The Old Man and the Sea (1958)

Film details

Featuring

Spencer Tracy Felipe Pazos Harry Bellaver
Director

John Sturges
Country

USA
Year

1958
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Poverty stricken old fisherman, tended by a lad who loves him, goes to sea to try to break his 84-day spell of bad luck. He hooks a giant marlin and hauls it in after a long battle. But it is eaten by sharks on the way back. The man returns to his shack knowing that though man can be destroyed, he cannot be defeated.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - The Old Man
    
    Spencer Tracy
  - The Boy
    
    Felipe Pazos
  - Martin
    
    Harry Bellaver
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    John Sturges
  - [Director]
    
    Fred Zinnemann
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Warner Bros.
  - Producer
    
    Leland Hayward
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Peter Viertel
  - Original story
    
    Ernest Hemingway
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    James Wong Howe
  - Additional Photography
    
    Floyd Crosby
  - Additional Photography
    
    Tom Tutwiler
  - Underwater Photographer
    
    Lamar Boren
  Special Effects:
  - Special Effects
    
    Arthur S. Rhoades
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Arthur P. Schmidt
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Arthur Loel
  - Art Director
    
    Edward Carrere
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Dimitri Tiomkin
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    M.A. Merrick