Johnny Drake
Dennis Hopper
Johnny Drake

“Temptress from the sea… loving… killing!”
A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman performing as a mermaid on the local pier. As they become entwined, he comes to suspect the woman might be a real mermaid who lures men to a watery death during the full moon. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.
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Johnny Drake
Dennis Hopper
Johnny Drake
Mora
Linda Lawson
Mora
Capt. Samuel Murdock
Gavin Muir
Capt. Samuel Murdock
Ellen Sands
Luana Anders
Ellen Sands
Madame Romanovitch
Marjorie Eaton
Madame Romanovitch
Merry-Go-Round Operator
Tom Dillon
Merry-Go-Round Operator
Lt. Henderson
H.E. West
Lt. Henderson
Water Witch
Marjorie Cameron
Water Witch
Head Bongo Player
Chaino
Head Bongo Player
Bongo player
Kirby Allan
Bongo player
Man Talking at Bar
Barbette
Man Talking at Bar
Teen on Midway
Danny Best
Teen on Midway
A stunning, atmospheric, darkly beautiful film (noir). It's a Val Lewton-esque romance tinged with horror, set in a wonderfully spooky seaside town. It's a film about feeling alone, and then falling into anything, no matter how dangerous, that makes you feel like you're wanted. Curtis Harrington deserves to be a household name. "<i>Because I feel the seawater in my veins. Because I listen to the roar of the sea and it speaks to me like a mother's voice. The tide pulls at my heart, and the face of the moon fills my soul with a strange longing.</i>"
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