The Old Man and the Sea (1958)



Director: John Sturges

Cast:
Spencer Tracy ... The Old Man / Narrator
Felipe Pazos ... The Boy
Harry Bellaver ... Martin
Don Diamond ... Cafe Proprietor
Don Blackman ... Hand Wrestler
Joey Ray ... Gambler
Mary Hemingway ... Tourist
Richard Alameda ... Gambler
Tony Rosa ... Gambler
Carlos Rivero ... Gambler
Robert Alderette ... Gambler
Mauritz Hugo ... Gambler

Plot Summary from IMDB-com:
Based on the classic, Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. The story of an aging, life-long fisherman attempting to find himself, and hopefully a fish, on a fishing trip in the gulf waters off Cuba. After spending most of his life alone, and losing his only companion, a young Cuban boy, the old man heads out to sea once again, the laughing-stock of all other fisherman. His 80+ days without a notable catch end on this trip, but will he be able to defeat the odds after catching a gigantic marlin?

Trivia:
* Ernest Hemingway himself was initially involved in the production, although the extent of his participation after selling his book was to go marlin-fishing off the coast of Peru to try to find a fish worthy enough for the picture. In the end, the producers used a rubber marlin and stock footage of marlin fishing in which Hemingway didn't participate in. After seeing the film, Ernest Hemingway expressed his disappointment and said that Spencer Tracy looked less the Cuban peasant fisherman and more the rich old actor that he was. Tracy won an Oscar nomination for the role.
* After seeing the film, Ernest Hemingway expressed his disappointment and said that Spencer Tracy looked less the Cuban peasant fisherman and more the rich old actor that he was. Tracy won an Oscar nomination for the role.
* In 1952, Humphrey Bogart attempted to purchase the film rights to Hemingway's novel through his production company, Santana Productions. Bogart identified strongly with the character of the old man and wanted to play the fisherman in the film project, with Nicholas Ray as the director. Unfortunately, the actor was unsuccessful in securing the film rights, and the film wasn't made until the year following his death, with his close friend Spencer Tracy starring.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052027/

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