Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
6.6|18 Jun, 1969|123 min
The bride came as advertised... with an unadvertised special.
6.6|18 Jun, 1969|123 min
Released
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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.
Language
Budget$1,600,000
Revenue $7,356,000
Français
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
Casts
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
Crews
Antoine Duhamel
Original Music Composer
Claude Pignot
Production Design
Denys Clerval
Director of Photography
François Truffaut
Director
François Truffaut
Producer
Agnès Guillemot
Editor
Cornell Woolrich
Novel
Jean-Pierre Eychenne
Assistant Makeup Artist
Roland Thénot
Unit Production Manager
Guy Chichignoud
Sound Mixer
Yves Saint Laurent
Costume Designer
Marcel Berbert
Executive Producer
François Menny
Unit Production Manager
Claude Miller
Production Manager
Jean-José Richer
Assistant Director
Claude Rouxel
Electrician
René Levert
Sound
Jean-Claude Dolbert
Property Master
Jean Chiabaut
Camera Operator
François Truffaut
Adaptation
Claude Pignot
Set Decoration
Louis Balthazard
Key Grip
Suzanne Schiffman
Script Supervisor
Backdrops & Posters
