Synopsis
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.
Main Casting
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
Trailers
Technical team
Peter Ustinov Directing
Peter Ustinov Screenplay
DeWitt Bodeen Screenplay
Antony Hopkins Music
Peter Ustinov Producing
Production
Anglo Allied