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Billy Budd (1962)
Directed by Peter Ustinov
“The men! The mutiny! The might of the greatest adventure classic of the high seas!”
Drama, Action · 1h 59m
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.
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
Crew
- Director
- Peter Ustinov
- Screenplay
- Peter Ustinov, DeWitt Bodeen
- Novel
- Herman Melville
- Director of Photography
- Robert Krasker
- Original Music Composer
- Antony Hopkins
- Editor
- Jack Harris
- Producer
- Peter Ustinov
Details
- Release date
- 1962-11-12
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Drama, Action
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Anglo Allied