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Moby Dick

1956 · 115 min

A brooding, salt-soaked voyage into mounting obsession, grand in scale yet heavy with dread and doom.

Directed by
John Huston
Genres
Adventure, Drama
Starring
Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn
Tagline
The man – The whale – The vengeance – The mightiest adventure ever seen!
Overview
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 leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.

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More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
John Huston
Genres
Adventure, Drama
Starring
Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • revenge
  • madness
  • survival
  • fate
Places
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror4
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
adventure, drama
Directed by
John Huston
Written by
John Huston, Ray Bradbury
Starring
Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Noel Purcell, Edric Connor
Music
Philip Sainton
Cinematography
Oswald Morris
Runtime
115 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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