Moby Dick

Director John Huston hewing close to Herman Melville's line, Ishmael (Richard Basehart) arriving New Bedford late in the year 1841, the opening of Moby Dick, 1956, starring Gregory Peck.

Not unimpressive action, the first whale sighted on the voyage, Stubb (Harry Andrews) commanding Ishmael (Richard Basehart), Queequeg (Friedrich Ledebur) et al in the boats, in John Huston's Moby Dick, 1956.

In his first appearance before the crew, Ahab (Gregory Peck) exhorts to the capture of the white whale, Queequeg (Friedrich Ledebur), Ishmael (Richard Basehart) and Daggoo (Edric Connor) in his thrall, in John Huston's Moby Dick, 1956.

Orson Welles as Father Mapple, his pulpit the prow of a ship, in the Whaler's Chapel at New Bedford, Ishmael (Richard Basehart) early in John Huston's version of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, 1956.