Starring Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart
with Leo Genn, Orson Welles, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles

Ishmael, a young sailor, arrives in New Bedford in 1840 in search of his fortune. There he meets a harpooner, Queequeg, and together they join the crew of a whaler. After several days at sea' they catch their first sight of the captain.

Mutilated by a whale, Captain Ahab's sole thought is of revenge. Gradually the crew become infected by his obsession and lesser prey are ignored in the search for the monstrous white whale which took off his leg. It is a hunt which can only end in death...

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