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    Moby Dick (1956)

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    In 1840, a young sailor joins the whaling ship Pequod, whose captain, Ahab, is obsessively searching for the monstrous white whale that took off his leg.

    John Huston’s long-cherished adaptation of Herman Melville’s novel has some wonderful scenes but the great white whale always looks phoney. It performed badly in high seas off the coasts of Ireland and the Canaries, pushing the budget through the roof.

    In addition, Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab is miscast, completely lacking the required demonic presence. Wags at the time joked that Orson Welles, who plays Father Mapple, should have played the whale, while Peck himself thought that Huston should have played Ahab.

    However, Peck was persuaded to take on the Father Mapple role in the 1998 TV movie version, starring Patrick Stewart as Ahab.

    Captain Ahab
    Gregory Peck
    Ishmael
    Richard Basehart
    Starbuck
    Leo Genn
    Father Mapple
    Orson Welles
    Queequeg
    Friedrich Ledebur
    Stubb
    Harry Andrews
    Manxman
    Bernard Miles
    Peleg
    Mervyn Johns
    Carpenter
    Noel Purcell
    Captain Boomer
    James Robertson-Justice
    Daggoo
    Edric Connor
    Flask
    Seamus Kelly
    Bildad
    Philip Stainton
    Peter Coffin
    Joseph Tomelty
    Elijah
    Royal Dano
    Captain Gardiner
    Francis De Wolff
    Pip
    Tamba Alleney
    Blacksmith
    Ted Howard
    Tashtego
    Tom Clegg

    Director
    John Huston

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