Billy Budd

Billy Budd1962

Director: Peter Ustinov
Stars: Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Rogers, John Neville
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 123 minutes

Perhaps no Benjamin Britten opera so forcefully explores the composer's recurring theme of the destruction of innocence as Billy Budd, adapted from the Herman Melville novella about an angelic midshipman who is fated to his demise when he clashes … more »



Billy Budd:
What was his crime?

The Dansker, sailmaker:
Any one of many possible reasons.

Billy Budd:
You mean you don't know what he did?

The Dansker, sailmaker:
Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!

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