Movie Details

Title

Moby Dick

Overview

In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service abroad 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 his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.

Runtime

1 h 56 min

Release Date

27 June 1956

Actors

Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Friedrich von Ledebur, Mervyn Johns, Orson Welles, John Huston, Noel Purcell, Edric Connor, Joseph Tomelty, Francis de Wolff, Philip Stainton, Royal Dano, Seamus Kelly

Certification

Not Rated

Genres

Drama

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