Flipper

Name: Flipper
Director: James B. Clark
Released: 1963-01-01

1963 American film directed by James B. Clark

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Released: 1963
Director: James B. Clark
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0057063/Retrieved 2016-04-11
2.stopklatka.pl/film/moj-przyjaciel-delfin-1963Retrieved 2016-04-11
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Screenwriter: Arthur Weiss
Producer: Ivan Tors
Cast: Chuck Connors
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1.stopklatka.pl/film/moj-przyjaciel-delfin-1963Retrieved 2016-04-11
2.imdb.com/title/tt0057063/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-11
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, Luke Halpin
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1.stopklatka.pl/film/moj-przyjaciel-delfin-1963Retrieved 2016-04-11
2.imdb.com/title/tt0057063/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-11
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, Joseph H. Higgins
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0057063/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-11
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, Kathleen Maguire
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0057063/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-11
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Runtime: 90 min
Genre: children's film
, adventure film
Country of origin: United States

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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.

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Director of photography: Lamar Boren
Joseph C. Brun
Filming location: Florida
Title: Flipper
FSK film rating: FSK 6
Color: color
Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 50%(January 11, 2026) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 6 critic review
4.7/10(October 5, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Flipper”Retrieved 2021-10-05
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Derivative work: Flipper
Followed by: Flipper's New Adventure

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