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Billy Budd (Season 2, Episode 9)

TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, History

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.

Director

Writers

Jacqueline Babbin (adaptation) | Robert H. Chapman (play) | Louis O. Coxe (play) | Audrey Maas (adaptation) (as Audrey Gellen) (as Audrey Gellen) | Herman Melville (novel)

Producer

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Release date

May 25, 1959 (United States)

Awards

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Cast	+ Add Cast
17 cast members

Name	Known for
Don Murray Billy Budd Billy Budd See fewer	Bus Stop (1956)
James Donald Captain Vere Captain Vere See fewer	The Great Escape (1963)
Alfred Ryder Claggart Claggart See fewer	True Grit (1969)
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Eric Berry Seymour Seymour See fewer	The Red Shoes (1948)
James Valentine Lt. Wyatt Lt. Wyatt See fewer	The DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
George Ebeling Dansker Dansker See fewer	The Great White Hope (1970)
Roberts Blossom Jackson Jackson See fewer	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Tom Clancy Talbot Talbot See fewer	Swashbuckler (1976)
Thayer David Ratcliffe Ratcliffe See fewer	Rocky (1976)
Robert Gerringer Butler Butler See fewer	The Way We Were (1973)
Pat Malone O'Daniel O'Daniel See fewer	Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950)
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John McLiam Kincaid Kincaid See fewer	First Blood (1982)
Tim O'Connor Jenkins Jenkins See fewer	The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
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