
Film
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
1948· NR· 1h 29m· Comedy· Fantasy· Romance
“Lucky Mr. Peabody...Everybody thought he was DREAMING!”
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.
1948-08-11
Cast & Characters
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Key Crew
DirectorIrving Pichel
ScreenplayNunnally Johnson
ProducerNunnally Johnson
Director of PhotographyRussell Metty
Original Music ComposerRobert Emmett Dolan
EditorMarjorie Fowler
Full cast & crew (21 cast · 18 crew)
Details
Released1948-08-11
Runtime1h 29m · NR
StatusReleased
StudiosNunnally Johnson Productions · Universal International Pictures
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.6/10 · 24 votes
Original languageen
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