Billy Budd

1h 59m

Drama Action

7.3

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.

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

Unknown

Victor Brooks

Unknown

Crew

Peter Ustinov

Director, Screenplay, Producer

DeWitt Bodeen

Screenplay

Herman Melville

Novel

Jack Harris

Editor

Robert Krasker

Director of Photography

Tom Buchanan

Boom Operator

Antony Hopkins

Original Music Composer

Robert H. Chapman

Theatre Play

Louis O. Coxe

Theatre Play