Cast
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)Ray McAnally (William O'Daniel - Maintopman)Robert Brown (Arnold Talbot - Maintopman)John Meillon (Neil Kincaid - Maintopman)Cyril Luckham (Alfred Hallam - Captain of Marines)Niall MacGinnis (Nathaniel Graveling - Ship's Master, Rights of Man)Victor Brooks (Amos Leonard - First Mate, Rights of Man)Barry Keegan (Charles Mathews - Merchant Seaman, Rights of Man)Terence Stamp (Billy Budd - Merchant Seaman, Rights of Man)John Hewer (Dubbing)
Director
Peter Ustinov
Synopsis
When a good-hearted sailor accidentally kills the master-at-arms, his superiors have to decide whether to hang him or set him free.
