Moby Dick
“The man – The whale – The vengeance – The mightiest adventure ever seen!”
7.1(494)19561h 55mEN
Directed by John Huston
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.
Details
stroke of fatebased on novel or bookwhaleobsessionboatshipwreckwalrusrevengewhaling ship19th centurysperm whale
Budget $4.5MBox office $10.4M
