Billy Budd
1962 · Movie · 1h 59m
DramaAction
"The men! The mutiny! The might of the greatest adventure classic of the high seas!"
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.
Ratings
TMDB
7.3/10
Key crew
- Peter UstinovScreenplay
- Antony HopkinsOriginal Music Composer
- DeWitt BodeenScreenplay
- Peter UstinovDirector
Cast
- Terence StampBilly Budd
- Robert RyanJohn Claggart, Master of Arms
- Peter UstinovEdwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
- Melvyn DouglasThe Dansker, Sailmaker
- Paul RogersPhilip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant
- John NevilleJulian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant
- David McCallumSteven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer
- Ronald LewisEnoch Jenkins, Maintopman
- Lee MontagueSqueak, Mr. Claggart's assistant
- Thomas HeathcoteAlan Payne, Maintopman
- Ray McAnallyWilliam O'Daniel, Maintopman
- Robert BrownArnold Talbot, Maintopman
Stills
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Themes
mutinycourt casewar shiphomicide