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Moby Dick

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Original title

Moby Dick

Year

1930

Running time

80 min.

Country

United States

Director

Lloyd Bacon

Screenwriter

J. Grubb Alexander, Oliver H.P. Garrett. Novel: Herman Melville

Cast

Cinematography

Robert Kurrle (B&W)

Producer

Warner Bros.

Genre

Adventure. Drama | Sea Adventures. Whales / Killer Whales

Movie Groups

Herman Melville Adaptations

Synopsis

In this extremely loose adaptation of Melville's classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and vengeful madman, but as a bit of a lovable scamp. Ashore in New Bedford, he meets and falls for Faith Mapple, daughter of the local minister and beloved of Ahab's brother Derek. Faith herself quickly returns Ahab's love, as Derek is drab and ignoble. On his next voyage, however, Ahab loses a leg to the monstrous white whale Moby-Dick. When upon his return to New Bedford he mistakenly believes Faith wants nothing to do with him because of his disfigurement, Ahab returns to sea with only one goal in mind -- to find and kill the great white whale.

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Moby Dick

1930

Lloyd Bacon