--- title: 'The Old Man and the Sea (1958)' type: 'film' director: 'John Sturges' released: '1958-01-01' runtime_minutes: 86 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-old-man-and-the-sea-1958' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052027/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Old Man and the Sea (1958) 1958 · 86 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis The Old Man and the Sea is a 1958 American adventure drama film adapted from the 1952 novella of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. The film was directed by John Sturges and stars Spencer Tracy in the title role. The screenplay was adapted by Peter Viertel. Dimitri Tiomkin won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the film. The film was also nominated for Best Color Cinematography and Best Actor (Tracy). ## Credits - **Director:** [John Sturges](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sturges) - **Screenplay:** [Peter Viertel](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-viertel) - **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin) - **Producer:** [Leland Hayward](https://cinepixo.com/people/leland-hayward) - **Director of Photography:** [James Wong Howe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wong-howe), [Floyd Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/floyd-crosby), [Lamar Boren](https://cinepixo.com/people/lamar-boren) - **Editor:** [Arthur P. Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-p-schmidt) ## Cast - [Don Diamond](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-diamond) - [Ernest Hemingway](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-hemingway) - [Harry Bellaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-bellaver) - [Mary Welsh Hemingway](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-welsh-hemingway) - [Spencer Tracy](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-tracy) - [Don Alvarado](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-alvarado) - [Carlos Rivero](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlos-rivero) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-old-man-and-the-sea-1958 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1198269); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.