September 12, 1947
Release Date

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The Pearl (1947)

Name: The Pearl
Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama
Released: 1947-09-12

1h 26m

Running Time

September 12, 1947
Release Date

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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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based on novel or book ·

wife husband relationship ·

pearl

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Details.

Release Date
September 12, 1947

Original Name
La perla

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 26m

Filming Locations
Mexico

Genres
Adventure Action Drama

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.

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".