bml8384 Well, this has been some weekend.I've been trying to figure out for years if I actually saw this film as a kid in the 70's and didn't just dream it up. Absolutely no- one knew what I was talking about, including my Mother, and I just put it down to an amazingly vivid dream.Then yesterday I visited my old house, where I saw the film, and tonight I'm looking randomly at an old comic site and up pops this image- I was stunned! But delighted.Like the first reviewer this really stuck in my head for some reason, I guess it must be some tribute to a film to stick in the mind for decades after a single viewing. Something about it seemed very emotional even to a 5 year old.So grab a copy for your kid and create some long term memories- me, I'm off to Amazon to buy a little piece of my childhood.

dwpollar 1st watched 6/28/2009 - 4 out of 10 (Dir-Arthur Lubin): Harmless and silly fantasy about a man who turns into a fish and accomplishes more in this state than as a human. Don Knotts, plays Mr. Limpet -- the weakly accountant who pays more attention to his fishtank than anything else in life, including his wife, and dreams of becoming a fish. On a trip to Coney Island, he falls into the water and magically becomes one through the power of animation -- with glasses and all!! As a human he wanted to be in the navy but couldn't because of his health, so as a fish he uses his ability to see Nazi subs underwater and his loud sonar-like acquired voice to help the U.S. military. Kind of fishy, huh?? Well, anyway the navy uses his services and along with silly songs and OK animation we get another fish out of water tale,, ha!! ha!! But seriously, this is a likable enough story but Knott's comic abilities are not used and the story is pretty silly even for kids. Nice attempt, but just falls short.

John T. Ryan This INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET (1964) could be described as a throwback, a beautiful anachronism and living relic of a previous era. It could be classified as mixed Animation-Live Action mixed media motion picture. In the final analysis, we could consider this to be a tailor made starring vehicle, designed and personally fit to the very popular 'Barney Fife' of "THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW", character actor/comedian, Mr. Don Knotts.The film was moderately successful at the Box Office and did both exploit the popularity of Mr. Don Knotts; adding to his renown and fans at the same time. The Comedy-Fantasy blend, which included some neat musical overture, score and incidental musical cues by Frank Perkins (Composer & Conductor) and Carl Brandt (Orchestrations).OUR STORY……….he time was the present day, 1964. The place was the Pentagon, where an urgent emergency, clarion call was put out for those members of the Armed Forces who were involved in the Top Secret operation that involved the military action of a Mr. Henry Limpet, a human fish lover, who had mysteriously and magically been transformed into a fish himself. It seemed that Uncle Sam needed someone to use as a go-between in their research about the porpoise using its shrill, high pitched vocalizations as communications.We are quickly whisked back in time to World War II and we meet Mr. Henry Limpet, a sort of Walter Middy type who works in an office for a living, but lives to raise more and more aquarium fish, of all kinds. He appears to lead a cuckolded life as His wife, Bessie Limpet (Carole Cook) is definitely too cozily involved with Seaman F.C. George Stickel (Jack Weston) of the U.S. Navy. Limpet wishes and wishes to become a Fish and miraculously, he does just that. He becomes a Fish of unknown Species, who still wears glasses and still looks like Barney Fife.Limpet and new found Love, Ladyfish (Elizabeth Mac Rae-voice), soon have settled down to a new life, when it is found that a high pitched sound that Limpet makes is a great deterrent to the Nazi German U Boats and their deadly cargo of torpedoes. War over, everybody lives happily ever after.That is until at the closing of the story we see George Stickel, now an Officer, in a large boat, attempting to make contact in the waters near Florida."THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET" gave the public in the middle '60's a little escapism, a few laughs and a reason to watch animation outside of Disney's. It served as an excellent Old School Animation project as well as a Starring Vehicle for Don Knotts. And it was a "G" Rated film to be enjoyed by all; the Kids for the Story Book-Like tall Tale and the Adults for the Humor.

lbrooke-2 I loved this movie as a young child. (I was born the year it was released.) I remember my parents taking me to see the movie. My four-year old grandson just recently discovered it and loves it also. He loves fish and boats and this has plenty of that. He asks if he can watch "Hengry". Last night we watched it twice until he fell asleep. I'm sure we will watch it again tonight and many nights to come. It's a great movie for big kids and little kids. Plenty of action and underwater adventure for the entire family. A refreshing change from most of today's movies. Good clean family entertainment. I wish there were more movies like this.