Moby Dick (1956) [N/A]

Release Date:
June 27, 1956

Original Title:
Moby Dick

Alternate Titles:
Bílá Velryba
Moby Dick
Moby Dick, la ballena blanca
怒海斩白鲸
无比敌
모비딕
백경

Genres:
Adventure | Drama

Production Companies:
Moulin Productions Inc.
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: e 12  DE: 12  FR: TP  GB: U  NL: 6  PT: M/12 

Runtime: 116

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

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 his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.

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Art Direction:
Ralph W. Brinton

Assistant Art Director:
Stephen B. Grimes

Assistant Director:
Kevin McClory

Author:
Herman Melville

Camera Operator:
Arthur Ibbetson

Clapper Loader:
Reg Pope

Conductor:
Louis Levy

Costume Design:
Elizabeth Haffenden

Director:
John Huston

Director of Photography:
Oswald Morris

Editor:
Russell Lloyd

Hairdresser:
Hilda Fox

Makeup Designer:
Charles E. Parker

Original Music Composer:
Philip Sainton

Producer:
Vaughan N. Dean
John Huston

Production Design:
Geoffrey Drake

Screenplay:
John Huston
Ray Bradbury

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Freddie Francis

Sound:
Len Shilton
Alex Pront

Sound Recordist:
John W. Mitchell

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