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Flipper (1963)
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14 August 1963 (USA)
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Sandy is distraught when, having saved Flipper by pulling out a spear, his father insists the dolphin be released...
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A Boy and His Dolphin
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Chuck Connors | ... | Porter Ricks |
| Luke Halpin | ... | Sandy Ricks |
| Connie Scott | ... | Kim Parker |
| Jane Rose | ... | Hettie White |
| Joe Higgins | ... | Mr. L.C. Parett |
| Robertson White | ... | Mr. Abrams |
| George Applewhite | ... | Sheriff Rogers |
| Kathleen Maguire | ... | Martha Ricks |
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| Mitzie | ... | Flipper |
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87 min
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Filmed in 1961.
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Continuity: When Sandy and Kim are feeding Flipper off the dock, Sandy is barefoot. Then Sandy climbs down the ladder onto the platform, and suddenly he's wearing a pair of black Chuck Taylor hi-tops, but is barefoot again when he goes back up on the dock.
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Referenced in "The Nanny: The Cradle Robbers (#4.2)" (1996)
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Flipper
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Flipper is an exceedingly pleasant, modest picture about a boy and his dolphin, and features easygoing, natural performances from Luke Halpin, as the boy, and Chuck Connors, as his rugged, seafaring father. The film is the first in the franchise that led eventually to a popular TV show. Producer Ivan Tors, who was also the man behind the Sea Hunt series on television, struck gold again with this one, a nice alternative at the time (and now) to the prevailing Disney family fare. It's hard to pinpoint how this and other Tors projects differ from what the Disney studio was making. The kids are a bit less goody two-shoes, the grownups more realistic. One doesn't have the virtual insurance that nearly every Disney film at the time offered that everything would work out in the end, so the moments of suspense and danger have a real edge. Flipper, by the way, has a real personality, and has a way of making you care for him. For those who care for the sea, marine life or just simple movies about kids and animals, this one's a darn good show.