In 1840 a young sailor signs up on the whaling ship Pequod whose captain, Ahab, has a single obsession - to wreak vengeance on the monstrous white whale that took off his leg.


Books with substantial mentioning of Moby Dick

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Jürgen Müller (ed.)
Movies of the 50s
Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005

John McCarty
The Films of John Huston
Secaucus, New Jersey, 1987

Gerald Pratley
The Cinema of John Huston
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1977

Books with an entry on Moby Dick

Ivan Butler
Cinema in Britain, An illustrated Survey
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1973



Year: 1956
Country: United States
Language: English
 
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