A bankrupt studio schemes the government to finance a sexploitation mermaids film. Casting couches thus join the already exploitive studio. Meanwhile, the Secretary of State arranges an affair with the studio head's buxom wife Henrietta.
Writing
Script that thinks it's cleverer than it absolutely isn't
Production
Budget so tiny the 'ocean' is probably a pool
Costume
Mermaid outfits that defy physics and dignity
Director
Perry Dell
David Kelly
P.G. Dartmouth
Gordon Herigstadt
Frank Denton
Rhiannon Vaughan
Gloria Adams
Richard Nathan
Junior
Candy Samples
Henrietta
Sandy Carey
Phoebe P. Phree (as Sandra Carey)
Byron Clark
Layton, the attorney (as Byron Cole)
Roxanne Brewer
Tennis girl (as Suzzane Delor)
Gordon Freed
Brad Chattock
Anne Gaybis
Lettie LaRue
Earl Karpen
Dr. Hans Pissinger
Elaine Collins
The nurse (as Lady Diana)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Candy Samples, who plays Henrietta, was a famous burlesque performer and adult film star—her casting was the film's only honest advertising.
This shameless Jaws ripoff/sexploitation hybrid landed during the brief window when porn-chic and mainstream parody collided in 1970s grindhouse theaters.
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