Movie

Moby Dick

Released: June 27, 1956 (1956)

Runtime: 116 minutes

Genres: Adventure, Drama

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Mervyn Johns as Peleg
Age at release: 57
Noel Purcell as Ship's Carpenter
Age at release: 55
Leo Genn as Starbuck
Age at release: 50
James Robertson Justice as Capt. Boomer
Age at release: 49
Bernard Miles as The Manxman
Age at release: 48
Joseph Tomelty as Peter Coffin
Age at release: 45
Harry Andrews as Stubb
Age at release: 44
Edric Connor as Daggoo
Age at release: 42
Richard Basehart as Ishmael
Age at release: 41
Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab
Age at release: 40

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Friedrich von Ledebur as Queequeg
Age at release: 56
Philip Stainton as Bildad
Age at release: 48
Francis de Wolff as Capt. Gardiner
Age at release: 43
Royal Dano as Elijah
Age at release: 33
Carol White as Young Girl (uncredited)
Age at release: 13
Frazer Hines as Boy (uncredited)
Age at release: 11
Seamus Kelly as Flask
Age at release: Unknown