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The Old Man and the Sea

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The Old Man and the Sea (1958)

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Average Rating:6.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: John Sturges's adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's short novel, often regarded as an allegory of the latter part of the writer's career, stars Spencer Tracy as Santiago, an aged Cuban fisherman who... John Sturges's adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's short novel, often regarded as an allegory of the latter part of the writer's career, stars Spencer Tracy as Santiago, an aged Cuban fisherman who has been nearly three months without a significant haul. Heaped with ridicule by other fisherman, he once again pushes off in his decrepit ketch, hoping that this trip will finally bring success. After a time at sea he hooks a powerful marlin that drags the man's tiny craft for a couple of days. Santiago engages in an epic battle with the monster, his hands nearly cut to ribbons as he's pushed to the limit of his dwindling strength. At rest during lulls in this war, he has dreams of his stronger and younger self, only to awaken to reality. At length, through guile, experience, and endurance, he lands the hefty marlin with a harpoon and secures him to the side of his boat. But a new danger arises, in the form of a school of hungry sharks that attacks the boat, attempting to seize his catch. Tracy's work is memorable in this stagy adaptation of the well-loved literary work. [More]

Starring: Spencer Tracy, Harry Bellaver, Felipe Pazos, Don Diamond

Starring: Spencer Tracy, Harry Bellaver, Felipe Pazos, Don Diamond, Don Blackman, Mauritz Hugo, J. Ray, Tony Rosario

Director: John Sturges

Director: John Sturges
Producer: Leland Hayward
Screenwriter: Peter Viertel
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin

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