| Description |
1 videodisc (ca. 123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, letterbox widescreen presentation, enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby Digital mono., dual layer. |
| Note |
Closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Terence Stamp. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Robert Krasker ; film editor, Jack Harris; music composed by Antony Hopkins. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. |
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Based upon the play "Billy Budd" by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman ; from the novel "Billy Budd, Foretopman" by Herman Melville. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
An innocent, naive British Naval seaman is accused and tried of murdering the sadistic master-at-arms. |
| Note |
Special features: Commentary by Terence Stamp and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh; theatrical trailer. |
| Subject |
Sailors -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- Drama.
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Good and evil -- Drama.
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Homicide -- Drama.
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Good and evil -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Action and adventure films.
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War films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Adventure -- Feature.
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Adaptation -- Feature.
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Adventure films.
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| Added Author |
Ustinov, Peter.
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Bodeen, DeWitt.
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Ryan, Robert, 1909-1973.
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Douglas, Melvyn.
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Stamp, Terence.
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Coxe, Louis Osborne, 1918-1993.
Billy Budd.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
Billy Budd.
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Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container: Herman Melville's Billy Budd |
| ISBN |
1419843109 : $19.99 |
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9781419843105 |
| Standard No. |
085391108016 |
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085391108047 |
| Music # |
110801 Warner Home Video |
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110804 Warner Home Video |
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