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Moby Dick is a 1956 film 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. The music score was written by Philip Sainton. Peck was initially surprised to be cast as Ahab (part of the studio's agreement to fund the film was that Huston use a "name"... full article at wikipedia
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Initial release date
  • Jun 27, 1956
Tagline
  • Before the shark there was the whale
  • From the immortal adventure classic...of whaling men, their ships, and the sea!
  • The most eagerly awaited motion picture of the year!
  • In all the world---in all the seas---in all adventure, there is no might like the might of [Moby Dick]
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runtime
  • 116.0min
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Netflix ID
  • 60020639
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Created by Metaweb Oct 23, 2006
Last edited by gmackenz May 13, 2008

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