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Moby Dick

1956

John Huston

Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice ...

7.3

9,385

Adventure. Drama 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.

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"A rolling and thundering color film that is herewith devoutly recommended as one of the great motion pictures of our times."	POS
United Kingdom	Kevin Maher The Times	"Peck triumphed. His Ahab is a strange, twisted delight, and moves with credibility from opening moments of stern sincerity (...) to the climactic scene (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"One could have plenty of quarrels with this as an adaptation of the Herman Melville novel, but it's still one of the better John Huston films of the 50s."	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"The film takes flight as a grand chase movie, and leaves its ambition in its wake (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	TV Guide	"One of the most historically, authentic, visually stunning, and powerful adventures ever made"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"There are marvellous things here (...) It is often staggeringly good."	POS
United Kingdom	Adrian Turner Radio Times	"[It] has some wonderful scenes but must be counted as a noble failure (...) Peck as Captain Ahab is miscast, completely lacking the required demonic presence (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Variety	"'Moby Dick' is interesting more often than exciting, faithful to the time and text (...) more than great theatrical entertainment."	NEU

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