---
title: 'Moby Dick (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Huston'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/moby-dick-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049513/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Moby Dick (1956)

1956 · 116 min · Drama, Adventure · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Moby Dick is a 1956 adventure film directed and produced by John Huston, adapted by Huston and Ray Bradbury from Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. It stars Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishmael, and Leo Genn as Starbuck, with supporting performances by James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Noel Purcell and Orson Welles as Father Mapple.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- **Screenplay:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston), [Ray Bradbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-bradbury), [Norman Corwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-corwin)
- **Producer:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston), [Jack Clayton](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-clayton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philip Sainton](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-sainton)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oswald Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/oswald-morris)
- **Editor:** [Russell Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-lloyd)

## Cast

- [Joan Plowright](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-plowright)
- [Bernard Miles](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-miles)
- [James Robertson Justice](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-robertson-justice)
- [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles) as Father Mapple
- [Gregory Peck](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-peck) as Captain Ahab
- [Harry Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-andrews)
- [Edric Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/edric-connor)
- [Francis de Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-de-wolff)
- [Mervyn Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/mervyn-johns)
- [Robert Riettii](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-riettii)
- [Noel Purcell](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-purcell)
- [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- [Richard Basehart](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-basehart) as Ishmael
- [Royal Dano](https://cinepixo.com/people/royal-dano)
- [Friedrich von Ledebur](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-von-ledebur)

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