Moby Dick 1956

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Moby Dick ★★★ 1956

This adaptation of Herman Melville's high seas saga features Peck as Captain Ahab. His obsession with revenge upon the great white whale, Moby Dick, isn't always believable, but the moments that click make the film more than worthwhile. 116m/C VHS, DVD . Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Orson Welles, Leo Genn, Harry Andrews, Friedrich Ledebur; D: John Huston; W: Ray Bradbury, John Huston; C: Oswald Morris. Natl. Bd. of Review ‘56: Director (Huston); N.Y. Film Critics ‘56: Director (Huston).

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