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The Pearl (1947)
Directed by Emilio Fernández
“Steinbeck's most talked-about story!”
Drama, Adventure · 1h 26m
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.
Cast
Pedro Armendáriz
María Elena Marqués
Fernando Wagner
Gilberto González
Charles Rooner
Juan García
Alfonso Bedoya
Max Langler
Columba Domínguez
Crew
- Director
- Emilio Fernández
- Screenplay
- Emilio Fernández, Jack Wagner, John Steinbeck
- Novel
- John Steinbeck
- Director of Photography
- Gabriel Figueroa
- Original Music Composer
- Antonio Díaz Conde
- Editor
- Gloria Schoemann
- Producer
- Óscar Dancigers
Details
- Original title
- La perla
- Release date
- 1947-09-12
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish
- Countries
- Mexico
- Production
- Águila Films, RKO Radio Pictures