John Huston’s 1956 adaptation of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick does quite a remarkable job retaining both the story and the essence of the book without being slavish to its meanderings and philosophizing.
Moby Dick (1956)
Released: 03 Oct 1956
Rated: UNRATED
Runtime: 116 min
Director: John Huston
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice
Writer(s): Herman Melville (novel), Ray Bradbury (screenplay), John Huston (screenplay)
Plot: The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
IMDB rating: 7.4
MetaScore: N/A
Disc Information
Studio: MGM
Distributed By: Twilight Time...
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