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The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Directed by	Arthur Lubin
Produced by	John C. Rose
Written by	Theodore Pratt (novel) Joe DiMona Jameson Brewer John C. Rose
Starring	Don Knotts Carole Cook Jack Weston Andrew Duggan
Music by	Frank Perkins
Cinematography	Harold E. Stine
Editing by	Donald Tait
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	March 28, 1964
Running time	102 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	Unknown
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The Incredible Mr. Limpet is a 1964 movie from Warner Brothers about a human named Henry Limpet who turns into a talking fish, and helps the U.S. Navy to defeat Nazis using his new "thrum", an intense noise that disrupts underwater measurements and weapons. Don Knotts plays the title character. The live action was directed by Arthur Lubin, while the animation was directed by Robert McKimson.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 3 Remake 4 External links

Set in World War II, bookkeeper Henry Limpet loves fish with an ardent passion. Rejected by the U.S. Navy and downcast, he falls off a pier, while at Coney Island, and turns into a fish. Not coming back up, he is assumed drowned by his wife and his friends.

The animated fish-like Limpet, complete with his signature spectacles, discovers his newfound ability, his "whale-busting" thrum, during some of his initial misadventures, during which he falls in love with a female fish named "Ladyfish" (in doing so, rejecting his overbearing human wife, Bessie).

Still determined to help the Navy, he finds the ship that one of his friends, George Stickel, is stationed on, and is ultimately commissioned by the U.S. Navy (complete with advancing ranks and salary, which he has sent to Bessie) to assist in the hunt for Nazi U-boats. He ultimately plays a large part in the Allied victory in the Battle of the Atlantic.

The choice of the name Limpet for the main character is somewhat ironic, as while limpets are aquatic, in their adult form, they are nearly immobile mollusks that cling to rocky shorelines. Probably more accurate is the reference to a type of naval mine, the Limpet mine, since Henry was essentially used as a weapon.

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

A remake from Warner Brothers starring Jim Carrey was scheduled for 2006, but was later cancelled. It is still on the shelf.

• The Incredible Mr. Limpet at the Internet Movie Database
• The Incredible Mr. Limpet at All Movie Guide