Director: Peter Ustinov

Writers: Peter Ustinov; DeWitt Bodeen

From novel: Billy Budd by Herman Melville

From a play: Billy Budd by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman

Music Composed and Conducted by: Antony Hopkins

Producer: Peter Ustinov

Keywords: Action/Adventure

During the Napoleonic Wars, Billy Budd is forcibly conscripted into service on a Royal Navy ship, the HMS Avenger. He is well-liked by everyone, except Claggart, the cruel master-at-arms; when Billy accidentally kills Claggart in a confrontation, Billy finds himself accused of murder and facing likely execution. Brilliant adaptation. Terence Stamp received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert Brown	Actor	23-Jul-1921	11-Nov-2003	Licence to Kill
Melvyn Douglas	Actor	5-Apr-1901	4-Aug-1981	Being There
Niall MacGinnis	Actor	29-Mar-1913	6-Jan-1977	49th Parallel
David McCallum	Actor	19-Sep-1933		Illya on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
John Neville	Actor	2-May-1925	19-Nov-2011	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Paul Rogers	Actor	22-Mar-1917	8-Oct-2013	British stage actor
Robert Ryan	Actor	11-Nov-1909	11-Jul-1973	Billy Budd
Terence Stamp	Actor	22-Jul-1939		KNEEL TO ZOD
Peter Ustinov	Actor	16-Apr-1921	28-Mar-2004	British stage actor

CAST

Starring
Robert Ryan	...   John Claggart
Peter Ustinov	...   Capt. Vere
Melvyn Douglas	...   The Dansker
Also Starring
Paul Rogers	...   Seymour
John Neville	...   Ratcliffe
David McCallum	...   Wyatt
Ronald Lewis	...   Jenkins
with
Lee Montague	...   Squeak
Thomas Heathcote	...   Payne
Ray McAnnally	...   O'Daniel
Robert Brown	...   Talbot
John Meillon	...   Kincaid
Cyril Luckham	...   Hallam
and
Niall MacGinnis	...   Capt. Graveling
Victor Brooks	...   Leonard
Barry Keegan	...   Mathews
and introducing
Terence Stamp	...   Billy Budd

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