Cheyne (Melvyn Douglas), while vomiting after consuming six ice cream sodas.He falls into the ocean - unbeknownst to anyone.He is rescued by a crusty, but likeable and kindly Portuguese fisherman with curly-locked hair named Manuel (Spencer Tracy), who works as a doryman on a Gloucester, Massachusetts fishing vessel off the Grand Banks [in the North Atlantic Ocean S/SE of Newfoundland]:Fifteen years I""ve been fisherman.In the police department, the Sheriff looked at B/W photos of the murdered corpses from the rave party.Europe began to see great changes.France, ravaged by a hundred years of war, at last found peace.The people under Louis XI felt free to hope again ~ to dream of progress.But superstition and prejudice often stood in the way, seeking o crush the adventurous spirit of man.She notices him standing shadowy and menacing in the doorway.In a visually distorted, point-of-view shot, Alicia""s head spins 180 degrees.Devlin""s slightly-angled image urns clockwise as he approaches until he is shown standing upside down.The film""s morality tale of corruption ends with its ultimate defeat and the saving of the community by a morally-redeemed martyr (a common man with a conscience).