Movie: Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

Top 10 Billed 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

Mary Field
Mary Field

Wee Shop Clerk

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1948-08-11

  • Average

    6.625

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
  • Tagline

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

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  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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