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Peter Ustinov | Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain | |
Melvyn Douglas | The Dansker, sailmaker | |
Terence Stamp | ||
Robert Ryan | John Claggart, Master d'Arms | |
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 | |
Ryan | ||
Ustinov | ||
Douglas | ||
Barry Keegan | ||
Cyril Luckham | Hallam | |
Robert Brown | Arnold Talbot | |
John Meillon | Neil Kincaid | |
Niall MacGinnis | Captain Nathaniel | |
Victor Brooks | Amos Leonard |
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Producer | Peter Ustinov
A. Ronald Lubin Raoul Walsh |
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Writer | Peter Ustinov
Herman Melville Louis O. Coxe Noel Langley |
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It's 1797, and the English frigate Avenger sails wartime seas, ready to engage the French navy in the broadside-for-broadside of combat. But there's another warfare going on, a conflict aboard the king's ship. It's the battle of good versus evil, the powerful theme of Herman Melville's seafaring Billy Budd. Film-debuting (and 1962 Best Supporting Actor Oscar® nominee) Terence Stamp plays the title role, an archetype of goodness on the man o' war. Robert Ryan portrays the master-at-arms, efficient and cruel - especially so to young Billy. And director Peter Ustinov plays the captain caught between the inevitable clash of polar opposites. Will good triumph? Perhaps not in Melville's world. Perhaps never in a merciless time of war. |
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