Why it may be worth watching
- Moby Dick combines Adventure and Drama elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn.
- Viewers currently rate it 7.1/10 from 496 votes.
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Moby Dick
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.
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Cast
Gregory PeckCaptain Ahab
Richard BasehartIshmael
Leo GennStarbuck
James Robertson JusticeCapt. Boomer
Harry AndrewsStubb
Bernard MilesThe Manxman
Noel PurcellShip's Carpenter
Edric ConnorDaggoo
Mervyn JohnsPeleg
Joseph TomeltyPeter Coffin
Francis de WolffCapt. Gardiner
Philip StaintonBildad
Royal DanoElijah
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Best suited to viewers looking for Adventure, Drama.
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Themes and topics
stroke of fatebased on novel or bookwhaleobsessionboatshipwreckwalrusrevenge
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