Moby Dick
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.
Adventure, Drama
Warner Bros., Moulin Productions Inc.
Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishmael, Leo Genn as Starbuck, James Robertson Justice as Captain Boomer, Harry Andrews as Stubbs, Bernard Miles as The Manxman, Friedrich von Ledebur as Queequeg, Mervyn Johns as Peleg, Orson Welles as Father Mapple, John Huston as Barman