Review of The Old Man and the Sea (1958) by Steve Simels for Entertainment Weekly — 28 Feb 1971
Essentially, it’s a slow-moving, low-rent Moby Dick with portentous voice-overs and unconvincing process shots of Spencer Tracy in a studio tank. In fact, why director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) bothered to make it remains a mystery.
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This review of The Old Man and the Sea (1958) was written by Steve Simels and published by Entertainment Weekly on 28 Feb 1971.
The Old Man and the Sea has generally received positive reviews.
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