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"Mr. Seymour, officers are to wear swords all the time from now on."
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Billy Budd is a 1962 British historical adventure-drama film produced, directed, and co-written by Peter Ustinov. It is adapted from Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman's stage play version of Herman Melville's 1924 novella of the same name. Terence Stamp, in his film debut, plays the title role, with Robert Ryan as John Claggart, Melvyn Douglas as the Dansker, and Ustinov as Captain Vere.
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"You have only two duties here — to fight and to obey."
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"Weigh what you speak, master-at-arms, there is the rope and the yardarm for false witness in peace as in war."
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"Aye! Hes quite a hand for jokes. Always cheerful, too. Always smiling, waving at people. Lovely little character."
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"There are many ways to lie, Mr. Claggert, but there is only one way to tell the truth."
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