Moby Dick

1956 · 1h55 · Film

Directed by John Huston

Starring Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Noel Purcell, Edric Connor, Mervyn Johns, Joseph Tomelty

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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.

Original language

English

Screenplay

John Huston, Ray Bradbury, Herman Melville

Music

Philip Sainton

Cinematography

Oswald Morris, Freddie Francis

Cast

James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Noel Purcell, Edric Connor, Mervyn Johns, Joseph Tomelty, Francis de Wolff, Philip Stainton

Updated July 22, 2026

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