Moby Dick (1956 film) eyes. The head apparatus which could move like a rocking horse was employed when actors were in the water with the whale. Gregory Peck's last speech is delivered in the studio while riding the white whale's hump (a hole was drilled in the side of the whale so Peck could conceal his real leg). The "Pequod" was portrayed by, appropriately, the "Moby Dick". Built in England in 1887 as the "Ryelands", the ship came into the hands of the film industry in the 50s, and was also used in "Treasure Island". It was destroyed by fire in Morecambe, England in
Moby Dick (1930 film) "Moby Dick" was produced. The German version was titled "Dämon des Meeres" and was directed by Michael Curtiz. According to Warner Bros records the film earned $579,000 domestically and $218,000 foreign. The film survives intact and has been broadcast on television and cable and is available through Warner Archive DVD-on-demand. "Moby Dick" was considered a loose adaptation of the novel; Marc Di Paolo said it was "a poorly conceived "and" unfaithful version . . . in which Ahab . . . slays the white whale at the end and goes home to his true love." Walter C. Metz said the