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Billy Budd

Movie·1966·2h 38m

Billy Budd

Directed By

Basil Coleman

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

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// overview

The Story

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

Producer

Cedric Messina

Themes

operablack and white

Production House

BBC

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// cast

Cast

Peter Pears

Peter Pears

Captain Vere

Peter Glossop

Peter Glossop

Billy Budd

Michael Langdon

John Claggart

John Shirley-Quirk

Mr. Redburn

Bryan Drake

David Kelly

David Kelly

Kenneth MacDonald

David Bowman

Dennis Wicks

Robert Tear

Robert Bowman

Delme Bryn Jones

Eric Garrett

Norman Lumsden

Nigel Rogers

Benjamin Luxon

Benjamin Luxon

// crew

Crew

Basil Coleman

Director

Cedric Messina

Producer

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