Huston uses his great filmmaking skills to keep things mostly on course.
Moby Dick (1956)
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Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 9
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: In New Bedford, Connecticut, in the 1800s, a group of seamen board the Pequod, captained by Ahab (Gregory Peck). They know they're out to harpoon whales; what they don't realize is that Ahab once... In New Bedford, Connecticut, in the 1800s, a group of seamen board the Pequod, captained by Ahab (Gregory Peck). They know they're out to harpoon whales; what they don't realize is that Ahab once lost a leg to the magnificent white whale Moby Dick, and that he'll risk anything to get back at the animal that maimed him--including himself and every member of his crew. John Huston's adaptation of Melville's symbolic and allegorical masterpiece about one man's obsession with battling nature's most powerful creature makes beautiful use of Technicolor in bringing one of literature's most beloved works to vivid life. Ray Bradbury wrote the screenplay for this first-rate adaptation of Herman Melville's 1851 novel. [More]
Starring: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Orson Welles, Leo Genn
Starring: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Orson Welles, Leo Genn, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Mervyn Johns, Noel Purcell, Frederick Ledebur, James Robertson Justice
Director: John Huston
Director: John Huston
Producer: John Huston
Screenwriter: John Huston, Ray Bradbury
Composer: Philip Stainton
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Reviews for Moby Dick
Effectively delivers its sobering message to a new generation of viewers: pride goes before a mighty fall.
Huston's film has stellar action sequences and some fine work done in supporting roles, which helps overcome Peck's wooden work as Ahab.
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