| The Water Babies | |
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| Directed by | Lionel Jeffries |
| Screenplay by | Michael Robson Lionel Jeffries (additional material) |
| Based on | The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby by Charles Kingsley |
| Produced by | Peter Shaw executive Ben Arbeid |
| Starring | James Mason Bernard Cribbins Tommy Pender Samantha Gates David Tomlinson Billie Whitelaw |
| Cinematography | Ted Scaife |
| Edited by | Peter Weatherley |
| Music by | Phil Coulter |
Production companies | Ariadne Films (UK) Studio Miniatur Filmowych (Poland) |
| Distributed by | Pethurst International Ltd. (UK) The Samuel Goldwyn Company (USA) |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Countries | Poland United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £1 million[1] |
| Box office | £61,282 (UK)[2] |
The Water Babies is a 1978 live action-animated family film directed by Lionel Jeffries and starring James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw, Joan Greenwood, David Tomlinson, Tommy Pender, and Samantha Gates.[3] It is very loosely based on the book The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby by Charles Kingsley.[4]
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peterwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945–1985. Edinburgh University Press p 302. Figures are distributor's gross.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 212. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "The Water Babies". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 15 March 2016.