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Overview

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Director:
Arthur Lubin
Writers:
Jameson Brewer (screenplay) &
John C. Rose (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
28 March 1964 (USA) more
Genre:
Animation | Comedy | Family | War | Fantasy more
Tagline:
GLUB! The Face That Launched A Thousand Torpedoes! more
Plot:
Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish... more | full synopsis
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(13 articles)
An Open Letter to Johnny Depp
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Lima Loves Limpet
 (From Atomic Popcorn. 13 June 2009, 12:46 AM, PDT)
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Cast

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Don Knotts ... Henry Limpet

Carole Cook ... Bessie Limpet
Jack Weston ... George Stickel
Andrew Duggan ... Harlock
Larry Keating ... Adm. P.P. Spewter
Oscar Beregi Jr. ... Nazi admiral (as Oscar Beregi)
Charles Meredith ... Fleet Admiral
Elizabeth MacRae ... Ladyfish (voice)
Paul Frees ... Crusty (voice)
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Also Known As:
Be Careful How You Wish (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
99 min (DVD)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
USA:G (DVD rating) | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | USA:Approved (Certificate No. 20319)
Filming Locations:
Weeki Wachee, Florida, USA
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures more

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Trivia:
The ship launch shown at the start of the movie is stock footage of the SS Fred Morris going down the slipway on 2 November 1940 (in New Jesey, not Brooklyn); the ship was later acquired by the US Navy to become USS Otus and received one battle star for service in World War II. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: As the German U-boats are intercepting the US convoy, the lead U-boat's propellers are not spinning. more
Quotes:
Henry Limpet: Do you suppose that we could just be more or less friends?
Ladyfish: Friends? But wouldn't that be more or less nothing, Limpet?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Green Acres: Das Lumpen (#3.10)" (1967) more
Soundtrack:
Be Careful How You Wish more

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"Das Limpet!", 29 November 2009
4/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

WWII-era bookkeeper--hopelessly near-sighted and strictly 4-F with the Navy--changes into a fish and aids the U.S. battleships in an attack against Nazi subs. Though it takes forever to get going, this is a harmless, mindless, partly-animated diversion for children. Probably the most popular of the Don Knotts vehicles of the 1960s, and indisputably the best-produced of the lot; however, with Limpet an underwater success as a military 'secret weapon', his insistence on gaining recognition, compensation, and a Lieutenant's ranking for his work coats the product with an unattractive cynicism. The animation is better than it had to be, though the interiors are over lit and most of the performances are phoned-in. ** from ****

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