

"Based on the incredible true story that inspired Moby Dick"
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.
Owen Chase

George Pollard

Matthew Joy

Old Thomas Nickerson

Herman Melville

Mrs. Nickerson

Young Thomas Nickerson

Thomas Chappel

Owen Coffin

Benjamin Lawrence

Barzallai Ray

Ramsdell

Richard Peterson

William Bond

Isaac Cole

Sheppard

Peggy

Pollard Senior

Paul Macy

Benjamin Fuller

Spanish Captain

Nantucket Townswoman
Customs Officer
Nantucket Townswoman
John Sanborn

Tally Woman

Sailor (uncredited)
Nantucket Child (uncredited)