Billy Budd

Name: Billy Budd
Genre: Music
Released: 1966-12-11
Duration: 158 min
Cast: Peter Pears, Peter Glossop, Michael Langdon, John Shirley-Quirk, Bryan Drake

— Dec 1966 2h 38m

Music

Overview

A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Billy Budd be hanged for murder?

BBC

English

Cast

Peter Pears

Captain Vere

Peter Glossop

Billy Budd

Michael Langdon

John Claggart

John Shirley-Quirk

Mr. Redburn

Bryan Drake

David Kelly

Kenneth MacDonald

David Bowman

Dennis Wicks

Robert Tear

Robert Bowman

Delme Bryn Jones

Key Crew

Basil Coleman

Director

Herman Melville

Author

Cedric Messina

Producer

E.M. Forster

Script

Eric Crozier

Script

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