Moby Dick (1956) | |
| Director(s) | John Huston |
| Producer(s) | Jack Clayton (associate), John Huston |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, Film Adaptation |
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Moby Dick (1956) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by John Huston and produced by John Huston and Jack Clayton.
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Warner Archive: John Barrymore in a Pre-code Version of Moby Dick (1930)
By KC on Sep 27, 2016 From Classic Movies"Call me Ishamael." Herman Melville's opening line to Moby Dick is one of the most famous first sentences in English literature, and yet, when a large volume of the book is opened to the first page in the credits of this pre-code take on the novel, there is no Ishamael in sight. The man himself neve... Read full article
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Captain Ahab:
Captain Gardner, I seek the white whale, your own son's murderer. I am losing time... Goodbye, and fare thee well, I say. God help you, Captain Gardiner.
Captain Gardiner: God forgive you, Captain Ahab.
Captain Ahab: I'll follow him around the Horn, and around the Norway maelstrom, and around perdition's flames before I give him up.
Captain Ahab: By heavens man, we are turned round and round in this world, like yonder windlass, and fate is the handspike.
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Captain Gardiner: God forgive you, Captain Ahab.
Captain Ahab: I'll follow him around the Horn, and around the Norway maelstrom, and around perdition's flames before I give him up.
Captain Ahab: By heavens man, we are turned round and round in this world, like yonder windlass, and fate is the handspike.
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Facts about
John Huston originally wanted to cast his father Walter Huston as Captain Ahab, but by the time the film was finally set to be made, his father had been dead for four years.
Orson Welles' one-scene cameo helped to fund his stage production of the very same story.
John Huston also dubbed the voice of the lookout who plunges into the sea.
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Orson Welles' one-scene cameo helped to fund his stage production of the very same story.
John Huston also dubbed the voice of the lookout who plunges into the sea.
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