Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
06/09/1970 (GB)
Romance, Drama, Crime, Thriller
2h 3m
- 66% (209 votes)
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The bride came as advertised... with an unadvertised special.
Overview
A tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean becomes engaged through correspondence to a French woman he does not know. The woman that arrives does not look like the picture he received, but he marries her anyway.
- François TruffautDirector
Original Title
La Sirène du Mississipi
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
$1,600,000
Revenue
$7,356,000
Keywords
- exotic island
- love of one's life
- marriage
- plantation
- lonely hearts ad
- femme fatale
- beautiful woman
- mail order bride
- french noir
- personal ad
- identity swap
- crime of passion
- correspondences
- on the lam
- con artist woman
- bank account drained
- plantation owner
- fugitive lovers
- hitchcockian
- tobacco plantation
Top Billed Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Louis Mahé
Catherine Deneuve
Julie Roussel
Michel Bouquet
Comolli
Nelly Borgeaud
Berthe
Martine Ferrière
Landlady
Marcel Berbert
Jardine
Yves Drouhet
Detective
Roland Thénot
Richard
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