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Billy Budd

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

1962 · 1h 59m

Directed by Peter Ustinov

7.3

TMDB audience score
83 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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
    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

  • John Meillon
    Neil Kincaid, Maintopman

  • Cyril Luckham
    Hallam, Captain of Marines

  • Niall MacGinnis
    Captain Nathaniel Graveling

  • Barry Keegan

  • Victor Brooks