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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.
Peter Ustinov produced and directed the 1962 film Billy Budd, adapting its script from Coxe and Chapman's 1951 Broadway production (above). [30] The black-and-white film costars a young Terence Stamp as the title character, Ustinov as Captain Vere, Robert Ryan as Master d'Arms Claggart, and Melvyn Douglas as "The Dansker".
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.
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.
This film-related list is ... A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1962 (see 1962 in film): 1962. Title ... Billy Budd: Peter Ustinov: Terence Stamp ...
Billy Budd, directed by and starring Peter Ustinov, with Robert Ryan and Terence Stamp – Billy Rose's Jumbo, starring Doris Day and Jimmy Durante; Birdman of Alcatraz, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Telly Savalas
Stamp made his film debut in Peter Ustinov's film adaptation of Herman Melville's Billy Budd (1962). His portrayal of the title character brought him not only an Academy Award nomination but also international attention. He then appeared opposite Laurence Olivier in Term of Trial (1962). [15]
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