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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 81%, Metacritic 78/100. Every source lands within 8 points of the others. Scores higher than 83% of the 141 1950s adventure movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic78/100
486 audience votes
Key crew
- Philip SaintonOriginal Music Composer
- John HustonDirector
- John HustonScreenplay
- Ray BradburyScreenplay
Cast
- Gregory PeckCaptain Ahab
- Richard BasehartIshmael
- Leo GennStarbuck
- James Robertson JusticeCapt. Boomer
- Harry AndrewsStubb
- Bernard MilesThe Manxman
- Noel PurcellShip's Carpenter
- Edric ConnorDaggoo
- Mervyn JohnsPeleg
- Joseph TomeltyPeter Coffin
- Francis de WolffCapt. Gardiner
- Philip StaintonBildad
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Themes
stroke of fatebased on novel or bookwhaleobsessionboatshipwreckwalrusrevengewhaling ship19th centurysperm whale
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Moby Dick is #34 of 60
