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The Old Man and the Sea is a 1958 American adventure drama film directed by John Sturges and starring Spencer Tracy. The screenplay by Peter Viertel was based on the 1952 novella of the same name by Ernest Hemingway . Dimitri Tiomkin won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the film.
The Old Man and the Sea: Directed by John Sturges, Fred Zinnemann. With Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver, Richard Alameda. An old Cuban fisherman's dry spell is broken when he hooks a gigantic fish that drags him out to sea.
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- Adventure, Drama
- John Sturges, Fred Zinnemann
- 1958-10-11
Old Man and the Sea, The - (Original Trailer) A Cuban fisherman (Spencer Tracy) believes his long dry spell will end when he catches a legendary fish in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (1958).
- John Sturges
- Felipe Pazos Jr.
The Old Man and the Sea (1958) Title Screen. Movie Title/Year and Scene Descriptions. Screenshots. The Old Man and the Sea (1958) In director John Sturges' (originally Fred Zinnemann's) dramatic adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's short 1952 novel - a mythic story about a fisherman off the coast of Cuba who heroically struggled with a hooked ...
Summaries. An old Cuban fisherman's dry spell is broken when he hooks a gigantic fish that drags him out to sea. Now an old man, a lifelong fisherman sets out to sea to ply his trade as he has done all of his life.
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Released in 1958 at a time when audiences were more than familiar with Ernest Hemingway's masterpiece "The Old Man And The Sea"- a simple, short story layered with complex symbolism about man vs nature - this film by director John Sturges is a beautiful homage to Hemingway's story.
1958. Directed by John Sturges. SPENCER TRACY in his most suspenseful role…ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S story of Heroism…Defeat…Victory! Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream. Remove Ads. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres.
