Summary
Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got his leg.
Where to watch
Cast
19 of 19
John BarrymoreAhab
Joan BennettFaith
Lloyd HughesDerek
Noble JohnsonQueequeg
Nigel De BrulierElijah
Walter LongStubbs
May BoleyWhale Oil Rosie
Tom O'BrienStarbuck
Virginia SaleOld Maid
John InceRev. Mapple
Ted BillingsSailor
Richard CramerSailor
Jack CurtisFirst Mate
June GittelsonFat Fanny on Dock
Otto HoffmanShanghai Lady Seller
Bud JamisonShipping Agent - 'Boston Lass'
Dick SutherlandBit Part
Dorothy VernonMother of Many Children
Will WallingBlacksmith
Crew
- Directed by
- Lloyd Bacon
- Written by
- Herman Melville, J. Grubb Alexander
- Music by
- Charles David Forrest
Everyone
Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).
Facts
September 20, 1930 · 1 h 20 min · Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Released
- September 20, 1930
- Runtime
- 1 h 20 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 129 countries
- Keywords
- based on novel or book
Tropes
Age Lift, Locked into Strangeness, The Only One Allowed to Defeat You +9

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