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Billy Budd

Directed by Peter Ustinov

DramaAction

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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John Claggart, Master of Arms

Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain

The Dansker, Sailmaker

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Julian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant

Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer

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Alan Payne, Maintopman

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Arnold Talbot, Maintopman

Neil Kincaid, Maintopman

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Billy Budd is about 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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Peter Ustinov directed Billy Budd.

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