The Truth About Spring (1965)

An easy going Caribbean sailor (John Mills) and his tomboy daughter (Hayley Mills) are searching for sunken treasure. Things get complicated when a young, wealthy lawyer (James MacArthur) joins them on their quest. Based on the 1921 book SATAN: A ROMANCE OF THE BAHAMAS by Henry De Vere Stacpoole (previously filmed in 1925 under the title SATAN'S SISTER) and directed by Richard Thorpe (KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE). Although not a Walt Disney live action movie, this innocuous combination of coming of age romance and sea going adventure feels like one. Part of it is the casting of Disney alumni like Hayley Mills and James MacArthur and part of it is the wholesomeness of it all. You'd think a movie featuring double crossing "cutthroats" would get a wee bit down and dirty but it's family movie fodder all the way! Mundane pretty much sums it up though the handsome lensing of the Spanish coastal locations by Edward Scaife (NIGHT OF THE DEMON) perks it up occasionally. With Lionel Jeffries, David Tomlinson, Harry Andrews and Niall MacGinnis.