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Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
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Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

1948-08-11 · 89 min · ★ 6.5

Comedy · Fantasy · Romance

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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Directors
Irving Pichel
Production companies
Nunnally Johnson Productions, Universal International Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

William PowellWilliam PowellArthur Peabody
Ann BlythAnn BlythLa sirène
Irene HerveyIrene HerveyPolly Peabody
Andrea KingAndrea KingCathy Livingston
Clinton SundbergClinton SundbergMike Fitzgerald
Art SmithArt SmithDr. Harvey
Hugh FrenchHugh FrenchMajor Hadley
Beatrice RobertsBeatrice RobertsMother
Lumsden HareLumsden HareColonnel Mandrake
Mary FieldWee Shop Clerk
Cynthia CorleyNurse
Frederick ClarkeBasil
James LoganLieutenant
Mary SomervilleLady Trebshaw
Dick RyanBartender
Robert HyattRobert HyattBoy
Ivan BrowningSidney
Lydia BilbrookLydia BilbrookWoman
Winifred HarrisWinifred HarrisWoman
Ola LorraineReceptionist

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