A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Billy Budd be hanged for murder?
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Peter Pears
Captain Vere
Also in
The Burning Fiery Furnace
Peter Grimes
Peter Glossop
Billy Budd
Also in
Otello
Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci
Michael Langdon
John Claggart
Also in
Die Fledermaus
Silent Predators
John Shirley-Quirk
Mr. Redburn
Also in
Death in Venice
The Burning Fiery Furnace
Bryan Drake
Also in
The Burning Fiery Furnace
The Yeomen of the Guard
David Kelly
Known for
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Mean Machine
Kenneth MacDonald
Red Whiskers
Known for
Only Fools and Horses
David Copperfield
David Bowman
Also in
Three Days of the Condor
Murder, She Wrote
Dennis Wicks
Also in
Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
The Yeomen of the Guard
Robert Tear
Also in
The Turn of the Screw
Turandot
Robert Bowman
Known for
The Bastard Executioner
Delme Bryn Jones
Basil Coleman Director · Herman Melville Author
First release December 11, 1966 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
BBC
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 11, 1966
TV
No release date listed for United States.
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