Moby Dick
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 his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
- genus: Adventure, Drama
- Studio: Moulin Productions Inc., Warner Bros. Pictures
- keyword: captain, stroke of fate, based on novel or book, whale, obsession, boat, shipwreck, walrus, revenge, whaling ship, 19th century
- cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles
