Boy on a dolphin. Hugo Friedhofer

Phaedra (Sophia Loren) 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 Rhif (Jorge Mistral) wants to sell it to an unscrupulous art collector Victor Parmalee (Clifton Webb), but Phaedra wants to give it to anthropologist Jim Calder (Alan Ladd), who would return it to the Greek government.

Legendary Hugo Friedhofer score, exotic music in his finest manner. Mediterranean Sea locales inspire composer to paint rich impressionistic musical portrait profuse with undulating harps, swirling woodwinds, gentle strings, surging low brass. Underwater sequences are jewels of orchestration with signature Friedhofer harmonic vernacular vividly on display. S'AGAPO (I love you) is a classic greek song, based on Tirafio music by Takis Morakis.