| Release Date: | Jun 1956 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Adventure |
| Awards: | 4 wins & 2 nominations |
| Runtime: | 116 min |
| Cast: | Gregory Peck (Captain Ahab), Richard Basehart (Ishmael) Leo Genn (Starbuck) James Robertson Justice (Captain 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 (Captain Gardiner) Philip Stainton (Bildad) Royal Dano ('Elijah') Seamus Kelly (Flask) Friedrich von Ledebur (Queequeg) Orson Welles (Father Mapple) Tamba Allenby (Pip (uncredited)) Tom Clegg (Tashtego) Ted Howard (Perth) A.L. Bert Lloyd (Lead shantyman (and shanty adviser)...) Arthur Mullard ((uncredited)) Joan Plowright (Starbuck's Wife (uncredited)) Iris Tree (Bible Woman (uncredited)) Carol White (Young girl (uncredited)) |
This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. The whale caused the loss of Ahab's leg years before, leaving Ahab to stomp the boards of his ship on a peg leg. Ahab is so crazed by his desire to kill the whale, that he is prepared to sacrifice everything, including his life, the lives of his crew members, and even his ship to find and destroy his nemesis, Moby Dick.
