Billy Budd
1962 · 119 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 5,104 VOTES · DIR. Peter Ustinov
Overview
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,505 lines
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00:00:21 Seventeen ninety-seven...
00:05:19 She appears to be falling off to make a fair wind of it, sir.
00:10:34 ...for it's a fact that you go with God.
00:17:47 Did they not indulge in flogging on the Rights of Man?
00:21:52 I...
00:28:17 Aye, he's quite a hand for jokes.
00:34:19 Perhaps you'd do it...
00:37:55 ...on some mysterious charge...
00:43:04 - Set more sail, Mr. Leverett. - Set more sail, Mr. Seymour.
00:49:24 Does any man here know how this occurred?
00:55:23 With your permission, sir.
01:00:22 ...Budd was telling the truth. - I know, sir.
01:05:22 Laughter's good, sir.
01:10:41 I saw you and Claggart talking.
01:14:28 - And? - He wouldn't do it.
01:18:43 "Why should I want you killed?"
01:23:21 I said this man, this William Budd...
01:28:06 I apologize, sir, for the manner, not for the matter.
01:32:29 And arrange it so that none of the other people notice his withdrawing.
01:36:33 He saw only a lonely man, strange...
01:40:36 They would applaud the decision that frees Budd.
01:44:37 And which called this case to trial?
01:50:21 Marine detachment. Attention!
01:56:22 Quiet!
Cast & Characters
Terence Stamp
Billy Budd - Merchant Seaman, Rights of Man
Robert Ryan
John Claggart - Master of Arms
Peter Ustinov
Edwin Fairfax Vere - Post Captain Royal Navy
Melvyn Douglas
The Dansker - Sailmaker
Paul Rogers
Philip Seymour - First Lieutenant
John Neville
Julian Radcliffe - Second Lieutenant
David McCallum
Steven Wyatt - Gunnery Officer
Ronald Lewis
Enoch Jenkins - Maintopman
Lee Montague
Squeak - Assistant to Mr. Claggart
Thomas Heathcote
Alan Payne - Maintopman
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,505
Dialogue density12.6 lines / min
First line00:00:21
Final line01:56:22
Production Record
DirectorPeter Ustinov
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes5,104