Billy Budd (1962 - Peter Ustinov)

Title: Billy Budd Year: 1962 Director: Peter Ustinov Writer: Louis O. Coxe (based upon the play: "Billy Budd"), Robert H. Chapman (based upon the play: "Billy Budd"), Herman Melville (from the novel: "Billy Budd Foretopman"), Peter Ustinov (screenplay), DeWitt Bodeen (screenplay) Actors: Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Rogers Language: English Runtime: 123 min Released: 12 Nov 1962 Plot: Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.