"Old Man of the Sea" with Tracy gets a nod but with Hemingway's good
stories the mind images or always better than the Movies, in my opinion.
It takes a Tracy or a Peck to even come close.

I agree. I always liked Peck as Ahab, though reviewers of the day were not kind
to him. Director John Houston always defended the choice. Tracy was 57 when the
filmed the Sturges adaptation and I think he had the right look for it and the
acting chomps to make it work.

RB