Billy Budd
“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.
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Cast
17 people
Terence Stamp
Billy Budd
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Robert Ryan
John Claggart, Master of Arms
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Peter Ustinov
Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
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Melvyn Douglas
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Paul Rogers
Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant
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John Neville
Julian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant
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David McCallum
Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer
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Ronald Lewis
Enoch Jenkins, Maintopman
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Lee Montague
Squeak, Mr. Claggart's assistant
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Thomas Heathcote
Alan Payne, Maintopman
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Ray McAnally
William O'Daniel, Maintopman
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Robert Brown
Arnold Talbot, Maintopman
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Peter Ustinov Director · DeWitt Bodeen Screenplay Herman Melville Author
Worldwide gross $25M · United States release November 12, 1962 · Produced in United Kingdom
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Worldwide gross
$25,000,000
Production
Anglo Allied
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 12, 1962
Theatrical
Austria
January 1, 1963 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 27, 2008 · Physical · DVD
May 20, 2011 · Physical · Blu ray
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