Where was Moby Dick filmed?
1956 film by John Huston
Moby Dick (1956) was filmed in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Nantucket, New Bedford, Mystic, Fishguard and 2 more places — 8 recorded filming locations in the United Kingdom, Spain, the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
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Filming locations
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🎬 Studios & sets
Elstree Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
film and television production facility on Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
“The Big Brother house was actually built on top of the studios' old underwater stage where scenes in The Dam Busters (1955) and Moby-Dick (1956) were filmed.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Gran Canaria
🇪🇸 Spain
One of the main islands of the Canary archipelago
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🏙 Towns & cities
New Bedford
🇺🇸 United States
city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Mystic
🇺🇸 United States
village in Connecticut, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
🇪🇸 Spain
municipality, city of the province of Las Palmas, and cocapital of the Canary Islands, Spain
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🏙 Towns & cities
Fishguard
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
coastal town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales
“The film began shooting in Wales at Fishguard and Ceibwr Bay, Fishguard at Huston's request.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Nantucket
🇺🇸 United States
island of Massachusetts, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Ceibwr Bay
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
bay in Pembrokeshire, west Wales
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 9 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🎬 Studios & sets
Shepperton Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
film studio, special effects studios and pre- and post-production centre
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🏙 Towns & cities
Youghal
🇮🇪 Ireland
town in County Cork, Ireland
“Many exterior scenes set in New Bedford were shot on location in Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Wicklow
🇮🇪 Ireland
town in Leinster, Ireland
“Reportedly in search of "a port that hadn't changed in a hundred years", Huston chose the town from a shortlist that included Wicklow, Arklow, and Kinsale.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Caniçal
🇵🇹 Portugal
civil parish in Machico
“Parts of the movie were shot at the sea in front of Caniçal, a traditional whaling parish in Madeira Islands, Portugal, with real action of whaling done by whalers of Madeira Island.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Madeira Island
🇵🇹 Portugal
island of Portugal
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🏙 Towns & cities
Cork
🇮🇪 Ireland
city in County Cork, Munster Province, Ireland
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Playa de Las Canteras
🇪🇸 Spain
beach of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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🏙 Towns & cities
Arklow
🇮🇪 Ireland
town in County Wicklow at the east coast of Ireland
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kinsale
🇮🇪 Ireland
town in County Cork, Ireland
Places whose own article says it was shot there
3 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Youghal Ireland
“John Huston (1906–1987), filmed part of Moby Dick in Youghal, with the town standing in for New Bedford.” Wikipedia
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The Dorchester United Kingdom
“Ray Bradbury stayed at the hotel during the filming of Moby Dick (1956).” Wikipedia
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Fishguard United Kingdom
“The film Moby Dick (starring Gregory Peck) was filmed there in 1955.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands, County Cork, Dyfed, Irish Sea, Madeira, Portugal, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
- Paradise Hills 2019
- 4 latas 2019
- Deep Water 2026
- Telediario 1957
- The Penguin Lessons 2024
- The Cliff 2016
- Cocaine Bear 2023
- The Watchers 2024
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Moby Dick have?
8 places recorded on Wikidata, and 9 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across 3 countries.
In which countries was Moby Dick filmed?
the United Kingdom, Spain and the United States.
Was Moby Dick filmed at a studio?
Yes. Elstree Studios, recorded on Wikidata as a filming location.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Paradise Hills (2019), 4 latas (2019), Deep Water (2026) and 5 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.