Moby Dick (1956) Cast & Crew

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Directed by John Huston.

Cast

• Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab
• Richard Basehart as Ishmael
• Leo Genn as Starbuck
• James Robertson Justice as Capt. Boomer
• Harry Andrews as Stubb
• Bernard Miles as The Manxman
• Noel Purcell as Ship's Carpenter
• Edric Connor as Daggoo
• Mervyn Johns as Peleg
• Joseph Tomelty as Peter Coffin
• Francis de Wolff as Capt. Gardiner
• Philip Stainton as Bildad
• Royal Dano as Elijah
• Seamus Kelly as Flask
• Friedrich von Ledebur as Queequeg
• Orson Welles as Father Mapple
• John Huston as Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
• Carol White as Young Girl (uncredited)
• Frazer Hines as Boy (uncredited)

Crew

• Philip Sainton — Original Music Composer
• John Huston — Director
• John Huston — Screenplay
• Oswald Morris — Director of Photography
• Ray Bradbury — Screenplay
• Vaughan N. Dean — Producer
• John Huston — Producer
• Herman Melville — Novel

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