Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks. Sandy dislikes everything about his new environment until a new friend comes into his life, a dolphin named Flipper, that brings uncle and nephew together and leads Sandy on the summer adventure of a lifetime.

许多孩子可能会说自己最好的朋友是一只小狗或小马。但最特别的宠物，是12岁的桑迪是他救了旺盛的海豚， 詹姆斯·B·克拉克，经过较长时间的主演的电影名为翻转海豚游到世界的思想和心灵家庭导演，其作品包括“蓝色海豚岛”和“我从山的一侧，”指导困难时期的故事（飓风黑兹尔及其后果）和喜悦（桑迪的海豚电动游戏机，通过电波）。两鳍为Mitzie，扮演着鳍状肢的动物明星。