SPENCER TRACY in his most suspenseful role...ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S story of Heroism...Defeat...Victory!
Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream.
Screenplay: Peter Viertel
Director of Photography: James Wong Howe, Floyd Crosby
Director: John Sturges
Producer: Leland Hayward
Old Man and the Sea, The - (Original Trailer)