

Billy Budd
DirectorPeter Ustinov
“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

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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