Cast

• Robert Ryan — John Claggart, Master of Arms
• Terence Stamp — Billy Budd
• John Neville — Julian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant
• Peter Ustinov
• Paul Rogers — Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant
• Lee Montague — Squeak, Mr. Claggart's assistant
• Thomas Heathcote — Alan Payne, Maintopman
• Cyril Luckham — Hallam, Captain of Marines
• Melvyn Douglas — The Dansker, Sailmaker
• David McCallum — Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer
• Ronald Lewis — Enoch Jenkins, Maintopman
• Ray McAnally — William O'Daniel, Maintopman
• Robert Brown — Arnold Talbot, Maintopman
• John Meillon — Neil Kincaid, Maintopman
• Niall MacGinnis — Captain Nathaniel Graveling