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The Pearl is a american film of genre Drama directed by Emilio Fernández released in USA on 17 february 1948 with Pedro Armendáriz
The Pearl (1947)
La perla
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Add to a movie listLa perla (The Pearl) is a 1947 Mexican/American film by the acclaimed director Emilio Fernández. The story is based on the novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the movie.
In 2002, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Synopsis
In a fishing village, Kino (Armendáriz) and his wife Juana (Marqués) are in anguish because their little son Coyotito was stung by a scorpion, the local doctor (a foreigner) refuses to treat the child and the boy is taken to a curandera. Later the doctor and his brother (Wagner), a loan shark meet Kino again, after he finds an expensive pearl and decide to steal it from him.Actors
Pedro Armendáriz
(Quino)
María Elena Marqués
(Juana)
Alfonso Bedoya
(Godfather)
Richard Anderson
((uncredited))
Columba Domínguez
((uncredited))
Guillermo Calles
((uncredited))
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