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Moby Dick

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Adventure, concluding this week's Saturday Matinée and second in a double bill of films from
John Huston. Starring Gregory Peck
Richard Basehart
In 1840, ayoungsailorsignsupon the whaling ship Pequod, whosecaptain,
Ahab, has a single obsession - to wreak vengeance on the monstrous white whale that took off his leg.
(1956, PG) * See Films: pages 51-56 ***

Contributors

Unknown:
John Huston.
Unknown:
Gregory Peck
Unknown:
Richard Basehart
Captain Ahab:
Gregory Peck
Ishmael:
Richard Basehart
Starbuck:
Leo Genn
Father Mapple:
Orson Welles
Queequeg:
Friedrich Ledebur
Stubb:
Harry Andrews
Manxman:
Bernard Miles
Peleg:
Mervyn Johns
Carpenter:
Noel Purcell
Captain Boomer:
James Robertson Justice
Daggoo:
Edric Connor
Flask:
Seamus Kelly
Bildad:
Philip Stainton
Peter Coffin:
Joseph Tomelty
Source: Radio Times

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