Moby Dick
1956 · Movie · Approved · 115 min · ★ 7.1 · 81% critics
A young sailor signs onto a whaling ship and is drawn into a long, punishing voyage at sea. Under a hard-driving captain consumed by revenge against a legendary white whale, the crew’s routine hunt turns into a dangerous, all-or-nothing pursuit that tests loyalty, courage, and sanity.
Based on Moby-Dick
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Details
- Years
- 1956
- Release date
- 1956-06-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (472 votes)
- Budget
- $4,500,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a classic, grim sea adventure about obsession and revenge with bursts of tension; Not for you if you’re sensitive to on-screen whaling or dislike older, more formal dialogue like The African Queen.
Pros: epic sea adventure; intense central obsession; memorable atmosphere | Cons: dated language; whale hunting is tough; uneven lead performance
Themes
- stroke of fate
- based on novel or book
- whale
- obsession
- boat
- shipwreck
- walrus
- revenge
- whaling ship
- 19th century
Awards & recognition
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Cast & crew
Gregory Peck
as Captain Ahab
Richard Basehart
as Ishmael
Leo Genn
as Starbuck
James Robertson Justice
as Capt. Boomer
Harry Andrews
as Stubb
Bernard Miles
as The Manxman
Noel Purcell
as Ship's Carpenter
Edric Connor
as Daggoo
Mervyn Johns
as Peleg
Joseph Tomelty
as Peter Coffin
Directed by John Huston