, may I ask,

are you?

I'm Nikky Ferris.

Please, I must talk to you.

It's terribly important.

What do you have

to say to me?

I never heard of you

in my life.

You're dripping

all over my carpet.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Don't think because you have

managed to get on board...

that I'm going

to give you money.

Oh, I don't want any money.

Really, I don't.

What do you want?

Hurry. You are

holding up my ship.

Are you going

to Aghios Georgios...

to buy those emeralds?

What did you say?

The emeralds

that were stolen...

from Lady what's-her-name

in London.

She kept them at the bank.

And Mark was asked

to take them to her...

and he was held up.

And he never saw

the man's face.

It was a terrible scandal...

and Mark had lost his job

and was disgraced...

and he was in...

ah-ah-choo!

Thank you.

Now please explain,

what emeralds?

Please, may I sit down?

Sit.

Aunt Frances and I

were on a holiday...

and we went

to Aghios Georgios...

to record some songs

for the BBC.

And Mark was there.

There was a wedding...

and the next day

I found him in the crypt.

He'd been attacked by Stratos.

Stratos?

He's the man

with the emeralds.

- So I helped him.

- Who?

Mark. I had to.

But then Stratos found out...

shut me in the windmill.

He was gonna kill me...

I think, but Mark

and Alexis got me out.

Who is Alexis?

He's a boy

from the village.

He's got a donkey.

Oh, I see.

What happened then?

Well, then... we ran away...

and spent the night

in these ruins.

Oh, there were

so many cats.

And then Mark

told me who he is.

Who is he?

He's the man

who was held up.

Not the man whose

face he didn't see.

Whose face did you see?

Mark's.

But he's in... in...

ah-choo!

I think I need a drink.

Oh, I know it all

must sound...

absolutely crazy to you...

but I'm so afraid that

Stratos will kill him.

And now Mark's gone back

to try and stop him.

Please help me.

Please, Madame Habib.

Stratos will stop at nothing.

And Mark is sick and weak...

because he was

shot in the...

Ah-ah-choo!

Who else knows

about these emeralds?

Uh, my... my Aunt Frances.

Well, I had to tell her.

And where is she?

Well, she's in a hearse

at the airport.

Drink.

What is it?

It may clear your brain.

Oh, my brain's

perfectly clear.

It's just I'm so cold.

That will warm you.

Tell me, do you often...

have adventures

of this kind?

(Sighs)

Never.

This is the first one

I've ever had in my life.

Something tells me...

it is not likely

to be the last.

So, your aunt knows...

and she is in a hearse

at the airport.

Dead or alive?

Oh, alive.

At least, I hope so.

Anyone else?

Um, well, Sophia knows.

And Lambis, I suppose.

And I wanted to tell

Mr. Consul...

the British Gamble...

Mr. Gamble,

the British Consul.

Mr. Gamble, the Consul?

Yes. Do you know him?

When I knew Mr. Gamble,

he was not the Consul.

He was a dealer

in antiquities.

And you knowwhat you are?

You are an imposter!

Me?

You are the girl...

from that English

children's book...

who walked through the glass...

into a world

full of crazy people.

And do you knowwho I am?

I am the March Hare.

(Knock on door)

Madame, may we get underway?

At once.

So, what is it precisely

you want me to do?

Don't buy the emeralds.

Please!

Give them to Mark...

and then he'll take them

back to the bank...

and then he'll get

his job back...

and everyone will know

that he's in...

innocent.

Hmm.

I have known

many strange people...

in my life...

but you are

the most incredible.

(Dramatic music playing)

(Engine starts)

Uhh!

(Dramatic music playing)

(Speaking Greek)

For crying loud out.

Hey, my Uncle Stratos

kill Mr. Camford.

What?

(Speaking Greek)

We go now to the Bay

of Dolphins. Quick!

Where's Nikky?

Don't know. No time now.

Alexis, wait.

She's with him.

She's with Mr. Camford.

Come, then.

Boats go now. Quick!

(Shouting in Greek)

You are lucky I don't

throw you overboard...

for the sharks!

Ohh. What was it

you gave me to drink?

I feel all sort of

far off and lofty.

You know, sort of

rather lofty-softy.

(Knock on door)

Come!

We've dropped anchor,

Madame...

off the Bay of Dolphins.

Is there anyone?

CAPTAIN:

He's coming aboard.

Come here.

No, wait a minute. Maybe

you'll like this one better.

"It was

the schooner Hesperus

"that sailed

the wintry sea...

uh..."and the skipper would

take this little daughter..."

In there!

And don't make a sound!

Above all, don't sneeze.

But what are you going

to do to me?

I have not decided.

You know something? You're

rather a dear little thing.

I mean it!

(Knock on door)

MADAME HABIB:
Come.

(Growling)

Be quiet, Charlemagne.

Come here.

Are you the man

from Mr. Gamble?

I am.

Have you brought

his jewels?

Yes.

Well?

Show them to me.

STRATOS:

You have the money?

I must see

the jewels firsst.

(Gasps) Oh!

These are the emeralds...

Orlov brought

to Catherine the Great...

from the Crimea.

Part of the Turkish ransom.

MADAME HABIB:

What magnificence.

Quick,

I want the money now.

Wait.

No. I want the money now.

I want to get off this ship.

MADAME HABIB:

Will you come with me?

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Michael Dyne

Michael Bradley Dyne (August 19, 1918, London – May 17, 1989, Linlithgo, New York) was a British-American television and film screenwriter. He was also an actor, and wrote one stage play. Dyne was the son of sculptor Musgrave Bradley Dyne. He was born in London and educated in France and Switzerland, and became a writer and actor in Canada, then emigrated to the United States in 1938.Dyne played small parts in some Paramount and 20th Century-Fox films (such as the Prince of Wales in Kitty (1945)). He tried out for the title role in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) but lost out to Hurd Hatfield.Starting in 1949 Dyne became a pioneering television writer, turning out 25 plays for Studio One and also writing scripts for The Alcoa Hour, Kraft Television Theatre, Playhouse 90, and other television shows. From 1952 to 1970, Dyne wrote more than 150 dramas for television, including adaptations of Henry James, Pirandello, and Thomas Hardy.Dyne also wrote movie scripts for Walt Disney Studios, including The Moon-Spinners (1964). He wrote the 1964 play The Right Honourable Gentleman which ran for three years in the West End and was also produced on Broadway. more…

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