Billy Budd (1962) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Peter Ustinov.

Cast

• Terence Stamp as Billy Budd
• Robert Ryan as John Claggart, Master of Arms
• Peter Ustinov as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
• Melvyn Douglas as The Dansker, Sailmaker
• Paul Rogers as Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant
• John Neville as Julian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant
• David McCallum as Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer
• Ronald Lewis as Enoch Jenkins, Maintopman
• Lee Montague as Squeak, Mr. Claggart's assistant
• Thomas Heathcote as Alan Payne, Maintopman
• Ray McAnally as William O'Daniel, Maintopman
• Robert Brown as Arnold Talbot, Maintopman
• John Meillon as Neil Kincaid, Maintopman
• Cyril Luckham as Hallam, Captain of Marines
• Niall MacGinnis as Captain Nathaniel Graveling
• Barry Keegan
• Victor Brooks

Crew

• Peter Ustinov — Screenplay
• Antony Hopkins — Original Music Composer
• DeWitt Bodeen — Screenplay
• Peter Ustinov — Director
• Herman Melville — Novel
• Peter Ustinov — Producer
• Robert Krasker — Director of Photography

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