Movie

Moby Dick (1956)

115 min

• Adventure
• Drama

Director

John Huston

Released

June 27, 1956

Synopsis

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.

Cast

• Gregory Peck
• Richard Basehart
• Leo Genn
• James Robertson Justice
• Harry Andrews
• Bernard Miles
• Noel Purcell
• Edric Connor
• Mervyn Johns
• Joseph Tomelty
• Francis de Wolff
• Philip Stainton

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