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"Moby Dick" quotes

Moby Dick poster
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.

Director: John Huston
Writer: Ray Bradbury, John Huston, Norman Corwin
Production: N/A
Genre: adventure, drama
Year: 1956
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.3
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 03 Apr 1959
Awards: 5 wins & 4 nominations

21 video clips

Captain AhabIshmaelFather MappleStubbCaptain GardinerPipFlaskElijah
You'll smell land where there'll be no land - Moby Dick 00:36 You'll smell land where there'll be no land Ye damned whale - Moby Dick 00:17 Ye damned whale I don't give reasons - Moby Dick 00:05 I don't give reasons To be enraged with a dumb brute that acted out of blind instinct is blasphemous - Moby Dick 01:08 To be enraged with a dumb brute that acted out of blind... Drowned Queequeg's coffin was my life buoy - Moby Dick 00:47 Drowned Queequeg's coffin was my life buoy Captain Gardiner - Moby Dick 00:13 Captain Gardiner You should turn in - Moby Dick 00:19 You should turn in Call me Ishmael - Moby Dick 00:04 Call me Ishmael It is an evil voyage - Moby Dick 00:26 It is an evil voyage I'll follow him around the Horn - Moby Dick 00:14 I'll follow him around the Horn We are turned round and round in this world - Moby Dick 00:16 We are turned round and round in this world Or smell the salt air - Moby Dick 00:14 Or smell the salt air Mortal or immortal - Moby Dick 00:40 Mortal or immortal Is it real - Moby Dick 00:12 Is it real I set ye a task - Moby Dick 00:37 I set ye a task Those birds - Moby Dick 00:08 Those birds That ain't no whale - Moby Dick 00:05 That ain't no whale Such behavior isn't Christian - Moby Dick 00:09 Such behavior isn't Christian It is our task in life to kill whales - Moby Dick 00:24 It is our task in life to kill whales His courage was one of the great staples of the ship - Moby Dick 00:10 His courage was one of the great staples of the ship Widening the waters between himself and Ahab's vengeance - Moby Dick 00:14 Widening the waters between himself and Ahab's...

Cast

Captain Ahab - Gregory Peck
Ishmael - Richard Basehart
Starbuck - Leo Genn
Capt. Boomer - James Robertson Justice
Stubb - Harry Andrews
The Manxman - Bernard Miles
Ship's Carpenter - Noel Purcell
Daggoo - Edric Connor
Peleg - Mervyn Johns
Peter Coffin - Joseph Tomelty
Capt. Gardiner - Francis De Wolff
Bildad - Philip Stainton
'Elijah' - Royal Dano
Flask - Seamus Kelly
Queequeg - Friedrich von Ledebur
Father Mapple - Orson Welles
Pip - Tamba Allen
Tashtego - Tom Clegg
(unknown) - Thea Gregory
Young Girl - Mandy Harper
Perth - Ted Howard
Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) - John Huston
Lead Shantyman (and Shanty Adviser) - A.L. Bert Lloyd
- Arthur Mullard
Revoicing - Robert Rietty
Bible Woman - Iris Tree
Crewman - Del Watson
Young Girl - Carol White