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
Video
Related Posts
Lion in Winter, The (1968) The Lion in Winter takes place at Chinon, a French residence of English King Henry II (Peter O'Toole), during Christmas…
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965) More adventures of some of the characters from the television series, although McHale himself is absent (Ernest Borgnine was off…
30 is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia (1968) The much-loved Dudley Moore starred as shy nightclub pianist and composer Rupert Street, who is determined to write a hit…
Beatniks, The (1960) Four guys and a girl named Iris (Karen Kadler) stage a robbery wearing skull masks. Their singing leader, Eddie Crane…
Man For All Seasons, A (1966) King Henry VIII was used to getting his own way and, on those rare occasions that he didn't, he merely…
Vixen! (1968) Vixen (Erica Gavin) lives in a Canadian mountain resort with her naive bush pilot husband, Tom (Garth Pillsbury). While he's…
She Always Gets Their Man (1962) This gentle British comedy from the Danziger brothers revolves around a group of young women who live at the Kensington…
Sword In The Stone, The (1963) Getting a mixed reception on its release, this feature-length cartoon account of young King Arthur's magical misadventures from Disney -…
