Miranda (1948 film)

Miranda
UK release poster
Directed byKen Annakin
Written byPeter Blackmore
additional dialogue
Denis Waldock
Based onMiranda by Peter Blackmore
Produced byBetty E. Box
StarringGlynis Johns
Googie Withers
Griffith Jones
Margaret Rutherford
John McCallum
David Tomlinson
CinematographyRay Elton
Bryan Langley (uncredited)
Edited byGordon Hales
Music byTemple Abady
Production
company
Distributed byJ. Arthur Rank
General Film Distributors (UK)
Eagle-Lion Films (US)
Release dates
  • 24 May 1948 (1948-05-24)
(UK)
  • April 20, 1949 (1949-04-20)
(New York City)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£170,400[1][2]
Box office£181,300 (by Dec 1949)[1] or £176,000[3]

Miranda is a 1948 black and white British comedy film, directed by Ken Annakin and written by Peter Blackmore, who also wrote the play of the same name from which the film was adapted. The film stars Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, Margaret Rutherford, John McCallum and David Tomlinson. Denis Waldock provided additional dialogue. Music for the film was played by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Muir Mathieson. The sound director was B. C. Sewell.

The film is a light comedy fantasy about a beautiful and playful mermaid Miranda and her effect on the men and women she meets, as she outrageously flirts with and flatters every man she meets.

Glynis Johns and Margaret Rutherford reprised their roles in the 1954 colour sequel, Mad About Men.

  1. ^ a b Spicer, Andrew (2006). Sydney Box. Manchester Uni Press. p. 210. ISBN 9780719059995.
  2. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 354.
  3. ^ Chapman p 354. Income is in terms of producer's share of receipts.