Sky West and Crooked

Sky West and Crooked
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Mills
Written byMary Hayley Bell
John Prebble
Produced byJack Hanbury
StarringHayley Mills
Ian McShane
Annette Crosbie
Laurence Naismith
CinematographyArthur Ibbetson
Edited byGordon Hales
Music byMalcolm Arnold
Production
companies
Distributed byJ. Arthur Rank Film Distributors
Release date
  • January 1966 (1966-01) (UK)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Sky West and Crooked (U.S. title: Gypsy Girl; also known as Bats with baby Faces) is a 1966 British romantic drama film starring Hayley Mills.[1][2][3] The film was directed by her father, John Mills, and was co-written by her mother, Mary Hayley Bell.[4]

The title derives from a West Country term for someone who is "not quite right in the head".

  1. ^ "Sky West and Crooked". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Gypsy Girl (1966) - John Mills - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  3. ^ "British 60s cinema - Sky West and Crooked". www.british60scinema.net.
  4. ^ "Sky West and Crooked (1966)". Archived from the original on 21 September 2017.