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Moby Dick

The man – The whale – The vengeance – The mightiest adventure ever seen!

1956 · 1h 55m

Directed by John Huston

7.1

TMDB audience score
496 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Philip Stainton
    Bildad

  • Royal Dano
    Elijah

  • Seamus Kelly
    Flask

  • Friedrich von Ledebur
    Queequeg

  • Orson Welles
    Father Mapple

  • John Huston
    Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)

  • Carol White
    Young Girl (uncredited)