---
title: 'Flipper (1963)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James B. Clark'
released: '1963-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/flipper-1963'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057063/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Flipper (1963)

1963 · 90 min · Adventure, Family · United States


## Synopsis

Flipper is a 1963 American adventure film written by Arthur Weiss based upon a story by Ricou Browning and Jack Cowden. Produced by Ivan Tors and directed by James B. Clark, the film centers on a 12-year-old boy living with his parents in the Florida Keys who befriends an injured wild dolphin. The boy and the dolphin become inseparable, eventually overcoming the misgivings of the boy's fisherman father.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James B. Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-b-clark)
- **Screenplay:** [Arthur Weiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-weiss)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Henryk Wars](https://cinepixo.com/people/henryk-wars)
- **Producer:** [Ivan Tors](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-tors)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph C. Brun](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-c-brun), [Lamar Boren](https://cinepixo.com/people/lamar-boren)

## Cast

- [Joseph H. Higgins](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-h-higgins)
- [Chuck Connors](https://cinepixo.com/people/chuck-connors)
- [Luke Halpin](https://cinepixo.com/people/luke-halpin)
- [Kathleen Maguire](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-maguire)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/flipper-1963
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