Moby Dick
The man – The whale – The vengeance – The mightiest adventure ever seen!
19561h 55mNo ratings yet
- Adventure
- Drama
Overview
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.
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- revenge
- 19th century
- shipwreck
- captain
- obsession
- stroke of fate
- boat
- whale
- whaling ship
- walrus
- sperm whale
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 27, 1956
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures,Moulin Productions Inc.
- Cast
- Gregory Peck,Richard Basehart,Leo Genn,James Robertson Justice,Harry Andrews,Bernard Miles,Noel Purcell,Edric Connor,Mervyn Johns,Joseph Tomeltyand 9 more
- Director
- John Huston
- Producer
- Vaughan N. Dean,John Huston
- Cinematography
- Oswald Morris
- Music
- Philip Sainton
- Budget
- $4,500,000
- Revenue
- $10,400,000
- IMDb
- tt0049513