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
mermaid
told in flashback
underwater photography
swimming underwater
marital crisis
mid-life crisis
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.1 / 5
Cast
William Powell
Arthur Peabody
Ann Blyth
La sirène
Irene Hervey
Polly Peabody
Andrea King
Cathy Livingston
Clinton Sundberg
Mike Fitzgerald
Art Smith
Dr. Harvey
Hugh French
Major Hadley
Beatrice Roberts
Mother
Lumsden Hare
Colonnel Mandrake
Robert Hyatt
Boy
Lydia Bilbrook
Woman
Winifred Harris
Woman
Crew
Irving Pichel
Director
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
Nunnally Johnson
Producer
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Boris Leven
Art Direction
Philip H. Lathrop
Camera Operator
Popular Reviews
6 reviews
NiniPRO
10.0★ · 05/02/26
I'd kill to have ann blyth hair
I'd kill to have ann blyth hair
Maranda
7.0★ · 02/01/26
Was he weird the whole time? Yeah absolutely. Did I still wannabe the mermaid smooching him? Also yeah absolutely
Was he weird the whole time? Yeah absolutely. Did I still wannabe the mermaid smooching him? Also yeah absolutely
Bella Reck
10.0★ · 01/25/26
I wish I was a mermaid :<
I wish I was a mermaid :<
lydia
6.0★ · 06/07/24
why is mr. peabody so fucking creepy
why is mr. peabody so fucking creepy
Julie Andrews
6.7★ · 06/17/23
Mr Peabody was weird for flirting over a mermaid them going to therapy over it 💀. Anyways, the mermaid carried 😍
Mr Peabody was weird for flirting over a mermaid them going to therapy over it 💀. Anyways, the mermaid carried 😍