Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
Adventure • Romance • Drama • 1ч 51м
Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold statue of a boy riding a dolphin, which is said to have the magical power to grant wishes. Her shiftless boyfriend wants to sell it to an unscrupulous art collector, but Phaedra wants to give it to anthropologist Jim Calder, who would return it to the Greek government.
TMDB rating:
5.7
(37)
Cast
Alan Ladd
Dr. James 'Jim' Calder
Sophia Loren
Phaedra
Clifton Webb
Victor Parmalee
Alex Minotis
Milidias Nadapoulos
Jorge Mistral
Rhif
Laurence Naismith
Dr. Hawkins
No photo
Piero Giagnoni
Niko
Gertrude Flynn
Miss Dill
Charles Fawcett
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Tonis Maroudas
Michalis Nikolinakos
Crew
David Divine
Novel
Ivan Moffat
Screenplay
Dwight Taylor
Screenplay
Jean Negulesco
Director
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
Eli Dunn
Assistant Director
Harry M. Leonard
Sound
Giannis Flery
Choreographer
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Carlo Lastricati
Assistant Director
William Mace
Editor
Samuel G. Engel
Producer
Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
Lionel Newman
Conductor
Catherine Reed
Hairstylist
W.D. Flick
Sound
Bruno Avesani
Set Decoration
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
Ugo Pericoli
Set Decoration
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
Paul Baxley
Stunt Coordinator
Henry Vilardo
Makeup Artist
John DeCuir
Art Designer
Fivos Anoyanakis
Art Direction
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