Boy on a Dolphin

Boy on a Dolphin

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

Directed by Jean Negulesco

Produced by 20th Century Fox

1957111 min5.8 / 10

A sun-drenched romantic adventure set in the Greek islands, where a poor diver's discovery of a magical artifact becomes the catalyst for love and moral choice.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Does Boy on a Dolphin end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 85% of films.

  • Is Boy on a Dolphin easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Is Boy on a Dolphin scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Boy on a Dolphin violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Boy on a Dolphin sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Love15

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