Billy Budd (1962) |
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| Director(s) | Peter Ustinov |
| Producer(s) | Peter Ustinov, A. Ronald Lubin |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Book-Based, Sailors / The Sea |
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Billy Budd
Released
1962
Robert Ryan
(as John Claggart, Master ...)
Billy Budd
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1962
Peter Ustinov
(as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Po...)
Billy Budd
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1962
Melvyn Douglas
(as The Dansker, sailmaker)
Billy Budd
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1962
Ronald Lewis
(as Enoch Jenkins, maintop...)
Billy Budd
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1962
John Meillon
(as Neil Kincaid, maintopm...)
Billy Budd
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1962
Niall MacGinnis
(as Captain Nathaniel Grav...)
Billy Budd
Released
1962
Terence Stamp
(as Billy Budd)
Billy Budd Overview:
Billy Budd (1962) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by Peter Ustinov and produced by Peter Ustinov and A. Ronald Lubin.
Academy Awards 1962 --- Ceremony Number 35 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Supporting Actor | Terence Stamp | Nominated |
Billy Budd BlogHub Articles:
On Blu-ray: Billy Budd (1962) and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
While Billy Budd (1962) and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) take widely different approaches to a period milieu, they are both at their best when they spotlight their charismatic performers. The literary-sourced Budd and life-based Bean were recently released on Blu-ray from Warner Archi... Read full article
Billy Budd (1962)
Billy Budd Directed by Peter Ustinov Written by Peter Ustinov and DeWitt Bodeen from the play by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman based on the novel by Herman Melville 1962/UK Allied Artists Pictures/Anglo Allied First viewing/Netflix rental The acting is the thing in this symbolic maritime tr... Read full article
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Billy Budd Quotes:
Lieutenant Seymour: I know, sir. What are you going to do about Claggart?
Captain Vere: What can I do but watch and wait? No court martial would do more than strip him of his rank for such misconduct. And then what? As a rating, he'd be slaughtered by the other men. And who would replace him? And would the French refrain from attacking us while we settled our petty differences? No, I must give him his head until some act puts him squarely counter to the law and then let the law consume him. What would you do if you were captain of this ship?
Lieutenant Seymour: I'm not captain of the ship, sir.
Captain Vere: One day you may be, Philip. Then, remember.
Billy Budd: What was his crime?
The Dansker, sailmaker: Any one of many possible reasons.
Billy Budd: You mean you don't know what he did?
The Dansker, sailmaker: Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!
Captain Nathaniel, Rights of Man: You know what that means - it means their reforms are nearly a century overdue.
Captain Vere: It's no right. Which one of us here have rights? It's my duty and I must perform it.