Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)

Directors

Robert Florey

Cast

Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, George Zucco, Andrea Palma, Fernando Wagner, Edward Ashley

The story

right|200px|thumb|Mexican actresses Linda Christian and Andrea Palma in a scene of the film. The setting is a forbidden African island where swimming and diving are central to the culture, hence the term "the Mermaids." Tarzan and Jane (Brenda Joyce) help a native girl (Linda Christian) who has fled the village to avoid a forced marriage to a supposed local god. George Zucco portrays Palanth, the corrupt high priest attempting to force the girl into marriage, and Fernando Wagner plays a con man impersonating the god Balu.

Genres

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