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Cast

Peter Pears

Peter Pears

Captain Vere

Peter Glossop

Peter Glossop

Billy Budd

Michael Langdon

Michael Langdon

John Claggart

John Shirley-Quirk

John Shirley-Quirk

Mr. Redburn

Bryan Drake

Bryan Drake

David Kelly

David Kelly

Kenneth MacDonald

Kenneth MacDonald

David Bowman

David Bowman

Dennis Wicks

Dennis Wicks

Robert Tear

Robert Tear

Robert Bowman

Robert Bowman

Delme Bryn Jones

Delme Bryn Jones

Eric Garrett

Eric Garrett

Norman Lumsden

Norman Lumsden

Nigel Rogers

Nigel Rogers

Benjamin Luxon

Benjamin Luxon

Crew

Basil Coleman

Basil Coleman

Director

E.M. Forster

E.M. Forster

Script

Eric Crozier

Eric Crozier

Script

Herman Melville

Herman Melville

Author

Cedric Messina

Cedric Messina

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Billy Budd

19660.0 / 10158 min
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Overview

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