Billy Budd

(1962)

Adventure / Drama

119 minutes

Directed by Peter Ustinov

Cast:

Robert Ryan as John Claggart

Peter Ustinov as Edwin Fairfax Vere

Melvyn Douglas as The Dansker

Paul Rogers as Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant

John Neville as Julian Radcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant

David McCallum as Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer

Ronald Lewis as Enoch Jenkins, maintopman

Lee Montague as Squeak

Thomas Heathcote as Alan Payne, maintopman

Ray McAnally as William O'Daniel, maintopman

Robert Brown as Talbot

John Meillon as Neil Kincaid, maintopman

Cyril Luckham as Alfred Hallam - Captain of Marines

Niall MacGinnis as Captain Nathaniel Graveling, Rights of Man

Victor Brooks as Amos Leonard, First Mate, Rights of Man

Barry Keegan as Charles Mathews, merchant seaman, Rights of Man

Terence Stamp as Billy Budd, Merchant seaman

The H.M.S. Avenger is about to fight the French vessel during the Napoleonic Wars. Captain Vere depends too much on the devious John Claggert to make sure all is in order aboard the ship. Billy Budd is new to the crew and is a friendly and loyal guy whom the crew falls in love with, except for Claggert who cannot stand his purity, especially when he is promoted to fore-top-captain. Claggert has his own plans to bring down Billy Budd. 

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