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title: 'The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arthur Lubin'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-incredible-mr-limpet-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058230/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)

1964 · G · 102 min · Fantasy · United States


## Synopsis

The Incredible Mr. Limpet is a 1964 American live-action/animated hybrid fantasy comedy film produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and based on the 1942 novel Mr. Limpet by Theodore Pratt. It is about a man named Henry Limpet who turns into a talking fish and helps the U.S. Navy locate and destroy Nazi submarines. Don Knotts plays the title character. The live-action was directed by Arthur Lubin, while the animation was directed by Bill Tytla, Robert McKimson, Hawley Pratt, and Gerry Chiniquy at Warner Bros. Cartoons. Music includes songs by Sammy Fain, in collaboration with Harold Adamson, including "I Wish I Were a Fish", "Be Careful How You Wish" and "Deep Rapture". The film received mixed reviews. It was the final project to be produced and finished at Warner Bros. Cartoons prior to its closure in May 1963.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Arthur Lubin](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-lubin), [Robert McKimson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mckimson)
- **Screenplay:** [Theodore Pratt](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-pratt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Frank Perkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-perkins)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harold E. Stine](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-e-stine)

## Cast

- [Harold Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-miller)
- [Paul Frees](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-frees)
- [Phil Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-arnold)
- [Andrew Duggan](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-duggan)
- [Oscar Beregi, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-beregi-jr)
- [Carole Cook](https://cinepixo.com/people/carole-cook)
- [Don Knotts](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-knotts)
- [Larry Keating](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-keating)
- [Jack Weston](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-weston)
- [Charles Meredith](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-meredith)

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