Moby Dick

Synopsis

In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.

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Cast

Gregory Peck

Captain Ahab

Richard Basehart

Ishmael

Leo Genn

Starbuck

James Robertson Justice

Capt. Boomer

Harry Andrews

Stubb

Bernard Miles

The Manxman

Noel Purcell

Ship's Carpenter

Edric Connor

Daggoo

Mervyn Johns

Peleg

Joseph Tomelty

Peter Coffin

Francis de Wolff

Capt. Gardiner

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Philip Stainton

Bildad

Royal Dano

Elijah

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Seamus Kelly

Flask

Friedrich von Ledebur

Queequeg

Orson Welles

Father Mapple

John Huston

Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)

Carol White

Young Girl (uncredited)

Frazer Hines

Boy (uncredited)

Crew

Art

• Ralph W. Brinton Art Direction
• Stephen B. Grimes Assistant Art Director
• Geoffrey Drake Production Design

Camera

• Oswald Morris Director of Photography
• Freddie Francis Second Unit Director of Photography
• Arthur Ibbetson Camera Operator
• Reg Pope Clapper Loader

Costume & Make-Up

• Charles E. Parker Makeup Designer
• Hilda Fox Hairdresser
• Elizabeth Haffenden Costume Design

Directing

• John Huston Director
• Kevin McClory Assistant Director

Editing

• Russell Lloyd Editor

Production

• John Huston Producer
• Vaughan N. Dean Producer

Sound

• Philip Sainton Original Music Composer
• John W. Mitchell Sound Recordist
• Alex Pront Sound
• Len Shilton Sound
• Louis Levy Conductor

Writing

• Ray Bradbury Screenplay
• John Huston Screenplay
• Herman Melville Novel

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