Billy Budd (1962 film)
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Billy Budd (1962 film) is a 1962 British-American drama based on Herman Melville’s novella, depicting the moral and legal conflicts aboard a Royal Navy warship during the Napoleonic Wars.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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British film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Billy Budd, Sailor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Billy Budd (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Herman Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Billy Budd
NERFINISHED
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Captain Vere NERFINISHED ⓘ John Claggart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robert Krasker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| director | Peter Ustinov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Allied Artists Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Reginald Beck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | at sea ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasOriginalSourceGenre | novella ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | George Duning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
legal conflict
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moral conflict ⓘ |
| notableFor | Terence Stamp’s film debut ⓘ |
| originalWorkLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | adaptations of works by Herman Melville ⓘ |
| portrays |
capital punishment in the Royal Navy
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military justice ⓘ |
| producer | Peter Ustinov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionType | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 123 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
DeWitt Bodeen
NERFINISHED
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Peter Ustinov NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInEnvironment | Royal Navy warship ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
David McCallum
NERFINISHED
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John Neville NERFINISHED ⓘ Melvyn Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Ustinov NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ Terence Stamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
duty versus conscience
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innocence and evil ⓘ |
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