| Flipper's New Adventure | |
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1964 movie poster |
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| Directed by | Leon Benson |
| Produced by | Ivan Tors |
| Written by | Art Arthur |
| Starring | Luke Halpin Pamela Franklin Tom Hellmore Brian Kelly |
| Music by | Henry Vars |
| Cinematography | Lamar Boren |
| Editing by | Warren Adams |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | June 24, 1964 |
| Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Flipper's New Adventure (known in some countries as Flipper and the Pirates) is an American feature film released on June 24, 1964 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, written by Art Arthur, and directed by Leon Benson. It was a sequel to the 1963 film, Flipper and was based on characters created by Ricou Browning and Jack Cowden.
Sandy Ricks (Luke Halpin) runs away from home to keep his pet dolphin Flipper from being taken away. He flees by motorboat to the Bahamas, where he witnesses a vacationing British family being taken hostage by some recently escaped convicts. The mother and two daughters are let go on a small boat and they escape to the nearby island Sandy is hiding on.
Meanwhile, Sandy befriends the youngest of the two daughters, Penny (Pamela Franklin), and secretly helps her behind her sister's and mother's backs.
After a while, the convicts come back for the mother and 2 daughters. Sandy and Flipper make a plan to rescue them from the convicts.
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