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Moby Dick (1956)
Directed by John Huston
“The man – The whale – The vengeance – The mightiest adventure ever seen!”
Adventure, Drama · 1h 55m
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
Captain Ahab
Richard Basehart
Ishmael
Leo Genn
Starbuck
James Robertson Justice
Capt. Boomer
Harry Andrews
Stubb
Bernard Miles
The Manxman
Noel Purcell
Ship's Carpenter
Edric Connor
Daggoo
Mervyn Johns
Peleg
Joseph Tomelty
Peter Coffin
Francis de Wolff
Capt. Gardiner
P
Philip Stainton
Bildad
Crew
- Director
- John Huston
- Screenplay
- Ray Bradbury, John Huston
- Novel
- Herman Melville
- Director of Photography
- Oswald Morris
- Original Music Composer
- Philip Sainton
- Editor
- Russell Lloyd
- Producer
- Vaughan N. Dean, John Huston
Details
- Release date
- 1956-06-27
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Moulin Productions Inc.
- Budget
- $4,500,000
- Box office
- $10,400,000