Moby Dick

Moby Dick

116 mins | Drama, Adventure | June 27, 1956

In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service abroad 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 his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.

Moby Dick

116 mins | Drama, Adventure | June 27, 1956

Moby Dick
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service abroad 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 his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Moulin Productions Inc.
Original title Moby Dick
Directors Kevin McClory, John Huston
Writers Ray Bradbury, Herman Melville, 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

Francis de Wolff

as Capt. Gardiner

Philip Stainton

as Bildad

Royal Dano

as Elijah

Seamus Kelly

as Flask

Friedrich von Ledebur

as Queequeg

Orson Welles

as Father Mapple

John Huston

as Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)

Carol White

as Young Girl (uncredited)