The Old Man and the Sea Movie Review 1958

Cuban fisherman Santiago hooks a giant marlin and battles sharks and the sea to bring his trophy home. Tracy's performance as the tough, aging fisherman garnered him his sixth Academy Award nomination and Tiomkin's beautiful score was an Oscar winner.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 86 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Cuba, Growing Older, Go Fish, Books to Film: Ernest Hemingway

Screenplay

Peter Viertel

Cast

Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver, Don Diamond, Don Blackman, Joey Ray

Cinematography

James Wong Howe, Floyd Crosby

Director

John Sturges

Music

Dimitri Tiomkin

Other

Arthur P. Schmidt

Awards

Oscars 1959: Orig. Score (Tiomkin).