Moby Dick
1956 · 116 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 22,943 VOTES · DIR. John Huston
Overview
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,205 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:08 Call me Ishmael.
00:06:28 Sing!
00:10:42 Is not to die and yet be dead
00:14:33 And even out of the belly of hell...
00:17:48 west south far away.
00:20:31 #NAME? #NAME?
00:23:50 On that day, Ahab will go to his grave, but he'll rise again within the hour.
00:28:29 The Pequod beat an easterly course toward the whaling grounds off the Azores.
00:32:54 Down, mastheads!
00:36:35 That way it went, this way it comes.
00:40:27 That's it, boys.
00:46:35 Look here.
00:49:50 It is the thing behind the mask I chiefly hate.
00:56:53 Like her so much I've a mind to have me other arm cut off.
00:59:39 I do not give reasons, Mr. Stubb. I give orders.
01:02:50 Why, there ain't a man aboard, except you maybe...
01:08:53 Carpenter.
01:13:51 Way, way up to Kokovoko.
01:21:19 What say you to that, men?
01:24:29 You be the cogs that fit my wheel...
01:31:22 Raise new sail! We're running on!
01:35:09 By heavens, man...
01:38:39 No, Pip. Stay on board.
01:45:31 He's dead, but he beckons.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,205
Dialogue density10.4 lines / min
First line00:02:08
Final line01:45:31
Production Record
DirectorJohn Huston
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,500,000
Revenue$10,400,000
IMDb votes22,943