The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)

Director:

Arthur Lubin

Writers:

Jameson Brewer (writer)
Joe DiMona (adaptation)
(more)

Release Date:

28 March 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | War | Fantasy

Tagline:

GLUB! The Face That Launched A Thousand Torpedoes!

Plot:

Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish...

Plot Keywords:

Submarine | Mount Rushmore | Family | Fish | Ocean

Cast

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)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Phil Arnold	...	Short fisherman (uncredited)

Directed by
Arthur Lubin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jameson Brewer		writer
Joe DiMona		adaptation
Theodore Pratt		novel
John C. Rose		writer

Produced by
John C. Rose	....	producer

Original Music by
Frank Perkins

Cinematography by
Harold E. Stine		(as Harold Stine)

Film Editing by
Donald Tait

Art Direction by
LeRoy Deane

Set Decoration by
William L. Kuehl

Makeup Department
Gordon Bau	....	makeup supervisor
Jean Burt Reilly	....	hair styles supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sergei Petschnikoff	....	assistant director

Art Department
Maurice Noble	....	production designer: animation
Hawley Pratt	....	production designer: animation

Sound Department
Stanley Jones	....	sound

Animation Department
Gerry Chiniquy	....	associate animation director
John W. Dunn	....	animation story developer (as John Dunn)
Robert McKimson	....	sequence animation director
Hawley Pratt	....	associate animation director
Bill Tytla	....	supervising animation director (as Vladimir Tytla)
Art Babbitt	....	animator (uncredited)
Hugh Fraser	....	animator (uncredited)
Phil Roman	....	animator (uncredited)

Music Department
Carl Brandt	....	orchestrator
Frank Perkins	....	conductor

Other crew
Don Peters	....	background stylist

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1964) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Be Careful How You Wish (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

99 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #20319)

Filming Locations:

Weeki Wachee, Florida, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Larry Keating's final film.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Henry is dreaming about his military parade a flying wing is shown and is jet propelled. There were no jet propelled flying wings during WWII for the Americans.

Quotes:

Fleet Admiral: Harlock, you've either been drinking or you're suffering from severe combat fatigue.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in In the Soup (1992)

Incredible Mixture of Real-life and Animation

All right, so it isn't Roger Rabbit. We have to remember that this movie was made in 1964. That's over thirty-five years ago! That they were able to create such a mixture of life action and animation at that time is amazing.

This movie, with the exception of the Wizard of Oz, was my childhood favorite. Don Knotts was such a good actor. I loved his work as Barney Fife, and to see him transformed into an animated fish was really neat.

For years, I wanted to get this movie on video, but, for the longest time, was unable to find it. I am very happy that it has been shown on television several times in recent years.

It's a classic.