School of Mermaids and Sharks

School of Mermaids and Sharks is a 1955 Argentine film directed by Enrique Carreras and starring Amelia Vargas, Alfredo Barbieri, Esteban Serrador and Leonor Rinaldi. The film was released on 4 August 1955.
Enrique Carreras remade the film in 1982 under the title Los fierecillos indomables, starring Alberto Olmedo and Jorge Porcel in the lead roles.

Plot

Misunderstandings, songs and intrigues in a co-ed boarding school.

Cast

Alfredo Barbieri as student Palmiro Varela
Amelita Vargas as mermaid Linfor
Esteban Serrador as Prof. Carlos Fuentes
Leonor Rinaldi as Srta. Tremebunda
Francisco Álvarez as head of college
Marcos Caplán as Palmiro Varela
Gogó Andreu as Mamertino Álvarez
Sandra Verani as Clotilde Cáceres
Tincho Zabala as Pilatos
Semillita as student
Alfonso Pisano
Mario Amaya
Tono Andreu
Carmen Campoy as student

Reception

La Razón commented: "The classic and conventional entanglement between students and teachers that is used every time the subject of a school is comically dealt with on the screen." Noticias Gráficas said: "Everything that is reflected on the screen is at the margin of the least demanding common sense." Raúl Manrupe and María Alejandra Portela in their book Un diccionario de films argentinos wrote : "Blockbuster and simplistic, to take advantage of the moment of greatest popularity of the leading couple. The scene of the football match is copied from an identical scene in Avivato ".