Billy Budd Movie Review 1962

The classic Melville good-evil allegory adapted to film, dealing with a British warship in the late 1700s, and its struggle between evil master-at-arms and innocent shipmate. Stamp's screen debut as the naive Billy who is tried for the murder of the sadistic first mate. Well directed and acted.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 123 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, Sail Away

Screenplay

Peter Ustinov, Robert Rossen

Cast

Terence Stamp, Peter Ustinov, Robert Ryan, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Rogers, John Neville, Ronald Lewis, David McCallum, John Meillon

Cinematography

Robert Krasker

Director

Peter Ustinov

Producer

Anglo-Allied Productions