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.
00:06:30 Since roving's been my ruin
00:10:55 Arched over me a dismal gloom
00:14:47 And from the shuddering cold and blackness of the deep...
00:18:02 See all world.
00:20:50 widows and orphans, many of them.
00:24:29 #NAME? #NAME?
00:29:01 whose Quaker stock had furnished many a whaleboat with its champion.
00:33:40 A whale as white and as big as a mountain of snow.
00:37:35 Turn up the sockets.
00:41:17 Long and strong, boys.
00:47:28 If this be so, we can follow along with the herds, killing as we go...
00:50:55 Beware thyself, my captain.
00:57:47 You didn't kill him?
01:00:44 It is our task in life to kill whales...
01:04:27 Man overboard!
01:10:49 A drink of water, then.
01:18:40 God, I'll lose him.
01:22:45 Captain Ahab, answer me!
01:27:18 Cut away those rags!
01:33:25 As though I were Adam...
01:37:07 #NAME? #NAME?
01:41:32 Show us your crooked jaw.
01:50:05 to tell thee.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,205
Dialogue density10.4 lines / min
First line00:02:08
Final line01:50:05
Production Record
DirectorJohn Huston
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,500,000
Revenue$10,400,000
IMDb votes22,943