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Moby Dick

Name: Moby Dick
Director: John Huston
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Released: 1956-06-27
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews

AdventureDrama

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 PeckRichard BasehartLeo GennJames Robertson JusticeHarry AndrewsBernard MilesNoel PurcellEdric ConnorMervyn JohnsJoseph TomeltyFrancis de WolffPhilip Stainton

Director

John Huston

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