The Water Babies (Film), released 1978 — adapted from The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby by Charles Kingsley.
Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One day, on the verge of being caught, he frames his young apprentice, Tom, for the crime. Tom runs away and jumps into a river where, instead of drowning, he finds himself transformed into a mystical aquatic creature. Swimming and breathing effortlessly, he discovers a colorful underwater world replete with creatures both cruel and kind.
Starring James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw, Tommy Pender, Samantha Gates.
Directed by Lionel Jeffries.
