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Moby Dick
From the immortal adventure classic...of whaling men, their ships, and the sea!
From the immortal adventure classic...of whaling men, their ships, an...
Adventure, Drama - 1956
Moby Dick
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In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service abroad 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 his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
Director:
,
John Huston
Cast:
,
Orson Welles
,
Richard Basehart
,
John Huston
,
Bernard Miles
,
Gregory Peck
,
James Robertson Justice
,
Harry Andrews
,
Leo Genn
,
Mervyn Johns
,
Friedrich von Ledebur

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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
116 min
Release date:
27 Jun 1956
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$4,500,000
Revenue:
$10,400,000
Awards:
5 wins & 4 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Moby Dick is certainly the most unusual picture of the year and may well be the best.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
5 Aug 2011
fresh:
A rolling and thundering color film that is herewith devoutly recommended as one of the great motion pictures of our times.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
It is often staggeringly good.
– Tom Milne,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
Moby Dick is interesting more often than exciting, faithful to the time and text more than great theatrical entertainment.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
2 Jun 2008
fresh:
One could have plenty of quarrels with this as an adaptation of the Herman Melville novel, but it's still one of the better John Huston films of the 50s.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
5 Aug 2011
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