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I felt like watching this little film because I always loved mermaids since I was a child and I'm glad I got a chance to see this on Youtube! I loved Glynis Johns acting as the mermaid, she looked so stunning and flirtatious that she would just steal your heart. I honestly didn't know that herself and David Tomlinson played together on Mary Poppins. It's extraordinary that childhood comes back to you in other films that the actors have taken part in. I was surprised to know that this film had a sequel called "Mad about Men". I would honestly prefer this film because it had a better casting like Tomlinson in this and he's not in that other film so I'll just give it a miss! I enjoyed this 1940's film and I hope it won't be hidden away since it's such a great little underrated film out there. I give this film 9/10!

A smart, modest bauble from Britain's Gainsborough Pictures, with effervescent performances by its cast. Peter Blackmore adapted his play about a man-crazy mermaid off the coast of Cornwall who reels in a fisherman; he's a married doctor on 'bachelor's holiday' who is persuaded by the sumptuous siren to take her back to his home in London as his invalid guest. The intimacy of the stage material works well on-screen, with director Ken Annakin keeping the action moving briskly from room to room; there's also an outrageous outdoor sequence at the zoo which comes off very well. The picture looks sleek in shiny black-and-white, and Glynis Johns is just about perfect as the innocent temptress who has men fawning and women fuming (all except Googie Withers as the doctor's wife--she's too worldly to let another female get the best of her!). Johns put the tail back on for a 1954 sequel, "Mad About Men". **1/2 from ****

I haven't seen it in a good 25-30 years. Yet I was so captivated by this movie that, all these years later I still remember it. By my definition that's worth giving it a 10. Think of the hundreds of movies you have seen in your life...how many of them do you remember 30 years later, after, perhaps, like me, only seeing it once? How many movies did you see last year, yet can't describe them...or even remember who was in them? Wonderful films don't have to be epics...they just have to touch something in you and that makes them special. If ever comes the day when this cute little film ever comes on video, you'll find me first in line to buy a copy. That's why it's a 10.

This is a one-of-a-kind fantasy movie that beautifully showcased such major talents as Glynis Johns and Margaret Rutherford. I can hardly wait til this movie is made available for sale (if the film is still in good shape, why hasn't it been available yet?). In my view, there simply isn't enough information, or good movies, on the subject of mermaids, and hopefully this could be rectified by an updated version of this movie..I haven't casted it in my mind yet, but there are a handful of worthies that come to mind for Miranda. However, it will be a more difficult task to find someone even close to our beloved Margaret Rutherford.

I remember seeing this film as a very young boy, and I've never forgotten the mesmerizing magical effect that it had on me. I also saw "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid", but I think "Miranda" was the better of the two films. Although a black and white production, the "special effects" used for the mermaid's tail are still eerily alive in my mind all these years later. Glynis Johns was really funny as the aquatic sea babe. I fully appreciated the more recent Ron Howard film "Splash", in it's own way. I am not at all sure if "Miranda" inspired this modern story, but it's not important, since both stand on their own humorous cinematic merits. I've been wishing, and praying, and hoping to find "Miranda" in the video classic section of my local film rental establishments for years to no avail. I'm not sure if it is available, but it would be a real kick to see it after all these years!

Like so many other people who have commented, I saw this film as a very young boy on television and was mesmerized by it. So taken with it that I followed Miss Johns career and was amply rewarded. She's always been a delight..and not to forget that she was the original cast member to sing "Send in the Clowns". Margaret Rutherford also sticks in my memory as the hilarious nurse. When I saw the Tom Hanks and Darryl Hannah film many years later, I immediately was drawn back in time and remembered a much more delicate, sweet film as this one is. Please....please....release this movie on DVD??

This film about an Englishman on holiday, fishing in the sea and catching, or rather being caught by, a mermaid, may not rank high on the critics lists, but I love it. I used to see it occasionally on the late show many years ago. It probably has not been aired in over 25 years. This movie is not to be confused with another mermaid movie from 1948 called Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid. One wonders which film came first, and if one film was influenced by the other. The plots are roughly similar, although the themes differ. Miranda was followed six years later with a color sequel called Mad about Men (1954) which I only saw once on the late show over 30 years ago. Hopefully, someday these films will see the light of day.