Mississippi Mermaid

The bride came as advertised... with an unadvertised special.

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.

1969

Romance·Drama·Crime·Thriller

2h 3min

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Top Billed Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo
Louis Mahé
Catherine Deneuve
Julie Roussel
Michel Bouquet
Comolli
Nelly Borgeaud
Berthe
Martine Ferrière
Landlady
Yves Drouhet
Detective

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