The Truth about Spring (1965)
Country: GB/US
Technical: Technicolor 102m
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: John Mills, Hayley Mills, James MacArthur, David Tomlinson, Lionel Jeffries, Harry Andrews, Niall MacGinnis
Synopsis:
An old sea dog plies the byways of the Caribbean in his old single-master, scrounging supplies off the pleasure cruisers and swindling treasure hunters out of their money. He does this in the sole company of his daughter, who doubles as cook and ship's mate, until, that is, they take on board a Harvard law graduate for a spot of fishing...
Review:
Clearly geared to the acting gifts of its central casting (father now old enough to do eccentric, and daughter, at 19, still pert enough to pass for pubescent), this agreeable romp around in boats has charming performances and a natural sense of burgeoning love between the young leads, even if the woods and coves of the Mediterranean are all too plainly not the West Indies.
Country: GB/US
Technical: Technicolor 102m
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: John Mills, Hayley Mills, James MacArthur, David Tomlinson, Lionel Jeffries, Harry Andrews, Niall MacGinnis
Synopsis:
An old sea dog plies the byways of the Caribbean in his old single-master, scrounging supplies off the pleasure cruisers and swindling treasure hunters out of their money. He does this in the sole company of his daughter, who doubles as cook and ship's mate, until, that is, they take on board a Harvard law graduate for a spot of fishing...
Review:
Clearly geared to the acting gifts of its central casting (father now old enough to do eccentric, and daughter, at 19, still pert enough to pass for pubescent), this agreeable romp around in boats has charming performances and a natural sense of burgeoning love between the young leads, even if the woods and coves of the Mediterranean are all too plainly not the West Indies.
Country: GB/US
Technical: Technicolor 102m
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: John Mills, Hayley Mills, James MacArthur, David Tomlinson, Lionel Jeffries, Harry Andrews, Niall MacGinnis
Synopsis:
An old sea dog plies the byways of the Caribbean in his old single-master, scrounging supplies off the pleasure cruisers and swindling treasure hunters out of their money. He does this in the sole company of his daughter, who doubles as cook and ship's mate, until, that is, they take on board a Harvard law graduate for a spot of fishing...
Review:
Clearly geared to the acting gifts of its central casting (father now old enough to do eccentric, and daughter, at 19, still pert enough to pass for pubescent), this agreeable romp around in boats has charming performances and a natural sense of burgeoning love between the young leads, even if the woods and coves of the Mediterranean are all too plainly not the West Indies.