Gille Jenkins, a 12 year old tomboy and compulsive liar, living in a sordid tenement with her single parent mother, witnesses the murder of an immigrant Polish woman living in an nearby apartment by her former boyfriend, Bronislaus Korchinski. The young merchant marine becomes distraught when he discovers that she has become the mistress of a married British sports announcer and shoots her with her own gun. Gillie lies about the circumstances in order to keep the gun which she discovers where Korchinsky hid it. She ultimately bonds with him and misleads the police in their investigation.
Filming Location: Cardiff, Newport and Cardigan
Cast: Meredith Edwards, Rachel Thomas
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Writer: Noël Calef (short story), John Hawkesworth (screenplay)
Cast: Hayley Mills, Horst Buchholz, John Mills
Production Company: Independent Artists
Length: 105 min
Certificate: Check with distributor
Format:Check with distributor
Language: English
Date: December 14, 1959
