The Figurehead [497080] Released: 1952-01-01 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 7 mins Popularity: 0.251 Vote Average: 7 Vote Count: 1 Overview: A poem of unrequited love: the studio's first puppet production. Based on a poem by Cosbie Garstin, the film tells the story of a carved wooden saint who is painted to look like a soldier and used as a figurehead on a sailing ship. The ship sinks and the figurehead is saved by a beautiful mermaid who falls in love with him. Her love is not returned because despite his dashing looks he has the wooden heart of a saint. Cast [3] Robert Beatty Allan Crick Digby Turpin Trailers Clip of the Week - clip from The Figurehead (1953) by the Halas & Batchelor Animation Studio