Overview - Moby Dick

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.

Cast

• Name: Gregory Peck

  Character: Captain Ahab

  Popularity: 2.2834

  

• Name: Richard Basehart

  Character: Ishmael

  Popularity: 0.9157

  

• Name: Leo Genn

  Character: Starbuck

  Popularity: 0.485

  

• Name: James Robertson Justice

  Character: Capt. Boomer

  Popularity: 0.6946

  

• Name: Harry Andrews

  Character: Stubb

  Popularity: 0.8834

  

• Name: Bernard Miles

  Character: The Manxman

  Popularity: 0.3151

  

• Name: Noel Purcell

  Character: Ship's Carpenter

  Popularity: 0.3549

  

• Name: Edric Connor

  Character: Daggoo

  Popularity: 0.2893