The Pearl
Steinbeck's most talked-about story!
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- Adventure
- Drama
- Romance
Overview
Fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor refuses to treat their son Coyotito, who has been bitten by a scorpion. When Quino unexpectedly finds a magnificent pearl in the sea, Juana senses that the discovery will only bring them misfortune and tries to convince her husband to return it to the sea.
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- mexico
- sea
- village
- husband wife relationship
- self-defense
- greed
- pearl
- diver
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 12, 1947
- Original language
- Spanish
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish
- Countries
- Mexico
- Cast
- Alfonso Bedoya,Juan García,Luz Alba,Columba Domínguez,Pepita Morillo,Max Langler,Raúl Lechuga,María Elena Marqués,Gilberto González,Fernando Wagnerand 9 more
- Director
- Emilio Fernández
- Producer
- Óscar Dancigers
- Cinematography
- Gabriel Figueroa
- Music
- Antonio Díaz Conde
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0037981