Billy Budd (1962)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • John Claggart, master of arms, RN

      Robert Ryan

    • Edwin Fairfax Vere, post-captain, RN

      Peter Ustinov

    • The Dansker, sailmaker

      Melvyn Douglas

    • Philip Seymour, 1st lieutenant, RN

      Paul Rogers

    • John Ratcliffe, 2nd lieutenant, RN

      John Neville

    • Stephen Wyatt, gunnery officer

      David McCallum

    • Enoch Jenkins, maintopman

      Ronald Lewis

    • Squeak

      Lee Montague

    • Alan Payne, maintopman

      Thomas Heathcote

    • Seymour Daniel, maintopman

      Ray McAnally

    • Arnold Talbot, maintopman

      Robert Brown

    • Daniel Kincaid, maintopman

      John Meillon

    • Alfred Hallam, captain of marines

      Cyril Luckham

    • Captain Graveling, merchant ship

      Niall MacGinnis

    • Amos Leonard, first mate, merchant ship

      Victor Brooks

    • Charles Matthews, merchant seaman

      Barry Keegan

    • Billy Budd, merchant seaman

      Terence Stamp

    • [Captain Graveling's wife]

      Suzanne Cloutier

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Director

      Peter Ustinov

    • Assistant Director

      Michael Birkett

    • [Assistant Director (2nd)]

      Claude Watson

    • Continuity

      June Faithfull

    Production:

    • Production Company

      Anglo-Allied Pictures

    • Executive Producer

      A. Ronald Lubin

    • Producer

      Peter Ustinov

    • Production Associate

      Arthur S. Ferriman

    • Production Manager

      Victor Peck

    • [Production Secretary]

      Joan Parcell

    • [Secretary]

      Mary-Ann Ferriman

    • Studio

      Elstree Studios

    Casting:

    • Casting Director

      Lennard, Robert S.

    Writing:

    • Screenplay

      Peter Ustinov

    • Screenplay

      DeWitt Bodeen

    • [Screenplay]

      Robert Rossen

    • Based on the play by

      Louis O. Coxe

    • Based on the play by

      Robert H. Chapman

    • Based on the novel by

      Herman Melville

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      Robert Krasker

    • Camera Operator

      Harris, John S.

    • [Focus Puller]

      Kelvin Pike

    • [Focus Puller]

      Bernard Ford

    • [Clapper Loader]

      Simon Ransley

    • [Camera Maintenance]

      Tommy Jones

    Stills:

    • [Stills]

      George Higgins

    Special Effects:

    • [Special Effects]

      George Blackwell

    Editing:

    • Editor

      Jack Harris

    Design:

    • Production Designer

      Don Ashton

    • Art Director

      Peter Murton

    • [Construction Manager]

      Stanley Gale

    Costumes:

    • Costume Designer

      Anthony Mendleson

    • Wardrobe

      Ron Beck

    • Wardrobe

      Laura Nightingale

    Make-up:

    • Make-up

      Lawrance, Bob

    • [Assistant Make-up]

      Sid Turner

    • [Assistant Hairdresser]

      Pat McDermott

    • Hairdresser

      Harry Montsash

    Music:

    • Music/Music Conductor

      Antony Hopkins

    • Music Performed by

      Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sound:

    • Sound Recording

      Charles Poulton

    • Sound Recording

      Len Shilton

    • [Sound Camera Operator]

      G. Hooton

    • [Boom Operator]

      Tom Buchanan

    • [Sound Maintenance]

      Dennis Arundell

    • [Sound Transfer]

      Keith Batten

    • Sound Editor

      Charles Crafford

    Consultant:

    • Technical Adviser

      Alan Villiers

    Publicity:

    • [Unit Publicist]

      Bob Webb