Boy on a Dolphin

Boy on a Dolphin (1957)

An adventurous love story that will live 'til the seas run dry!

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.

Date of release
1957-04-19
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (41)
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Adventure, Romance, Drama
Director
Jean Negulesco

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Greece
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Boy on a Dolphin is a 1957 American romantic adventure film theatrically released by 20th Century-Fox. It is set in Greece and shot in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope. It was directed by Jean Negulesco and produced by Samuel G. Engel from a screenplay by Ivan Moffat and Dwight Taylor, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by David Divine.

Production notes

The film was loosely based on David Divine's novel by the same name which was published in 1955, which presents as rivals an English archeologist and an impoverished Greek student.

20th Century-Fox bought the film rights prior to publication. Sam Engel was assigned to produce and Alec Coppel to write.

Clifton Webb and Joan Collins were announced as stars. Then Leon Uris was signed to work on the script and Henry Koster to direct. Dwight Taylor wrote a version of the script.

Koster was delayed on D-Day the Sixth of June and was replaced by Jean Negulesco.

The female lead eventually went to Sophia Loren. Alan Ladd signed on shortly before shooting commenced.

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