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.
Gregory Peck
as Captain Ahab
Richard Basehart
as Ishmael
Leo Genn
as Starbuck
James Robertson Justice
as Capt. Boomer
Harry Andrews
as Stubb
Bernard Miles
as The Manxman
Noel Purcell
as Ship's Carpenter
Edric Connor
as Daggoo
Mervyn Johns
as Peleg
Joseph Tomelty
as Peter Coffin
Francis de Wolff
as Capt. Gardiner
Philip Stainton
as Bildad
