Billy Budd (1962 film)

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Billy Budd (1962 film) is a 1962 British-American drama based on Herman Melville’s novella, depicting the moral and legal conflicts aboard a Royal Navy warship during the Napoleonic Wars.

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instanceOf American film ⓘ
British film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
adaptationOf Billy Budd, Sailor ⓘ
linked to: Billy Budd
basedOn Billy Budd (novella) ⓘ
linked to: Billy Budd
basedOnWorkBy Herman Melville ⓘ
character Billy Budd ⓘ
Captain Vere ⓘ
John Claggart ⓘ
cinematographyBy Robert Krasker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
director Peter Ustinov ⓘ
distributedBy Allied Artists Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Reginald Beck ⓘ
filmingLocation at sea ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
hasOriginalSourceGenre novella ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy George Duning ⓘ
narrativeFocus legal conflict ⓘ
moral conflict ⓘ
notableFor Terence Stamp’s film debut ⓘ
originalWorkLanguage English ⓘ
partOf adaptations of works by Herman Melville ⓘ
portrays capital punishment in the Royal Navy ⓘ
military justice ⓘ
producer Peter Ustinov ⓘ
productionType black-and-white film ⓘ
releaseYear 1962 ⓘ
runtime approximately 123 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter DeWitt Bodeen ⓘ
Peter Ustinov ⓘ
Robert Ross ⓘ
setInEnvironment Royal Navy warship ⓘ
setInPeriod Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
starring David McCallum ⓘ
John Neville ⓘ
Melvyn Douglas ⓘ
Peter Ustinov ⓘ
Robert Ryan ⓘ
Terence Stamp ⓘ
theme duty versus conscience ⓘ
innocence and evil ⓘ

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John Neville → appearedIn → Billy Budd (1962 film) ⓘ