The movie follows the story of Moby Dick, who decides to hunt the white whale. The task may seem very daunting for this man who lost his leg due to the big whale, but he is still joining the deadly battle to reach the goal.
he film was not well received in 1956, much of the criticism leveled at Peck, but his stylized performance is more interesting 60 years later. Huston's treatment is equally compelling.
One could have plenty of quarrels with this as an adaptation of the Herman Melville novel, but it's still one of the better John Huston films of the 50s.
