• 1964
  • Not Rated
  • 30m
Flipper

Summary Ranger Porter Ricks is responsible for the animal and human life in Coral Key Park, Florida. Stories center on his 15-year-old son Sandy and 10-year-old Bud and, especially, on their pet dolphin Flipper. View more details

  • 1964
  • Not Rated
  • 30m

Flipper

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Brian Kelly Luke Halpin Tommy Norden Flipper

All cast & crew

6.3

Details

Genres : Adventure Family

Release date : Sep 18, 1964

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Virginia Key, Florida, USA

Production companies : Ivan Tors Films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television Miami Seaquarium

Summary Ranger Porter Ricks is responsible for the animal and human life in Coral Key Park, Florida. Stories center on his 15-year-old son Sandy and 10-year-old Bud and, especially, on their pet dolphin Flipper. View more details

Details

Genres : Adventure Family

Release date : Sep 18, 1964

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Virginia Key, Florida, USA

Production companies : Ivan Tors Films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television Miami Seaquarium

Photos

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 18, 1964
300 Feet Below
Bud plays catch with flipper, teaching him how to retrieve items from the ocean floor. An SOS comes through; Bill Darmon has been attacked by a shark and needs blood urgently. Porter contacts the Coast Guard to arrange the blood delivery before going out with Bud to rescue Bill. The helicopter arrives but during the transfer the blood is lost overboard. A number of attempts are made to retrieve it but a persistent shark stops all efforts till Flipper comes to the rescue, fights off the shark and brings the blood up.
Episode 2 • Sep 25, 1964
The Red Hot Car
After Bud sees a car at the bottom of the bay with bullet holes in the windshield, he asks his father to investigate. But Porter is used to Bud's exaggerated stories and vivid imagination and declares he doesn't have time. Before leaving for a meeting, he orders his sons to stay away from the car, but the boys soon find a pretext on which to once again go to that section of the bay. Unfortunately, they had already questioned several people about the car and one of them is responsible for that car. The boys soon learn a lesson in why it's very important to obey your parents.
Episode 3 • Oct 02, 1964
S.O.S Dolphin
Flipper saves a marine doctor poisoned by a fish sting.
Episode 4 • Oct 09, 1964
The Gulf Between
Bud, worrying about Po getting married, is trapped by storm and tide in a sea cave.
Episode 5 • Oct 16, 1964
City Boy
Mike Belden gets to spend some time with the Ricks family, after his mother remarries and heads out for a honeymoon. As a city boy he struggles to adapt to the lifestyle of the Florida Keys. He is concerned about his mother remarrying and seems on a path of self destruction, first crashing a speedboat then disobeying diving instructions. Ultimately he talks Sandy into diving a dangerous wreck, where they become trapped and only the quick thinking flipper alerts Sandy's father and the boys are saved just as their air runs out
Episode 6 • Oct 23, 1964
Dolphin for Sale
Dorrie Stone kidnaps Flipper. When Sandy and Bud tell their Dad, all three of them go to investigate.
Episode 7 • Oct 30, 1964
Not Necessarily Gospel
An old man fills Bud's head with heroic tales, but his father warns him all the stories aren't necessarily true. Circumstances force Bud to realize then, but he wants to be a hero by finding the poachers who almost killed his father.
Episode 8 • Nov 06, 1964
Countdown for Flipper
When Po sends the boys on an important errand, he tells the boys to leave Flipper at home. Flipper's life is in danger after it's believed he ate a rare fish that had been studied for many years. Bud and Sandy must get to their dad and warn him within a half hour. But they soon discover the truth and wonder how they'd get themselves out of their mess.
Episode 9 • Nov 13, 1964
Mr. Marvello
Bud and Sandy hear Flipper say in plain English he wants to leave for London with Professor Marvello, and the professor's circus colleagues bring nets to take Flipper away.
Episode 10 • Nov 20, 1964
My Brother Flipper
Flipper saves the life of an old Greek sponge poacher in the preserve, but Bud and Sandy tell Po of his illegal activities.
Episode 11 • Nov 27, 1964
The Second Time Around
Po and Sandy rescue a despondent former water ski champion, now in a wheelchair, and her mother from a hurricane. Flipper gets tangled in a fishnet.
Episode 12 • Dec 04, 1964
Lady and the Dolphin: Part 1
A congresswoman visits the park with an eye to its possible closure -- and to sending Flipper to a naval scientific program.
Episode 13 • Dec 11, 1964
Lady and the Dolphin: Part 2
Hap pressures the boys to take Congresswoman Browning on an underwater tour of the park as she considers its possible closure, but technical problems threaten the lives of the divers.
Episode 14 • Dec 18, 1964
Danger
After Hap tells the boy a tall tale about catching a fish, the boys con him into going fishing with them the following day. However, there is danger close by in the form of a father and son reunion.
Episode 15 • Dec 25, 1964
The Misanthrope
When a cranky man chases the boys from his boat, they decide he's up to no good. But when they return they meet a couple of thieves who really ARE up to no good. Their trusting the wrong people could get them killed.
Episode 16 • Jan 01, 1965
Flipper's Bank Account
The park is overrun by treasure-seekers when Bud and Hap get excited by a dubloon found by Flipper.
Episode 17 • Jan 08, 1965
Lifeguard
Flipper saves a woman from drowning. Porter Ricks contacts her husband and, when he hears his wife's story, decides to do one more study to see if Flipper really can save lives.
Episode 18 • Jan 15, 1965
The Day of the Shark
Po tells Bud to keep flipper safely away while he and Sandy accompany Dr. Tollner on a shark-repellent experiment, but Bud disobeys.
Episode 19 • Jan 22, 1965
Love and Sandy
Sandy falls for an older woman, Bonnie, while they search for her strayed sea lion Sparky, and Bud inadvertently sends Sparky off with flipper to an alligator-infested cove.
Episode 20 • Jan 29, 1965
Money to Blow
Bud would do anything to get out of getting a job, but his father has laid down the law. When Bud and Flipper find an underwater treasure, Bud things all his troubles are over. He spends the money all over town, then things really get bad.
Episode 21 • Feb 05, 1965
Flipper's Treasure
Porter Ricks hires someone to bring up a treasure from the ocean floor after Flipper discovers it.
Episode 22 • Feb 12, 1965
The White Dolphin
A rare white dolphin is discovered by Flipper and by a money-hungry man who wants to capture him. The boys and Porter Ricks fight to find a way to save the dolphin, knowing if he stays free in the ocean his life would remain in danger. But, can they save him in time?
Episode 23 • Feb 19, 1965
Teamwork
Porter receives a warning of toxic chemicals being dumped somewhere, but they aren't sure where. Meanwhile, a swim race is about to start. Sandy is excited about being in it. But complications arise when Porter discovers the toxic chemicals and almost dies.
Episode 24 • Feb 26, 1965
Flipper and the Elephant: Part 1
Bonnie McCoy is back, this time with her father and different animals. After they are shipwrecked, Porter saves them. But they have a man after their elephant and he is determined to get it and send it to a zoo.
Episode 25 • Mar 05, 1965
Flipper and the Elephant: Part 2
Bonnie talks Sandy and Bud into helping her get the elephant and chimp into a circus, but in order to get there they have to go through some dangerous trails.
Episode 26 • Mar 12, 1965
Flipper and the Elephant: Part 3
McCoy comes up with the $200 to pay Samson, but is soon arrested and accused of stealing Samson's briefcase. The kids must raise enough money for bail or McCoy will lose his new job.
Episode 27 • Mar 19, 1965
Bud Minds Baby
After sending Flipper away, Bud gets trapped in a lonely buoy with little Tina.
Episode 28 • Mar 26, 1965
Sailor Bud
After a diver is found dead, Porter Ricks closes the park and orders that no one is in allowed in the water while an investigation into the unexplained death goes on. Bud, however, doesn't think that means he can't be in a boat in the open sea. But when the same thing happens to a diver, he must get the man and woman back to shore before the tide comes in!
Episode 29 • Apr 02, 1965
The Call of the Dolphin
The boys fear they are losing their best friend when Flipper chooses dolphin noises over them, even putting Bud's life in danger.
Episode 30 • Apr 09, 1965
Flipper's Monster
When Flipper gives all his attention to the lady actress, Bud gets jealous. Even after his father warns him about the "green-eyed monster," Bud still takes matters in his own hands.
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