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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Classical in form, grave, earnest and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Terence StampBilly Budd
- Robert RyanJohn Claggart, Master of Arms
- Peter UstinovEdwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
- Melvyn DouglasThe Dansker, Sailmaker
- Paul RogersPhilip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant
- John NevilleJulian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant
- David McCallumSteven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer
- Ronald LewisEnoch Jenkins, Maintopman
- Lee MontagueSqueak, Mr. Claggart's assistant
- Thomas HeathcoteAlan Payne, Maintopman
Crew
- Peter UstinovDirector
- Peter UstinovScreenplay
- DeWitt BodeenScreenplay
- Herman MelvilleNovel
- Robert KraskerDirector of Photography
- Antony HopkinsOriginal Music Composer
- Jack HarrisEditor
- Peter UstinovProducer
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