The classic Home Front drama. It's surprisingly unsentimental considering the times it was made. This film is probably their crowning glory. Mark Twain's story is turned into a nice little film. Gregory Peck is the object of Ronald Squire's and Wilfred Hyde White's bet that a man could live without spending money provided he already has plenty of it.
Script adapt .
Weak romantic comedy written and produced by Emeric Pressburger who badly needed Michael Powell's acerbity here to cut through the sentiment. We knew someone was going to say that, for Miss Trewella is a mermaid and every fish joke in the scriptwriters' handbook is going to make an appearance sooner or later in this film. The plot is pretty thin. Miranda the beautiful mermaid captures a doctor and persuades him to take her to London for a holiday disguised as an invalid. The plot is only an excuse for those fish gags and for a cast of classy performers to do their thing.