Billy Budd (1962)

Synopsis: Adapted from the last book written by Herman Melville, an allegory of good vs. evil, with innocence standing by as the helpless victim. A naive young man is pressed into the service of the British... Adapted from the last book written by Herman Melville, an allegory of good vs. evil, with innocence standing by as the helpless victim. A naive young man is pressed into the service of the British Navy at the very end of the 18th century. He views first hand the cruelty and extreme brutality of the ship's sadistic master-at-arms, and accidentally kills him. He is then tried for his murder. [More]

Starring: Terence Stamp, Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas

Starring: Terence Stamp, Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Rogers, John Neville, Ronald Lewis, David McCallum, Lee Montague, John Meillon, Thomas Heathcote, Niall MacGinnis, Cyril Luckham

Director: Peter Ustinov

Director: Peter Ustinov
Screenwriter: Peter Ustinov, De Witt Bodeen
Producer: Peter Ustinov
Screenwriter: Robert Rossen
Composer: Antony Hopkins

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