Ultimately a mixed bad. I like certain scenes and the cinematography. Peck was unfortunately too young for the part (not awful but he's clearly trying too hard) which is noticeably distracting.

A Classic Adventure flick and the best film adaptation of the classic novel. Cinematogrpahy is excellent. The location, color, costumes are all really good with great direction by Huston. The classical golden era way this is done also really helps given this is a 1800's novel. Something that it feels like all other adaptations on film miss. The special effects are really clean too. Minitures, stock footage, on location effects are all so cleanly edited especially in the end too. The fact most of this is actually on a ship too in the ocean really brings this to life and gives something tangible that a lot of others miss with majority sound stage and green screen. Everything else is really good. Peck is phenominal in this. Easily one of his best performances of his career. If there is one area where this struggles slightly is once they are in pursuit it feels like chracter development moments in the novel are missing. It's there but you can tell the main focus is Peck and everything else is secondary. Given how large the novel is I don't know how'd you'd really fix that for a movie. The 98' mini series is better served for that and arguably better apples to oranges. It's pretty cool too how despite the english being old time I can still understand pretty much 90-95% of what there saying and where I can't the visuals on screen make up for it. It's a great tale and still delivers the message of revenge can destroy others around you as much as you. Anyone who is a fan of the novel, any actors in this, Huston, movies on ships, or adventures should check this out.

Classic in every way!

Finest movie I’ve ever seen…

It's cool to watch because of the historical relevance and fact you're watching the original. Lots of aspects of film making not as eye grabbing as today from back then and story more of a slow burner, but enjoyable and interesting.

GOOD WRITTING, GOOD STORY, GOOD DIRECTOR, GOOD ACTING, A VERY ENTERTAINING MOVIE !!!!

as soon as i saw that gregory peck was the star of this film, i knew it would be great. and it was great.

A whale bites a guy's leg off, he gets really mad and can't forget about it. Gregory Peck provides his standard wooden performance. The whale is ok. Since almost no one has read this tedious tome, watching the movie is a relatively painless way of being exposed to a famous literary work.

I agree with the sentiment expressed by actual critics this film is not quite great.

I'd give this movie 5 Stars, but it's not for everyone. It's not for those who's lack of imagination has been replaced with CG FX spectacles in movies with no substance. It's not for those who cannot accept a rubber whale, both full sized and in miniature, in place of the real thing, or a CG facsimile there of. It's not going to be for those who cannot accept Gregory Peck as a Bad Guy, or a Good Guy driven so mad with revenge he becomes a bad guy. Peck himself didn't much care for himself as Ahab. It's not for those who can't accept an Austrian playing a Pacific Islander, or Richard Basehart as any sort of sailor except Admiral Nelson of the Seaview in Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. It definitely not for those who can't wait for the payoff in the final reel of the film. But it is for those who don't want to slog through the book. And it's for those who enjoy the High Seas Adventure Movies of the 1950's. It's for those who love those eccentric larger than life performances, like James Mason battling a giant rubber squid in 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. It for those who would stay up late on a school night to catch the Late Late Show to see a big monster where it was rubber or not, life-sized or not, to see some great actors acting great writing directed by great directors, even if the Special Effects of the time seem a little dated now, and love them not in spite of it, but because of it.

An incredible adaptation with several amazing artists bringing the classic revenge story to life!

I am not a fan of the story but it is well done.

Ahab lost his leg and he may have lost something else. Like today's environmentalists, Orson Welles tells his audience to be cautious when challenging the natural world. Moby Dick represents Nature and Nature plays by its own set of rules.

What is here is well done. It's just boring. But what else can you expect from the source material?

The best thrilling movie ever made!

An absolutely breathtaking movie, stupendous in every way. Gregory Peck is magnificent and the bringing to life of the legendary monster whale jaw dropping.

It's still gorgeous, and Huston captures some of the awe and terror within Melville's poetry. Peck and Basehart's work drags at times, but the secondary & unknown players are pretty wild.

A bit dry, but it has its moments.

The film version does some justice to the original epic of the noble madness of Ahab and his crew.

faithful version to herman melville's classic tome, moby dick.