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Moby Dick
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
1956 · Directed by John Huston · 115 min · Adventure · Drama · 37 frames
Tagline
The man – The whale – The vengeance – The mightiest adventure ever seen!
Crew
- Screenplay: John Huston, Ray Bradbury
- Cinematography: Oswald Morris
- Edited by: Russell Lloyd
- Music: Philip Sainton
- Production design: Geoffrey Drake
- Produced by: Vaughan N. Dean, John Huston
Cast
- Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab
- Richard Basehart as Ishmael
- Leo Genn as Starbuck
- James Robertson Justice as Capt. Boomer
- Harry Andrews as Stubb
- Bernard Miles as The Manxman
- Noel Purcell as Ship's Carpenter
- Edric Connor as Daggoo
- Mervyn Johns as Peleg
- Joseph Tomelty as Peter Coffin
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Moulin Productions Inc.
- Budget: $4,500,000
- Box office: $10,400,000
- Themes: stroke of fate, based on novel or book, whale, obsession, boat, shipwreck, walrus, revenge, whaling ship, 19th century
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