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Billy Budd
Released: November 12, 1962 (1962)
Runtime: 119 minutes
Genres: Drama, Action
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Melvyn Douglas as The Dansker, Sailmaker
Age at release: 61
- Robert Ryan as John Claggart, Master of Arms
Age at release: 53
- Paul Rogers as Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant
Age at release: 45
- Thomas Heathcote as Alan Payne, Maintopman
Age at release: 45
- Peter Ustinov as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
Age at release: 41
- John Neville as Julian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant
Age at release: 37
- Lee Montague as Squeak, Mr. Claggart's assistant
Age at release: 35
- Ronald Lewis as Enoch Jenkins, Maintopman
Age at release: 33
- David McCallum as Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer
Age at release: 29
- Terence Stamp as Billy Budd
Age at release: 24
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- Cyril Luckham as Hallam, Captain of Marines
Age at release: 55
- Niall MacGinnis as Captain Nathaniel Graveling
Age at release: 49
Age at release: 44
- Robert Brown as Arnold Talbot, Maintopman
Age at release: 41
Age at release: 40
- Ray McAnally as William O'Daniel, Maintopman
Age at release: 36
- John Meillon as Neil Kincaid, Maintopman
Age at release: 28