John Mills was "Tunes of Glory" (1960), a military drama directed by Ronald Neame co-starring Alec Guinness. Mills' performance earned him a Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival. Walt Disney saw "Tiger Bay" and offered Hayley Mills the lead role in "Pollyanna" (1960). Disney also offered John Mills the lead in the adventure film "Swiss Family Robinson" (1960), which was a huge hit. He did "Ross" (1960–61) on stage. The Rank Organisation insisted Mills play the role of the priest in "The Singer Not the Song" (1961) opposite Dirk Bogarde. Mills and Baker reteamed on an interracial drama "Flame in
The Moon-Spinners The Moon-Spinners The Moon-Spinners is a 1964 American Walt Disney Productions action adventure feature film starring Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach and Peter McEnery in a story about a jewel thief hiding on the island of Crete. The film was based upon a 1962 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. A young English woman named Nikky Ferris (Hayley Mills) takes a trip with her folk musicologist aunt, Frances (Joan Greenwood), to a