Billy Budd (1962)

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

Movie · Drama, Action · 1h 59m · Rated 7.3/10 on TMDB · Released November 12, 1962

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.

Directed by Peter Ustinov

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

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