Terence Stamp

as Billy Budd

Robert Ryan

as John Claggart, Master of Arms

Peter Ustinov

as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain

Melvyn Douglas

as The Dansker, Sailmaker

Paul Rogers

as Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant

John Neville

as Julian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant

David McCallum

as Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer

Ronald Lewis

as Enoch Jenkins, Maintopman