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.
as Owen Chase
as George Pollard
as Matthew Joy
as Old Thomas Nickerson
as Herman Melville
as Mrs. Nickerson
as Young Thomas Nickerson
as Thomas Chappel
as Owen Coffin
as Benjamin Lawrence
as Barzallai Ray
as Ramsdell
as Richard Peterson
as William Bond
as Isaac Cole
as Sheppard
as Peggy
as Pollard Senior
as Paul Macy
as Benjamin Fuller
as Spanish Captain
as Nantucket Townswoman
as Customs Officer
as Nantucket Townswoman
as John Sanborn
as Tally Woman
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Nantucket Child (uncredited)
