Billy Budd

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1966 · 158 min · Music

Overview

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

Directed by Basil Coleman

Cast

• Peter Pears — Captain Vere
• Peter Glossop — Billy Budd
• Michael Langdon — John Claggart
• John Shirley-Quirk — Mr. Redburn
• Bryan Drake