Plot
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.
Cast
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
Crew
Peter Ustinov
Screenplay
Antony Hopkins
Original Music Composer
DeWitt Bodeen
Screenplay
Peter Ustinov
Director
Peter Ustinov
Producer
Robert Krasker
Director of Photography
Related films
7.6Mutiny
2026
Film details
6.7The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
2023
Film details
6.0Stowaway
2022
Film details
6.8The Bounty
1984
Film details
7.4Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
Film details
6.8In the Heart of the Sea
2015
Film details
6.1Dirt
2018
Film details
6.8Lord Jim
1965
Film details
6.9Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
2021
Film details
7.5Beast
2026
Film details
7.5Captain Phillips
2013
Film details
6.2An Ordinary Man
2017
Film details
6.9Annapolis
2006
Film details
6.0Run
1991
Film details
6.7The Bluff
2026
Film details