"The men! The mutiny! The might of the greatest adventure classic of the high seas!"
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
Billy Budd
John Claggart, Master of Arms
Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
The Dansker, Sailmaker
Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant