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    Incredible Mr Limpet, The (1964)

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    It’s 1941 and meek and mild-mannered bookkeeper Henry Limpet (Don Knotts) would love to join the Navy but has been rated 4F (“too small and too weak”).

    Henry also longs to be a fish – probably to escape his domineering wife,  Bessie (Carole Cook) – and his dream becomes a reality when he falls into the water during a visit to Coney Island.

    As a fish, he makes friends with Ladyfish (voiced by Elizabeth MacRae) and Crusty (voiced by Paul Frees) the hermit crab and loves his new life. He also uses his new underwater prowess to become the Navy’s strongest secret weapon, locating and sinking Nazi U-Boats, forcing the Germans to create a new weapon to deal with the Allies’ new secret weapon.

    Hailed as one of the greatest films of all time, The Incredible Mr Limpet is a story about the wonders of imagination and the triumph of the spirit via a mix of live-action cinematography and 2-D animation.

    Henry Limpet
    Don Knotts
    Bessie Limpet
    Carole Cook
    George Stickel
    Jack Weston
    Harlock
    Andrew Duggan
    Admiral P.P. Spewter
    Larry Keating
    Nazi Admiral
    Oscar Beregi
    Fleet Admiral
    Charles Meredith
    Ladyfish (voice)
    Elizabeth MacRae
    Crusty (voice)
    Paul Frees

    Director
    Arthur Lubin

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