Back Moby Dick (pel·lícula de 1956) Catalan Моби Дик (фильм, 1956) CV Moby Dick Welsh Moby Dick (1956) German Μόμπι Ντικ (ταινία) Greek Moby Dick (película de 1956) Spanish Moby Dick (1956ko filma) Basque موبی دیک (فیلم ۱۹۵۶) Persian Moby Dick – valkoinen valas Finnish Moby Dick (film, 1956) French
| Moby Dick | |
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| Directed by | John Huston |
| Screenplay by |
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| Based on | Moby-Dick by Herman Melville |
| Produced by | John Huston |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Edited by | Russell Lloyd |
| Music by | Philip Sainton |
Production companies | Moulin Productions Warner Bros. |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom[1][2] United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$ 4,500,000 or £2 million[citation needed] |
| Box office | $5.2 million (US)[3] |
Moby Dick is a 1956 adventure drama 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.
A co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States,[4] the film was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 27, 1956. It received positive reviews from critics and audiences and was a commercial success. The National Board of Review ranked the film in its Top 10 Films for 1956, with Huston winning the Best Director Award and Baseheart winning for Best Supporting Actor. Huston was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award.
- ^ "Moby Dick (1956)". BFI. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- ^ "The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956". Variety Weekly. January 2, 1957.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 13, 2025.