| Billy Budd | |
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| Directed by | Peter Ustinov |
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| Based on | Billy Budd 1924 novella by Herman Melville |
| Produced by | Peter Ustinov |
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| Cinematography | Robert Krasker |
| Edited by | Jack Harris |
| Music by | Antony Hopkins |
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| Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.2 million[2] |
| Box office | $25 million |
Billy Budd is a 1962 British historical drama-adventure film produced, directed, and co-written by Peter Ustinov.[3] Adapted from Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman's stage play version of Herman Melville's short novel Billy Budd, it stars Terence Stamp as Billy Budd, Robert Ryan as John Claggart, and Ustinov as Captain Vere. In his feature film debut, Stamp was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer. The film was nominated for four BAFTAs.[4]
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- ^ Tube. (29 August 1962). "Film reviews: Billy Budd". Variety. p. 6.
- ^ John C. Tibbetts, and James M. Welsh, eds. The Encyclopedia of Novels Into Film (2nd ed. 2005) pp 33–34.