Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 1955
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times:
Format: black and white
Sound:

CREDITS

SCRIPT
Script: Orson Welles
Novel: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville

DIRECTION
Director: Orson Welles

CAST
Gordon Jackson (a young actor / Ishmael)
Christopher Lee (a stage manager / Flask)
Patrick McGoohan (a serious actor / Starbuck)
Wensley Pithey (a middle-aged actor / Stubb)
Joan Plowright (a young actress / Pip)
Orson Welles (an actor manager / Father Mapple/Ahab)
Kenneth Williams (a very serious actor / Elijah and others)

TIMELINE

1955
June
16: USA - filming begins

July
9: USA - filming ends

KEYWORDS

book into film, plays, whales

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009