Movie Details
Theatrical Release:February 17th, 1948
Original Language:Spanish
Production Companies:Águila Films
The Pearl (1948)
Movie"Steinbeck's most talked-about story!"
Audience Score
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.
