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Director John Huston's star-laden adaptation of Herman Melville's classic tale of one man's maddened obsession with killing the great white whale that bit off his leg.

Keywords:

Adventure, Drama, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1956) (4 Star)

Cast:

Gregory Peck	.... Cap. Ahab
Richard Basehart	.... Ishmael
Leo Genn	.... Starbuck
James Robertson-Justice	.... Cap. Boomer
Harry Andrews	.... Stubb
Bernard Miles	.... The Manxman

Supporting Cast:

Noel Purcell	.... Ship's Carpenter
Edric Connor	.... Daggoo
Mervyn Johns	.... Peleg
Joseph Tomelty	.... The innkeeper
Francis de Wolff	.... Cap. Gardiner
Philip Stainton	.... Bildad
Royal Dano	.... 'Elijah'
Seamus Kelly	.... Flask
Frederick Ledebur	.... Queequeg

Directors:

John Huston

Writers:

Herman Melville
Ray Bradbury