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.
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
John Meillon
Neil Kincaid, Maintopman
Cyril Luckham
Hallam, Captain of Marines
Niall MacGinnis
Captain Nathaniel Graveling
Barry Keegan
Victor Brooks
Director, Producer
May 1, 1998
Jan 2, 1953
Jan 18, 2006
Oct 21, 1958
Jul 15, 2004
Apr 21, 1928
Oct 18, 1996
Dec 18, 1961
Aug 31, 2022
Apr 30, 2021
May 4, 1984
Mar 7, 2018
Nov 18, 2017
Jan 27, 2006
Oct 10, 2013
Apr 10, 2026
Anglo Allied
United Kingdom
English