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Billy Budd

12 Nov 1962 1h 59min 7.3/10 (83) EN

“The men! The mutiny! The might of the greatest adventure classic of the high seas!”

Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.

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Director
Peter Ustinov
Screenplay
Peter Ustinov, DeWitt Bodeen
Novel
Herman Melville
Music
Antony Hopkins
Cinematography
Robert Krasker
Editing
Jack Harris
Producer
Peter Ustinov
Countries
United States, United Kingdom

Cast

Terence Stamp Billy Budd
Robert Ryan John Claggart, Master of Arms
Peter Ustinov Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
Melvyn Douglas The Dansker, Sailmaker
Paul Rogers Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant
John Neville Julian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant
David McCallum Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer
Ronald Lewis Enoch Jenkins, Maintopman
Lee Montague Squeak, Mr. Claggart's assistant
Thomas Heathcote Alan Payne, Maintopman
Ray McAnally William O'Daniel, Maintopman
Robert Brown Arnold Talbot, Maintopman
John Meillon Neil Kincaid, Maintopman
Cyril Luckham Hallam, Captain of Marines
Niall MacGinnis Captain Nathaniel Graveling
Barry Keegan
Victor Brooks

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