Moby Dick (Hallmark Hall of Fame) explained

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

• 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

External links

• Moby Dick at IMDB

Notes and References

1. https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=nbc&p=258&item=T85:0440 Moby Dick
2. News: The Tipton Daily Tribune. 10 May 1954. 6. Moby Dick to Hit TV this Sunday minus whale.