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Billy Budd is a 1962 British historical drama-adventure film produced, directed, and co-written by Peter Ustinov. [3] Adapted from Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman 's stage play version of Herman Melville 's short novel Billy Budd , it stars Terence Stamp as Billy Budd, Robert Ryan as John Claggart, and Ustinov as Captain Vere.
Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative), also known as Billy Budd, Foretopman, is a novella by American writer Herman Melville, left unfinished at his death in 1891.. Acclaimed by critics as a masterpiece when a hastily transcribed version was finally published in 1924, it quickly took its place as a classic second only to Moby-Dick among Melville's
Beau Travail (pronounced [bo tʁa.vaj], French for "good work") is a 1999 French film directed by Claire Denis that is based on Herman Melville's 1888 novella Billy Budd.The story is set in Djibouti, where the protagonists are soldiers in the French Foreign Legion.
Billy Budd is a play by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman based on Herman Melville's novella of the same name. [1] Originally titled Uniform of Flesh , the play premiered Off-Broadway in 1949. Coxe and Chapman restructured and retitled the work for its Broadway debut in 1951.
He also starred in notable films such as Quo Vadis (1951), The Sundowners (1960), Billy Budd (1962), and Hot Millions (1968). He voiced Prince John and King Richard in the Walt Disney Animated film Robin Hood (1973), and portrayed Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot six times for both film and television.
But it was his role in the 1951 Broadway production of Billy Budd playing the title role that garnered him critical attention and acclaim. [2] He appeared in such films as War Paint (1953), The Steel Cage (1954), Ten Seconds to Hell (1959), and Under Ten Flags (1960). He returned to the University of Minnesota and earned his doctorate in 1966.
A Soldier's Play is a play by American playwright Charles Fuller.Set on a US Army installation in the segregation-era South, the play is a loose adaptation of Herman Melville's novella Billy Budd, and follows the murder investigation of the Sergeant in an all-black unit.
Billy Budd; Birdman of Alcatraz; Cleo from 5 to 7; Days of Wine and Roses; L'eclisse; Harakiri; The Intruder; Jules and Jim; Knife in the Water; Lawrence of Arabia; Lolita; The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner; Lonely are the Brave; Long Day's Journey into Night; The Miracle Worker; My Life to Live; Ningen [2] Pitfall; Requiem for a ...