Directed by Ken Annakin and based on the stage play by Peter Blackmore, Miranda is a whimsical cornerstone of post-war British cinema. The film deftly blends romantic comedy with fantasy, centering on a mermaid who kidnaps a vacationing doctor and demands to see London. Plot Summary
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 (1948) Comedy/Fantasy - Glynis Johns, ...
Playing the "straight woman" to Miranda’s antics, Withers provides the necessary grounded tension as the increasingly suspicious wife. Directed by Ken Annakin and based on the