# Moby Dick (1956)

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**Runtime**: 115 min
**Genres**: Adventure, Drama
**Directed by**: John Huston
**Written by**: John Huston, Ray Bradbury
**Starring**: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles

> *The man – The whale – The vengeance – The mightiest adventure ever seen!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The gold-rush meets naval stand-off of Melville’s tale aboard a splintering whaler. Obsessed Captain Ahab drags every hand on a suicide run at an albino whale. The white whale does the talking.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, dread, epic, slow-burn

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