Moby Dick (Hallmark Hall of Fame)

Moby Dick was a 1954 American television movie. Adapted from the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville it aired as an episode of Hallmark Hall of Fame.[1]

It was directed by Albert McCleery.

The budget was $20,000 with a cast of 24. "This is not a great spectacle," said McCleery. "It's the story of a man who tears himself to pieces in a frantic desire to find God. When you get down to it it's a religious story - not a whaling party."[2]

Cast

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  • Victor Jory as Captain Ahab
  • Lamont Johnson as Ishmael
  • Harvey Stephens as Stubb
  • Hugh O'Brian as Starbuck
  • Steve Darrell as Tashtego
  • Tim Graham as Carpenter
  • John Hamilton as 'Jeroboam' Captain
  • Thomas Browne Henry as Fedallah
  • John Larch as 1st Sailor
  • Earl Lee as Elijah
  • James Logan as Captain of the Rachael
  • Charles Mauu as Queequeg
  • Howard Louis McNeely as Pip
  • Nestor Paiva

References

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  1. ^ Moby Dick at Paley Centre
  2. ^ "Moby Dick to Hit TV this Sunday minus whale". The Tipton Daily Tribune. 10 May 1954. p. 6.
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