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Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

Lucky Mr. Peabody...Everybody thought he was DREAMING!

19486.51h 29mNR

Overview

As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, a middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an uninhabited rock in the bay. Fishing in the vicinity, he catches...a mermaid. He takes her home and, though she has no spoken language, falls in love with her. Of course, his wife won't believe that the thing in the bathtub is anything but a large fish.

Directed by Irving Pichel
Written by Guy Jones, Nunnally Johnson
Produced by Nunnally Johnson
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Top Cast

William Powell

William Powell

Arthur Peabody

Ann Blyth

Ann Blyth

La sirène

Irene Hervey

Irene Hervey

Polly Peabody

Andrea King

Andrea King

Cathy Livingston

Clinton Sundberg

Clinton Sundberg

Mike Fitzgerald

Art Smith

Art Smith

Dr. Harvey

Hugh French

Hugh French

Major Hadley

Beatrice Roberts

Beatrice Roberts

Mother

Lumsden Hare

Lumsden Hare

Colonnel Mandrake

M

Mary Field

Wee Shop Clerk

Themes & Keywords

mermaidtold in flashbackunderwater photographyswimming underwatermarital crisismid-life crisis

About Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid is a comedy, fantasy, romance film released in 1948 exploring themes of mermaid, told in flashback, underwater photography, swimming underwater, marital crisis, mid-life crisis. Directed by Irving Pichel, it stars William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey. As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, a middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an uninhabited rock in the bay. Fishing in the vicinity, he catches...a mermaid. He takes her home and, though she has no spoken language, falls in love with her. Of course, his wife won't believe that the thing in the bathtub is anything but a large fish.

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