Moby Dick

The man – The whale – The vengeance – The mightiest adventure ever seen!

Moby Dick (1956)

Timing: 1:55 (115 min)

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Release date

1956-06-27

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Moulin Productions Inc.

Genre

Adventure, Drama

Budget

$4 500 000

Revenue

$10 400 000

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Director

John Huston

Actors

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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Scenario

Producer

John Huston, Vaughan N. Dean

Operator

Oswald Morris

Composer

Philip Sainton

Artist

Stephen B. Grimes

Audition

Editing

Russell Lloyd
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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 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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