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Billy Budd

1962 film by Peter Ustinov
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Billy Budd
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Summary

Billy Budd is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,735 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor[3], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4]
  • Director: Peter Ustinov[5]
  • Screenwriter: Peter Ustinov[6], Robert Rossen[7], DeWitt Bodeen[8]
  • Composer: Antony Hopkins[9]
  • Genre: action film[10], adventure film[11], drama film[12]
  • Based on: Billy Budd, Sailor[13]
  • Cast member: Terence Stamp[14], Robert Ryan[15], Peter Ustinov[16], Melvyn Douglas[17], John Neville[18], David McCallum[19], John Meillon[20], Lee Montague[21], Niall MacGinnis[22], Ray McAnally[23], Robert Brown[24], Paul Rogers[25], Ronald Lewis[26], Thomas Heathcote[27]
  • Producer: Peter Ustinov[28]
  • Director of photography: Robert Krasker[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31]
  • Review score: 7.4/10[32], 92%[33]
  • Color: black-and-white[34]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[35]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1962[36]
  • Distributed by: Monogram Pictures[37], Netflix[38]
  • Main subject: seamanship[39], scapegoating[40], court-martial[41]
  • Film editor: Jack Harris[42]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[43], Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film[44], Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor[45], BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay[46], BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles[47], BAFTA Award for Best Film[48], BAFTA Award for Best British Film[49]
  • Title: Billy Budd[50]
  • Has characteristic: film based on literature[51]
  • After a work by: Herman Melville[52]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[53]
  • Duration: 117 minutes[54]
  • Set in period: 18th century[55], 1790s[56]

Why It Matters

Billy Budd has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

FAQs

What awards did Billy Budd receive?

Honors received include Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor[3] and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4].

Related Entities

David McCallum film Herman Melville Melvyn Douglas Netflix Peter Ustinov Robert Rossen Robert Ryan Terence Stamp United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . The Movie Database. wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . The Movie Database. wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . The Movie Database. wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . The Movie Database. wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . The Movie Database. wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . The Movie Database. wikidata.org.
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  21. [25] ↑ . The Movie Database. wikidata.org.
  22. [26] ↑ . The Movie Database. wikidata.org.
  23. [27] ↑ . The Movie Database. wikidata.org.
  24. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'ja', 'ms', 'pt', '
    Ampas collections film id → W087661
    Set in period → 18th century, 1790s
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  2. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → seamanship, scapegoating, court-martial
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 1966
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  4. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 18th century, 1790s
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Peter Ustinov, Robert Rossen, DeWitt Bodeen
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+117'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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