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7.3Billy 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.
Released: 1962-11-12119 minDir: Peter UstinovDrama, Action
Cast
- Terence Stamp as Billy Budd
- Robert Ryan as John Claggart, Master of Arms
- Peter Ustinov as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
- Melvyn Douglas as The Dansker, Sailmaker
- Paul Rogers as Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant
- John Neville as Julian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant
Themes
- mutiny
- court case
- war ship
- homicide
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Billy Budd, Sailor
- Main subject
- seamanship
- Director
- Peter Ustinov
- Cast member
- Thomas Heathcote
- Composer
- Antony Hopkins
- Producer
- Peter Ustinov
- Cinematographer
- Robert Krasker
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 133864
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Billy budd poster.jpg
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- publication date
- 1962-01-01
- title
- Billy Budd
- nominated for
- BAFTA Award for Best British Film
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Herman Melville
- review score
- 92%
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