Billy Budd (1962)
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.
- Date of release
- 1962-11-12
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (82)
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Drama, Action
- Director
- Peter Ustinov
Casting
- 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
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