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Billy Budd

7.31962 · 1h 59m · EN

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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.

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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

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