Flipper Movies
Flipper was the dolphin featured in the '60s TV series Flipper. He also appeared in two films. ~ Rovi
- 1976
Great animal performances of film history are the focus of this 1976 documentary. They are often paired with famous human actors. Among the many performances viewed are those of Asta (the dog from The Thin Man series) and Cheetah (the chimpanzee from the Tarzan series). Very short sequences are interspersed with longer segments from the animals' films which briefly tell a story. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Rin Tin Tin III, Lassie the Dog, (more)
- 1966
Whenever MGM had to hastily fulfill a European theatrical commitment in the 1960s, it was common practice to select a popular MGM TV series, then cobble together a "feature film" from several episodes. The weekly program most often retooled in this fashion was The Man From UNCLE, which yielded such ersatz features as One Spy too Many and The Helicopter Spies. Flipper's Odyssey was comprised of three half-hour installments from the Flipper TV series, which ran on NBC from 1964 through 1968. Brian Kelly, Luke Halpin and Tommy Norden represented the human element, while the lion's share (or dolphin's share) of the scenes were devoted to hyperintelligent swimming mammal Flipper. The episodes included herein find our finny friend coming to the aid of an underwater photographer, a fisherman's dog, and the dolphin's ever-foolhardy young "masters". ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The surprise hit of the summer of 1963, Flipper is a thoroughly captivating outdoor adventure from the Ivan Tors factory. Sandy Ricks (Luke Halpin), the young son of Florida fisherman Porter Ricks (Chuck Connors), nurses a wounded dolphin back to health. His father would prefer that Sandy allow the dolphin to return to its natural habitat, but Sandy has other ideas. After "Flipper" rescues Sandy from a shark, however, the boy grants the dolphin his freedom. Ideally suited for audiences of all ages, Flipper was fully deserving of its success; within a year, it had spawned a theatrical sequel and a long-running TV series, which, like the film, cast Suzy the Dolphin as the "hero" Flipper. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Chuck Connors, Luke Halpin, (more)
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