Consumed by an insane rage, Captain Ahab (Gregory Peck) has but one purpose in life - revenge on MOBY DICK, the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him. The obsessed skipper of a whaling boat, Ahab uses his command as an excuse to sail the seven seas in an unrelenting search of his prey while battling a mutinous crew, tropical heat and violent storms in this epic struggle of non-stop fury and inevitable doom.