The Pearl (1947)
1h 26m
Running Time
September 12, 1947Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Pedro Armendáriz
Quino
María Elena Marqués
Juana
Fernando Wagner
Gilberto González
Charles Rooner
Juan García
Alfonso Bedoya
Raúl Lechuga
Max Langler
Richard Anderson
Actor
Luz Alba
José Arratia
Tratante de perlas
Guillermo Calles
Emilio Fernández
Director / Screenplay
Jack Wagner
Screenplay
John Steinbeck
Novel / Screenplay
Armando Meyer
Makeup Artist
Gloria Schoemann
Editor
Óscar Dancigers
Producer
Antonio Díaz Conde
Original Music Composer / Music Director
Ignacio Villareal
Assistant Director
Gabriel Figueroa
Director of Photography
Javier Torres Torija
Production Design
Galdino R. Samperio
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
James L. Fields
Sound Director
Nicolás de la Rosa
Sound Recordist
Federico Amérigo
Production Director
Daniel López
Gaffer
Ignacio Romero
Assistant Camera
Alberto A. Ferrer
Production Manager
Victor Lewis
Sound Editor
Jesús Marín
Script Supervisor
Pablo Ríos
Assistant Camera
Columba Domínguez
Andrés Huesca
Margarito Luna
Pepita Morillo
Beatriz Ramos
Enriqueta Reza
Victoria Sastre
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 12, 1947
Original NameLa perla
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 26m
Filming LocationsMexico
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
wife husband relationship
pearl
Wiki.
La perla (The Pearl) is a 1947 Mexican-American film directed by Emilio Fernández. It is based on the 1947 novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck, who also co-wrote the screenplay along with Fernández and Jack Wagner.
In 2002, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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