
Moby Dick(1998)
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.


The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.

William Hurt
Captain Ahab

Ethan Hawke
Starbuck

Charlie Cox
Ishmael

Eddie Marsan
Stubb

Gillian Anderson
Elizabeth

Billy Boyd
Elijah

Raoul Max Trujillo
Queequeg

Donald Sutherland
Father Mapple

Onyekachi Ejim
Dagoo

Daniyah Ysrayl
Pip
Moby Dick is a drama series that first aired in 2011 exploring themes of sea, based on novel or book, obsession, mutiny, ship, whale. Created by Nigel Williams, it stars William Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Charlie Cox. The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
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