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Feature film — 1966

Billy Budd (1966)

0.02h 38mMusic

A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Billy Budd be hanged for murder?

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Director: Basil Coleman

On screen

Cast & crew

Peter Pears as Captain Vere

Peter Pears

Captain Vere

Peter Glossop as Billy Budd

Peter Glossop

Billy Budd

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Michael Langdon

John Claggart

J

John Shirley-Quirk

Mr. Redburn

B

Bryan Drake

David Kelly as

David Kelly

Kenneth MacDonald as Red Whiskers

Kenneth MacDonald

Red Whiskers

D

David Bowman

D

Dennis Wicks

R

Robert Tear

R

Robert Bowman

D

Delme Bryn Jones

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