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Billy Budd

Billy Budd
★ 7.3/10•1962•1h 59m•12•Drama•Action

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

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.

Peter Ustinov · Director

Peter Ustinov · Screenplay

DeWitt Bodeen · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 59m
LanguageEN
Release DateNov 12, 1962

Actors

Terence Stamp

Terence Stamp

Billy Budd

Robert Ryan

Robert Ryan

John Claggart, Master of Arms

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

The Dansker, Sailmaker

Paul Rogers

Paul Rogers

Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant

John Neville

John Neville

Julian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant

David McCallum

David McCallum

Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer

Ronald Lewis

Ronald Lewis

Enoch Jenkins, Maintopman

Lee Montague

Lee Montague

Squeak, Mr. Claggart's assistant

Thomas Heathcote

Thomas Heathcote

Alan Payne, Maintopman

Ray McAnally

Ray McAnally

William O'Daniel, Maintopman

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Arnold Talbot, Maintopman

John Meillon

John Meillon

Neil Kincaid, Maintopman

Cyril Luckham

Cyril Luckham

Hallam, Captain of Marines

Niall MacGinnis

Niall MacGinnis

Captain Nathaniel Graveling

Barry Keegan

Barry Keegan

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