The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

I was born end of 1959,so I was 4 or 5 years old. I recall begging my mom to buy me a goldfish, and yes, named him Mr Limpet! Had him several years, maybe 4. Still brings a smile to my face. For the life of me, I cannot find this in DVD, or any medium. Any hints? Thanks! Steve

What a joy to view this charming fable again! Don Knotts is wonderful as geeky Henry Limpett. Life is tough for this bespectacled gentleman. He's too near-sighted to join the Navy, like other men in wartime New York City, and he seems friendless but for the fish in his aquarium. Making matters worse, oafish pretty-boy George has the hots for Henry's bimbo of a wife, played with winsome vulgarity by Carole Cook.One day, Henry unexpectedly gets his secret wish -- to chuck landlubber life altogether and turn into a tuna, and take up residence in the briny deep. And it's under water that he's finally able to join the Navy, as a torpedo interceptor, and finally land true love -- with a lady fish who worships his every fin. Oh, bubbly bliss!This movie came out when I was 8, and I was thrilled to be able to tape it and watch it with my 11-year-old, whose father also maintains a fish tank. Given that it was "old," my son was at first reluctant. But he quickly submerged himself in the movie's charms.This film's happy ending sloshes with joy. Just another reminder that impossible dreams can come true if one remains open to life's lucky accidents.

Don Knotts stars as meek bookkeeper Henry Limpet, who is rated 4-F in the early days of WWII. He is married to dissatisfied wife Bessie(played by Carole Cook) who is having an affair with his friend George Stickel(played by Jack Weston), because Henry only cares about his fish. On a trip to Coney Island, Henry falls in water and is presumed drowned, but in reality gets his wish to become a fish, meeting true love with Ladyfish, and true friendship with Crusty the crab, as he helps the Navy fight Axis submarines in the war by using his booming roar as a sonar! Unusual(to say the least) comedy mixes animation with live action to jarring effect. Innocuous film is certainly kid-friendly, but may drive adults up the wall... Still, Henry does generate much viewer sympathy!

Kafkaesque nightmare or insane children's film? It's up to you how you view THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET. It's surely Don Knott's most outré movie vehicle. The combination of live-action and animation may not be that imaginative, but it's well-handled and a lot of fun. As a fish-loving nebbish who gets his wish and turns INTO a fish, Knotts has never been more appealing. OK, so he's never really been appealing, but he's at least bearable here. Living in the ocean, he falls in love with a lady fish named "lady fish," fights Nazis and meets an assortment of undersea characters. Garish looking Carole Cook is Knott's wife. She's really unpleasant. Jack Weston plays his not-so-best pal who moves in on Cook once Knotts turns into a fish. Not great but it rates higher than THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT.