Moby Dick (1956 film) Moby Dick (1956 film) Moby Dick is a 1956 film adaptation of Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick". It was directed by John Huston with a screenplay by Huston and Ray Bradbury. The film starred Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, and Leo Genn. The music score was written by Philip Sainton. Set in 19th-century New England, the story follows the whaling ship "Pequod" and its crew. Leading them is Captain Ahab, who was almost killed in an encounter with the "great white whale", Moby Dick, which bit off much of his left leg. Now he is out for revenge. With the crew that
Carthaginian (ship) later renamed "Carthaginian II", was acquired to replace it later in 1973. Carthaginian (ship) Carthaginian (ex-"Wandia") was a three-masted schooner built in Denmark in 1921, converted in 1964-1965 into a typical 19th century square-rigged whaling ship for the filming of the 1966 movie "Hawaii". Its third life was as a museum ship, moored in the harbor of the former whaling town of Lāhainā on the Hawaiian island of Maui, explaining the whaling industry in the Hawaiian islands. "Carthaginian" was lost in 1973 when it ran aground just outside the harbor on its way to drydock maintenance on Oahu, and it