).Plot SynopsisUnder the opening credits of the murder mystery/thriller, an enigmatic, nostalgic background image (that recurs throughout he film) is displayed kaleidoscopically.Just then, as Steven and Officer Randy arrived, Steven stole the deputy""s gun and fired multiple shots into Robert""s head and body, to protect Jessica.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.Behind wooden-framed, glass partitions off the lobby, two other middle-class, misunderstood, alienated teenagers are also being held for their anti-social behavior: a pretty, unloved girl named Judy (Natalie Wood) in a bright-red outfit with matching red lipstick, and an emotionally-disturbed, anguished ""orphan"" named John (""Plato"") (Sal Mineo).