Billy Budd (1962)
The men! The mutiny! The might of the greatest adventure classic of the high seas!
Genre : Drama, Action
Runtime : 1H 59M
Director : Peter Ustinov
Writer : Peter Ustinov, DeWitt Bodeen
Synopsis
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.
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