Miranda (1948) Comedy/fantasy - Glynis Johns, ... -

While on a fishing holiday in Cornwall, Dr. Paul Marten (Griffith Jones) is pulled underwater by Miranda, a playful and predatory mermaid. She agrees to release him only on the condition that he takes her to London for a month to experience human life.

Miranda arrived during a period when British audiences were seeking escapism. The film’s "fish-out-of-water" humor (literally and figuratively) relies on sharp dialogue and the subversion of rigid 1940s social etiquette. Miranda (1948) Comedy/Fantasy - Glynis Johns, ...

The flustered catalyst of the film, Jones portrays the quintessential overwhelmed professional caught between two worlds. While on a fishing holiday in Cornwall, Dr