Moby Dick (1956 film)
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Moby Dick is a 1956 adaptation of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick. It was directed by John Huston with a screenplay by Ray Bradbury and John Huston. The film starred Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishmael, Leo Genn as Starbuck, Friedrich Ledebur as Queequeg, and Orson Welles as Father Mapple.
- Gregory Peck......Captain Ahab
- Richard Basehart.....Ishmael
- Leo Genn.....Starbuck
- Friedrich von Ledebur.....Queequeg
- James Robertson Justice....Captain Boomer
- Harry Andrews.....Stubb
- Bernard Miles....The Manxman
- Noel Purcell....Ship's Carpenter
- Edric Connor....Daggoo
- Mervyn Johns...Peleg
- Orson Welles....Father Mapple
[edit] Trivia
- The film was first shown on television by the American Broadcasting Company, on December 16, 1962. [1]
- During the filming of the whaling scenes, Gregory Peck almost drowned several times.
[edit] External links
- Moby Dick at the Internet Movie Database
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