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Billy Budd: Full Cast & Crew 1962 Drama
In this film based on the Herman Melville novel, handsome, young Billy Budd (Terence Stamp) joins the British navy during wartime, where his skill quickly makes him a trusted crew member. However, sinister master-at-arms Claggart (Robert Ryan), secretly jealous of Billy, accuses him of treason. Billy strikes Claggart in anger, causing him to fall and die. Capt. Vere (Peter Ustinov) feels pity for Billy but believes that maritime law requires that Billy be executed for killing an officer. Released: Nov 12, 1962 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Peter Ustinov Edwin Fairfax Vere Director, Actor, Screenwriter, Producer Robert Ryan John Claggart Actor Terence Stamp Billy Budd Actor Melvyn Douglas The Dansker Actor John Neville Julian Radcliffe Actor Ronald Lewis Enoch Jenkins Actor Lee Montague Squeak Actor Paul Rogers Philip Seymour Actor Niall MacGinnis Captain Nathaniel Graveling Actor John Meillon Neil Kincaid Actor Ray McAnally William O'Daniel Actor Robert Brown Talbot Actor DeWitt Bodeen Screenwriter A. Ronald Lubin Executive Producer Robert Krasker Cinematographer Jack Harris Film Editing Antony Hopkins Original Music Donald M. Ashton Production Design Peter Murton Art Director Anthony Mendleson Costume Design Robert Lennard Casting