The Sun Also Rises is a 1957 American drama film adaptation of the 1926 Ernest Hemingway novel of the same name directed by Henry King.

The screenplay was written by Peter Viertel and it starred Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, and Errol Flynn.

These rights were transferred to Hemingway's first wife, Hadley Richardson, by the author at the time of their divorce, so he never personally benefited from the sale.

In 1940 agent-producer Charles Feldman bought the rights from Harding's one-time husband, actor Harry Bannister, for a reported $35,000.

[5] This plan was part of a deal whereby Feldman sold his interest in a number of projects to Fox – the others included Heaven Knows, Mr Allison, The Wayward Bus and Oh Men!

[3]Zanuck wanted the lead played by Gregory Peck, who had appeared in several Hemingway adaptations, including the popular The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

Jennifer Jones had to pull out from the film because of her commitment to make A Farewell to Arms for her husband David O. Selznick.

[11] Ava Gardner was announced for the female lead, but then pulled out to make Thieves Market with William Wyler, so Susan Hayward was cast in her place.

[19] Producer Darryl F. Zanuck spotted suit salesman Robert Evans at the El Morocco and decided to cast him as the young bullfighter Pedro Romero in the film.

Zanuck had intended to shoot some scenes on the Fox backlot in Hollywood, but he changed his mind and took the unit to Paris and Biarritz.

[14]"That was a kind of lousy thing to say about my picture before the reviews came out", said Zanuck: I think a writer is entitled to criticize if there is a complete distortion.

But if he sees that there has been a serious attempt to put his story on the screen, even if it failed in some instances, he doesn't have the right to destroy publicly something he's been paid money for...Over 60% of the dialogue in the picture is out of Hemingway's book...We treated it as something Holy...We showed the script to him and he made some changes.