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In this film based on the Herman Melville novel, handsome, young Billy Budd (Terence Stamp) joins the British navy during wartime, where his skill quickly makes him a trusted crew member.
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Billy Budd, Foretopman, novel by Herman Melville, written in 1891 and left unfinished at his death. It was first published in 1924, and the definitive edition was issued in 1962. Provoked by a false charge, the sailor Billy Budd accidentally kills John Claggart, the satanic master-at-arms.
Billy Budd (Terence Stamp) is a crew member of the British merchant ship the "Rights of Man" sailing off the coast of Spain, when the ship is briefly commandeered by the British Naval Ship, H.M.S. Avenger. The officers of the Avenger decide to impress Budd into their service as is their right under British marine law.
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Billy Budd, opera by Benjamin Britten that premiered in London on December 1, 1951. Based on the novel by Herman Melville, it is set in 1797 on a British naval vessel and is the only opera by a major composer to have an entirely male cast.
