---
title: 'Billy Budd (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Ustinov'
released: '1962-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/billy-budd-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055796/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Billy Budd (1962)

1962 · 117 min · Drama, Action, Adventure · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Billy Budd is a 1962 British historical adventure-drama film produced, directed, and co-written by Peter Ustinov. It is adapted from Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman's stage play version of Herman Melville's 1924 novella of the same name. Terence Stamp, in his film debut, plays the title role, with Robert Ryan as John Claggart, Melvyn Douglas as the Dansker, and Ustinov as Captain Vere.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Ustinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-ustinov)
- **Screenplay:** [Peter Ustinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-ustinov), [Robert Rossen](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-rossen), [DeWitt Bodeen](https://cinepixo.com/people/dewitt-bodeen)
- **Producer:** [Peter Ustinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-ustinov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Antony Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/antony-hopkins)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Krasker](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-krasker)
- **Editor:** [Jack Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-harris)

## Cast

- [Lee Montague](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-montague)
- [Robert Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-brown)
- [Ray McAnally](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-mcanally)
- [Paul Rogers](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-rogers-2)
- [Thomas Heathcote](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-heathcote)
- [David McCallum](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-mccallum)
- [Melvyn Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvyn-douglas)
- [Ronald Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-lewis)
- [John Neville](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-neville)
- [Niall MacGinnis](https://cinepixo.com/people/niall-macginnis)
- [Peter Ustinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-ustinov)
- [John Meillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-meillon)
- [Robert Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-ryan)
- [Terence Stamp](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-stamp)

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