Moby Dick

Moby Dick1956

Director: John Huston
Stars: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 116 minutes

The broadcast series Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick is set in the distant future, 500 years after the great age of human space exploration. Derelict ships called "whales" drift through the galaxy: rich prizes for the salvage crews known as "whale … more »



Starbuck, first mate:
It's late; you should turn in.

Captain Ahab:
Sleep? That bed is a coffin, and those are winding sheets. I do not sleep, I die.

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  • Ahab
    It's almost 5 am and I haven't slept at all. Then I thought of this, and I know how Ahab must have felt. If sleep is a relief, then why do we cling to wakefulness?
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