Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

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

Nov 12 1948 Approved 1h 29m
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.

Plot

As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, 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 thing in the bathtub is anything but a large fish. Predictable complications follow in rather tame fashion.

Written by

Nunnally Johnson, Guy Jones, Constance Jones

Directed by

Irving Pichel

Cast

William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Nunnally Johnson Productions

Languages

English

Awards

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Average Rating
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