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Boy on a Dolphin ()

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A woman who finds a treasure is torn between two men: one who wants to sell it, and one who wants to donate it to Greece.
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Dr. James Calder
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Victor Parmalee
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Phaedra
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Milidias Nadapoulos (as Alex Minotis)
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Rhif
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Dr. Hawkins
Piero Giagnoni ...
Niko
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Miss Dill
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Charles Fawcett ...
Bill B. Baldwin (uncredited)
Tonis Maroudas ...
Singer / Guitarist in Tavern (uncredited)
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Monk (uncredited)
Orestes Rallis ...
Chief of Police (uncredited)
George Saris ...
First Mate (uncredited)
Margaret Stahl ...
Miss Baldwin (uncredited)
Charlotte Terrabust ...
Mrs. Baldwin (uncredited)

Directed by

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Jean Negulesco

Written by

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Ivan Moffat ... (screenplay) and
Dwight Taylor ... (screenplay)
 
David Divine ... (from the novel by)

Produced by

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Samuel G. Engel ... producer

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Hugo Friedhofer

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Milton R. Krasner ... director of photography (as Milton Krasner)

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William Mace

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Jack Martin Smith
Lyle R. Wheeler

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Bruno Avesani ... (set decorations)
Ugo Pericoli ... (set decorations) (as Ugo Pericle)

Costume Design by

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Charles Le Maire ... (uncredited)

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Catherine Reed ... hair stylist
Henry Vilardo ... makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Eli Dunn ... assistant director
Carlo Lastricati ... assistant director

Art Department

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Fivos Anoyanakis ... artistic director: "Panegyris"
Rinaldo Geleng ... poster designer: France (uncredited)
Italo Tomassi ... manager of art department (uncredited)
Will Williams ... movie poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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W.D. Flick ... sound
Jeffrey P. Kloth ... re-recording mixer (2007 Restoration)
Harry M. Leonard ... sound
Emmett O'Brien ... sound recordist (uncredited)

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Ray Kellogg ... special photographic effects

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Paul Baxley ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)

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Francesco Brescini ... lighting technician (uncredited)
Alfred Lebovitz ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Paul Lockwood ... camera operator (uncredited)
Wilhelm Schneider ... camera technician (uncredited)

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Anna Gobbi ... wardrobe director
Franco Salvi ... wardrobe director

Music Department

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Fivos Anoyanakis ... music director: "Panegyris"
Lionel Newman ... conductor
Edward B. Powell ... orchestrator
Louis Kaufman ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Mary Kaye ... lead singer (uncredited)
Marni Nixon ... singer: wordless vocalizing (uncredited)
Takis Pasvantis ... Trumpet (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Eva Monley ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Giannis Flery ... choreographer: "Panegyris" (as Yianni Fleury)
Dora Stratou ... director: "Panegyris"
Michael Audley ... dialogue director (uncredited)
Charles E. Dolan ... craft service (uncredited)
Scilla Gabel ... swimming double: Sophia Loren (uncredited)
Robert Rietty ... voice dubbing: Alexis Minotis (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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. Written by Kona

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Taglines An adventurous love story that will live 'til the seas run dry! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Ombres sous la mer (France)
  • La sirena y el delfín (Spain)
  • El nen del dofí (Spain, Catalan title)
  • 島の女 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Der Knabe auf dem Delphin (Austria)
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  • 111 min
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Budget $2,800,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia While filming Boy on a Dolphin (1957), Sophia Loren was required to walk in a trench in order to give audiences the impression that her diminutive co-star, Alan Ladd, was taller than she. See more »
Goofs The writing on the signpost "Meteora 4 km" Webb passes on his way to the monastery is in Latin letters instead of Greek ones. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Hollywood Comes of Age (1996). See more »
Soundtracks Boy on a Dolphin See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits prologue: THE ISLANDS OF GREECE See more »
Quotes Dr. James 'Jim' Calder: May I remind you of Paragraph 9 of the Penal Code of Greece:
[reading from a book]
Dr. James 'Jim' Calder: "Any and all objects of a historical value cannot under any circumstances be removed from Greek territory or territorial waters. They...
Victor Parmalee: [quoting by memory] ... they are to be considered the property of the Greek nation." Yes, Jim, I know all about Greek Paragraph 9. *I'm* the reason they wrote it!
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