Film
The Pearl
Mexico- Director
- Emilio Fernández
- Year
- 1947
Steinbeck's most talked-about story!
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.
Top cast
Directed by
Emilio Fernández
Written by
Jack Wagner, Emilio Fernández, John Steinbeck
Produced by
Óscar Dancigers
