
The Wounded Man(1983)
A fleeting encounter in a train station draws a withdrawn young man into a shadowy world of desire and danger. As obsession deepens, innocence destroyed, and an irreversible transformation begins.


Helen Mirren
Princess Emilia

Pam Dawber
Pearl

Treat Williams
Prince Andrew

Karen Black
Sea Witch

Brian Dennehy
King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)

Shelley Duvall
Self - Host

Donna McKechnie
Anemone

Laraine Newman
Coral

Guy Boyd
The Captain
Geoff Hoyle
First Mate
The Little Mermaid is a romance, fantasy, tv movie film released in 1987 exploring themes of faerie tale theatre. Directed by Robert Iscove, it stars Helen Mirren, Pam Dawber, Treat Williams. A mermaid princess is willing to sacrifice anything for love.
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