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
Wooden Leg but they both died in their youth. After the death of the last daughter, he and his wife decided to adopt the son of his sister, John White Wolf. In a 1903 interview with Thomas B. Marquis, a former agency physician for the Cheyenne, Wooden Leg related a great deal of information about Cheyenne life prior to the reservations and the battle of Little Bighorn. His account is published in the book "". Wooden Leg died in 1940. Wooden Leg Wooden Leg (Cheyenne "Kâhamâxéveóhtáhe") (1858–1940) was a Northern Cheyenne warrior who fought against Custer at the Battle of the Little