Flipper is a 1963 American adventure film written by Arthur Weiss[3] 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.

Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on August 14, 1963, the film introduced the popular song Flipper by Dunham and Henry Vars.

Sandy Ricks is a young boy living in the Florida Keys who rescues and befriends a dolphin injured by a harpoon.

Porter harshly berates Sandy for allowing Flipper to jump into the holding pen of valuable fish waiting to go to market.

[5][6] Filmed in color in 1962 and released in 1963, Flipper has several underwater sequences, along with scenes of the trained dolphin performing stunts.