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A film adaptation of Herman Melville 's 1851 novel Moby-Dick, the film stars Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart and Leo Genn and follows the exploits of Captain Ahab in pursuing and killing a gigantic sperm whale with whom he has a personal vendetta. The music score was written by Philip Sainton .
With Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice. 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.
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- Adventure, Drama
- John Huston
- 1956-08-29
Moby Dick (1956) Gregory Peck: Captain Ahab. Showing all 35 items. Jump to: Photos (26) Quotes (9) Photos. 3 more photos. Quotes. Captain Ahab : From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. Ye damned whale. Captain Ahab : I don't give reasons. I give orders!
Captain Ahab is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in Herman Melville 's Moby-Dick (1851). He is the monomaniacal captain of the whaling ship Pequod. On a previous voyage, the white whale Moby Dick bit off Ahab's leg, and he now wears a prosthetic leg made out of whalebone.
Oct 2, 2015 · Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab in John Huston’s “Moby Dick” (1956), having encountered his quarry. Kino Lorber. Revisiting Melville after rewatching Huston’s visualization, I was surprised to...
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Capt. Ahab (Gregory Peck) has a vendetta against Moby Dick, the great white whale responsible for taking his leg. He sets out on a treacherous sea voyage aboard The Pequod, along with a...
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This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. The whale caused the loss of Ahab's leg years before, leaving Ahab to stomp the boards of his ship on a peg leg.
