The Pearl
Steinbeck's most talked-about story!
9/12/1947
Imdb: tt0037981
Tmdb: 43459
Popularity: 5.211
Vote: 7.1/10 (43)

Fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor refuses to treat their son Coyotito, who has been bitten by a scorpion. When Quino unexpectedly finds a magnificent pearl in the sea, Juana senses that the discovery will only bring them misfortune and tries to convince her husband to return it to the sea.