Movie
Billy Budd
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1962-11-12
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Drama, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Anglo Allied
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Terence Stamp as Billy Budd
- Robert Ryan as John Claggart, Master of Arms
- Peter Ustinov as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
- Melvyn Douglas as The Dansker, Sailmaker
- Paul Rogers as Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant
- John Neville as Julian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant
- David McCallum as Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer
- Ronald Lewis as Enoch Jenkins, Maintopman
- Lee Montague as Squeak, Mr. Claggart's assistant
- Thomas Heathcote as Alan Payne, Maintopman
- Ray McAnally as William O'Daniel, Maintopman
- Robert Brown as Arnold Talbot, Maintopman
Crew
- Peter Ustinov - Director
- Peter Ustinov - Screenplay
- DeWitt Bodeen - Screenplay
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