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Billy Budd

(1962)

November 12, 1962• 1h 59m
73%
TMDB Score

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.

Peter Ustinov

Director

Top Billed Cast

TS

Terence Stamp

Billy Budd

RR

Robert Ryan

John Claggart, Master of Arms

PU

Peter Ustinov

Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain

MD

Melvyn Douglas

The Dansker, Sailmaker

PR

Paul Rogers

Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant

JN

John Neville

Julian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant

DM

David McCallum

Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer

RL

Ronald Lewis

Enoch Jenkins, Maintopman

LM

Lee Montague

Squeak, Mr. Claggart's assistant

TH

Thomas Heathcote

Alan Payne, Maintopman

Official Trailer