Moby Dick (1998 miniseries) of Starbuck to stop chasing Moby Dick because the ship is operating at a loss and the quest for the sperm whale could end in everyone's death. Queequeg engages in passive resistance by completing refusing to do any work on the ship and throws down his harpoon. At the end, Ahab dies in his attempt to kill Moby Dick. The whaling ship sinks. Patrick Stewart took the lead role shortly after making a striking reference to the book, and quoting from it, in "". Gregory Peck appeared as Father Mapple more than 40 years after he played Ahab in the
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