The Old Man And The Sea

Stars Spencer Tracy as a poor Cuban fisherman waging an epic struggle with a giant marlin. Based on the novella The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway.

The Old Man in the film is a Cuban fisherman who has gone 84 days without a catch. His only friend is a young teenager whose name is Jabby who has been barred by his father from accompanying him out to sea. On the Old Man's 85th day out, he finally hooks a huge marlin, which he tries to haul in from far out from shore.

Credits

Cast
Spencer Tracy
Complete catalog record
Stars Spencer Tracy as a poor Cuban fisherman waging an epic struggle with a giant marlin. Based on the novella The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway. , The Old Man And The Sea. Leland Hayward Productions. Released By Warner Bros. Pictures. 86 Min., Sd., Warnercolor, 35 Mm. © Leland Hayward Productions, Inc.; 11oct58; Lp15073. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q1198269 ↗ — length, country