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.
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
Philip Stainton
Bildad
Royal Dano
Elijah
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
John Huston
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Ray Bradbury
Screenplay
Herman Melville
Novel
Russell Lloyd
Editor
Oswald Morris
Director of Photography
Kevin McClory
Assistant Director
Vaughan N. Dean
Producer
Geoffrey Drake
Production Design
Arthur Ibbetson
Camera Operator
Elizabeth Haffenden
Costume Design
Hilda Fox
Hairdresser
Charles E. Parker
Makeup Designer
Freddie Francis
Second Unit Director of Photography
Stephen B. Grimes
Assistant Art Director
John W. Mitchell
Sound Recordist
Alex Pront
Sound
Len Shilton
Sound
Philip Sainton
Original Music Composer
Reg Pope
Clapper Loader
Louis Levy
Conductor
Ralph W. Brinton
Art Direction
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