Encounter Billy Budd (Season 3, Episode 27)
TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

Encounter

Billy Budd (Season 3, Episode 27)

TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

Set in the year 1783 aboard H.M.S. Indomitable, then at war with the French, an innocent young sailor is hung from the ship's mast as a result of violence and corruption among the crew.

Writer

Herman Melville (novel)

Producer

Silvio Narizzano

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 26, 1955

Release date

Apr 26, 1955 (Canada)

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
William Shatner Billy Budd Billy Budd See fewer	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
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