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{{Short description|1965 film by Richard Thorpe}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Truth About Spring
| image = The Truth About Spring poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = [[Richard Thorpe]]
| producer = [[Alan Brown (producer)|Alan Brown]]
| writer = [[James Lee Barrett]]
| based_on = ''Satan: A Romance of the Bahamas'' (1921) by [[Henry De Vere Stacpoole]]
| narrator =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
*[[Hayley Mills]]
*[[John Mills]]
*[[James MacArthur]]}}
| music = [[Robert Farnon]]
| cinematography = [[Edward Scaife]]
| editing = [[Thomas Stanford (film editor)|Thomas Stanford]]
| distributor = {{ubl|[[Rank Film Distributors]] (UK)|[[Universal Pictures]] (US)}}
| released = {{Film date|1965|03|31|df=yes}}
| runtime = 102 minutes
| country = {{ubl|United Kingdom|United States}}
| language = English
| budget =
| studio = Quota Rentals
| gross = $1,500,000<ref>Anticipated rentals accruing distributors in North America. See "Top Grossers of 1965", ''Variety'', 5 January 1966 p 36</ref>
}}

'''''The Truth about Spring''''' (also known as '''''The Pirates of Spring Cove''''' or '''''Miss Jude''''')<ref>{{cite web|title=The Pirates of Spring Cove|url=http://www.sky.com/tv/movie/the-pirates-of-spring-cove-1965|website=Sky movies|access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> is a 1965 American-British [[Technicolor]] [[adventure film]] directed by [[Richard Thorpe]] and starring [[Hayley Mills]], [[John Mills]] and [[James MacArthur]].<ref>{{cite news |title=NY Times review |work=New York Times |author=Howard Thompson|date=17 June 1965 |access-date=15 November 2008|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0DEEDF173BE13ABC4F52DFB066838E679EDE }}</ref> It is a romantic [[comedy]] adventure. It was released by [[Universal Pictures|Universal]].<ref>TRUTH ABOUT SPRING, The
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 32, Iss. 372, (Jan 1, 1965): 96.</ref> According to ''Filmink'' "it tried to be a Disney-style adventure-romance, complete with another Disney alumni as lead (James MacArthur) and location filming (Spain), but did not work."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/movie-star-cold-streaks-hayley-mills/|title=Movie Star Cold Streaks: Hayley Mills|first= Stephen|last= Vagg|date=March 19, 2022}}</ref>

==Plot==
Spring lives with her father, Tommy Tyler, aboard a run-down [[sailboat]] in the [[Florida Keys]]. She has lived a simple, carefree, and isolated life. She has never felt desire or love until William Ashton joins them for a zany adventure involving buried treasure. Ashton, who is from a wealthy [[Philadelphia]] family and graduated from [[Harvard Law School]], comes aboard the ''Sarah Tyler'' for some fishing. Instead, he becomes involved in a modern-day pirate adventure. He falls in love with Spring and envies her simple and honest lifestyle. Spring initially dislikes Ashton – a variation of ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' where boy meets girl and girl hates boy. By the end of the film, no treasure is found but Spring realizes she loves Ashton. Against all sense of propriety, he asks her to marry him. Spring initially resists, concerned over how her father would manage without her, but Tommy insists she go with him, telling her he wants grandchildren.

==Cast==
*[[Hayley Mills]] as Spring Tyler
*[[John Mills]] as Captain Tommy Tyler
*[[James MacArthur]] as William Ashton
*[[David Tomlinson]] as Ashton's bored, rich uncle.
*[[Lionel Jeffries]] as José Carkez
*[[Harry Andrews]] as Judd Sellers
*[[Niall MacGinnis]] as Cleary
*[[Lionel Murton]] as Simmons

==Production==

The film was based on the 1921 novel ''Satan'' by Henry de Vere Stacpoole.<ref>Stacpoole's "Satan"
''New York Times'' 8 May 1921: 49</ref> The book was filmed in 1925 as ''[[Satan's Sister]]''.

The film was announced in September 1963 as ''Miss Jude'' with both Mills attached from the beginning.<ref>Looking at Hollywood: 'Miss Jude' Will Star Hayley and Her Dad
Hopper, Hedda. ''Chicago Tribune'' 30 Sep 1963: b7.</ref> Producer Alan Brown had been associate producer to [[Samuel Bronston]] and this would be his first film as production.<ref>Stage 'Albatross to Be MGM Comedy: Actor Pledges Clean Films; Hayley's Father Finally Is
Scheuer, Philip K. ''Los Angeles Times'' 6 July 1964: C19.</ref> It was the third film John and Hayley Mills had made together after ''Tiger Bay'' and ''The Chalk Garden''. John Mills said he wanted to use the title ''Close to the Wind'' but it was held by another studio.<ref>BY WAY OF REPORT By A.H. WEILER. New York Times 8 Mar 1964: X9.</ref>

[[Location shooting]] took place in [[S'Agaró]] on the [[Costa Brava]] in southern [[Spain]] and started 22 April 1964.<ref>Surprise Nazi Ruse Told in '36 Hours': 'Ship's' Company First Class; MacArthur Son With Hayley
Scheuer, Philip K. ''Los Angeles Times'' 21 Apr 1964: C9</ref> The [[MGM-British Studios]] at Elstree were also used for some shooting. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Gil Parrondo]].

David Tomlinson later called it "a truly dreadful film but with my new-found Hollywood cachet I was billed as making a 'Guest Appearance' in nice big capital letters".<ref>{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/luckierthanmost00davi/page/151 151]|title=Luckier than most : an autobiography|url=https://archive.org/details/luckierthanmost00davi|url-access=registration|last=Tomlinson|first= David|year=1990|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton |isbn=978-0-340-53484-7 }}</ref>

John Mills later wrote "if the picture had turned out to be half as good as the food, the wine, the time and the laughs we had on that location it would have been a sensation - unfortunately it wasn't."<ref>{{cite book|first=John|last=Mills|title=Up in the clouds, gentlemen please|url=https://archive.org/details/upincloudsgentle00mill|url-access=registration|year=1981|page=[https://archive.org/details/upincloudsgentle00mill/page/368 368]|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-14-005827-7 }}</ref>

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last1=De Vere Stacpoole|first1=Henry|title=Satan: A Romance of the Bahamas|date=1921|publisher=Robert M. McBride and Company|location=New York|url=https://archive.org/details/satanaromanceba00stacgoog}} Reprinted 2013 by Duff Press {{ISBN|978-1473302211}}

==See also==
*''[[Satan's Sister]]'' (1925), based on the same book
*''[[The Cruise of the Make-Believes]]'' (1918), which has a similar theme

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0058691}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|the_truth_about_spring}}
* {{TCMDb title|94032|The Truth About Spring}}

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