Moby Dick
Adventure
Drama
The man – The whale – The vengeance – The mightiest adventure ever seen!
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.
1956-06-27
en
Cast
Director
John Huston
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
Royal Dano as Elijah
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)
Frazer Hines as Boy (uncredited)