Moby Dick (1956 film)
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| Directed by | John Huston |
| Produced by | Associate producers: Jack Clayton Lee Katz Co-producer: Vaughn N. Dean Producer: John Huston |
| Written by | Novel: Herman Melville Screenplay: Ray Bradbury John Huston |
| Starring | Gregory Peck Richard Basehart Leo Genn Orson Welles Royal Dano |
| Music by | Philip Sainton |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Editing by | Russell Lloyd |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
| Release date(s) | June 27, 1956 |
| Running time | 116 min. |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$ 4,500,000 |
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Moby Dick is a 1956 adaptation of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick. It was directed by John Huston with a screenplay by Ray Bradbury and John Huston. The film starred Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishmael, Leo Genn as Starbuck, Friedrich Ledebur as Queequeg, and Orson Welles as Father Mapple.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Gregory Peck | Captain Ahab |
| Richard Basehart | Ishmael |
| Leo Genn | Starbuck |
| Friedrich von Ledebur | Queequeg |
| James Robertson Justice | Captain Boomer |
| Harry Andrews | Stubb |
| Bernard Miles | The Manxman |
| Noel Purcell | Ship's Carpenter |
| Edric Connor | Daggoo |
| Mervyn Johns | Peleg |
| Orson Welles | Father Mapple |
[edit] Trivia
- The film was first shown on television by the American Broadcasting Company, on December 16, 1962. [1]
- Gregory Peck played the role of Father Mapple in the 1998 television miniseries.
- Ray Bradbury's novel Green Shadows, White Whale includes a fictionalized version of his writing the screenplay with John Huston in Ireland.
[edit] External links
- Moby Dick at the Internet Movie Database
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