John Huston's adaptation of Melville is a handsome, earnest sea epic. Gregory Peck's Ahab divides opinion, but the whaling sequences and the atmospheric colour make it an ambitious, imperfect classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (23,457 votes)
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