Billy Budd (1962)
Billy Budd is a 1962 drama movie directed by Peter Ustinov, with a running time of 1h 59m. It stars Terence Stamp, Robert Ryan and Peter Ustinov.
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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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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