John Huston directs this epic adaptation of Herman Melville's novel. Captain Ahab (Gregory Peck), skipper of whaling vessel the 'Pequod', sets sail from New Bedford, 1840, detemined to avenge himself on Moby Dick, the whale who took off his leg and left him horribly scarred. Ahab works his crew up into a frenzy as they cross the oceans in search of their quarry, but his obsession takes a tragic turn when Moby Dick is finally sighted.