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Billy Budd is a British film of genre Drama directed by Peter Ustinov released in USA on 12 november 1962 with Robert Ryan

Billy Budd (1962)

Billy Budd
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Released in USA 12 november 1962
Length 2h3
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Action,    Adventure
Rating77% 3.8939853.8939853.8939853.8939853.893985

Billy Budd is a 1962 CinemaScope film produced, directed, and co-written by Peter Ustinov. Adapted from the stage play version of Herman Melville's short novel Billy Budd, it starred Terence Stamp as Billy Budd, Robert Ryan as John Claggart, and Ustinov as Captain Vere. Stamp was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer. The film was nominated for four BAFTAs.

Synopsis

In the year 1797, the British naval vessel HMS Avenger (changed from the book; in early drafts it was Indomitable, later ones, Bellipotent) press gangs into service a crewman "according to the Rights of War" from the merchant ship The Rights of Man. The new crewman, Billy Budd (Terence Stamp), is considered naive by his shipmates, and they attempt to indoctrinate him in their cynicism. But Budd's steadfast optimism is impenetrable, as when he is asked to critique the horrible gruel the crew must eat, he offers "It's hot. And there's a lot of it. I like everything about it except the flavor." The crew discovers Budd stammers in his speech when under anxiety.

Actors

Robert Ryan

(John Claggart, Master of Arms)Peter Ustinov

(Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain)Terence Stamp

(Billy Budd)Melvyn Douglas

(The Dansker, Sailmaker)Paul Rogers

(Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant)
And :
John Neville
David McCallum
Ronald Lewis
Lee Montague
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