Boy on a Dolphin is a 1957 American romantic adventure drama movie directed by Jean Negulesco and based on the 1955 novel of the same name by David Divine. It stars Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren, Gertrude Flynn, Alexis Minotis, Jorge Mistral and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1958.