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00:00:21	Seventeen ninety-seven...
00:00:22	... the year of the mutinies
00:00:26	... and of the continuing war
00:00:30	August the 16th, His Majesty's
00:00:34	... with orders to reinforce
00:00:40	John Claggart, master-at-arms,
00:00:45	Edwin Fairfax Vere,
00:00:49	The Dansker, sailmaker.
00:00:54	Philip Seymour, first lieutenant.
00:00:56	Julian Ratcliffe, second lieutenant.
00:00:59	Steven Wyatt, gunnery officer.
00:01:02	Enoch Jenkins, maintopman.
00:01:04	Squeak, assistant to Mr. Claggart.
00:01:07	Alan Payne, maintopman.
00:01:10	William O'Daniel, maintopman.
00:01:13	Arnold Talbot, maintopman.
00:01:15	Neil Kincaid, maintopman.
00:01:18	Alfred Hallam, captain of marines.
00:01:23	On the same day, at the same hour...
00:01:26	... the merchant ship, Rights of Man,
00:01:29	... bound for the West Indies
00:01:35	Nathaniel Graveling, ship's master.
00:01:38	Amos Leonard, first mate.
00:01:41	Charles Mathews, merchant seaman.
00:01:45	Billy Budd, merchant seaman.
00:03:04	- Down a little.
00:03:06	Weren't it better to heave to, sir?
00:03:11	Not an enemy, is she?
00:03:13	No, sir, she's British.
00:03:17	Her name's the Rights of Man, sir.
00:03:19	It's a dangerous name for a vessel
00:03:22	- Is she heaving to?
00:03:24	Aye. It's worse than any enemy.
00:03:28	If she's British, I'll not heave to.
00:03:30	If she's French,
00:03:33	Every seaman leads his life
00:03:37	If she's British, she'll want to take my best
00:03:41	Hoist the topgallants.
00:03:44	Hoist the topgallants!
00:03:46	Hey, Budd.
00:03:48	Billy Budd, give us a song.
00:03:52	They calls me Hanging Johnny
00:03:56	Away, boys, away
00:04:00	They says I hangs for money
00:04:05	All hang, boys, hang
00:04:09	At first I hanged my Sally
00:04:13	Away, boys, away
00:04:18	And then I hanged my family
00:04:23	She's hoisting more canvas.
00:04:27	- They appear to be singing, sir.
00:04:30	Are they so ignorant
00:04:32	Oh, I doubt that it's ignorance
00:04:37	Captain Hallam.
00:04:40	- Sir?
00:04:43	Tell them to heave to, if you will,
00:04:46	Ta.
00:04:47	Away, boys, away
00:04:51	Captain's compliments...
00:04:53	...will you heave to?
00:04:58	There can be no mistaking
00:05:01	That don't prevent me
00:05:05	- Fall off.
00:05:07	I'll get the best I can out of her.
00:05:19	She appears to be falling off
00:05:23	You sure she's not a Frenchman
00:05:25	Nothing so adventurous,
00:05:28	Her refusal to heave to
00:05:30	But I will be obeyed.
00:05:33	Send a shot across her bows.
00:05:35	We're at war, Mr. Seymour.
00:05:38	Fire the bow chaser!
00:05:51	Well, I can't pretend
00:05:56	Back the main yard, Mr. Mate.
00:06:02	Backing the main yard, sir?
00:06:04	There's no avoiding it, man.
00:06:21	If I spit now,
00:06:24	Why do you waste it on him?
00:06:26	There's no difference
00:06:39	Cast off forward.
00:06:41	And what do you want, then?
00:06:43	Down oars.
00:06:46	All together.
00:07:00	All hands on deck.
00:07:02	All hands right over to the focs'le.
00:07:08	Budd. Billy Budd. Get up aloft again.
00:07:25	Men lined up already, captain?
00:07:27	There's no doubt about your intentions.
00:07:30	Is that why you failed
00:07:33	I never thought I'd see the day when
00:07:38	A French sail? Why?
00:07:40	Then the royal navy
00:07:43	...protect our merchant ships
00:07:45	You have ideas of your own, captain.
00:07:48	I'm not alone in that.
00:08:14	What's this man's record?
00:08:16	- Good.
00:08:19	What, with the whole of the Nore
00:08:22	Who's the likely man now, lieutenant?
00:08:28	Where did you hear this?
00:08:30	Aye, it's common knowledge.
00:08:32	We're not long out of port.
00:08:35	Read the newspapers. They're talking
00:08:38	You know what that means.
00:08:40	It means the reforms
00:08:54	- Who is that?
00:08:59	According to the rights of war...
00:09:01	...a man-of-war can impress a seaman
00:09:04	- Do you understand that, Billy?
00:09:07	You also understand
00:09:09	Aye, captain.
00:09:11	You understand too much too well.
00:09:14	Are you at least sorry to be leaving?
00:09:16	Aye, that I am, captain.
00:09:19	You helped make it good.
00:09:21	A man-of-war, you'll find, is different.
00:09:25	- Different, sir?
00:09:28	Do your work well, keep your mouth shut,
00:09:33	It's not as it is here.
00:09:36	Now, there's a good lad.
00:09:39	Aye, captain.
00:09:56	My compliments to your captain.
00:09:58	Tell him I regret
00:10:04	Cast off forward.
00:10:08	Take that oar.
00:10:10	Up together.
00:10:32	God go with you, Billy Budd...
00:10:34	...for it's a fact that you go with God.
00:10:38	Goodbye to you all.
00:10:41	- Goodbye to you too, old Rights of Man.
00:10:47	Nothing, sir.
00:10:57	- All that trouble for only one man.
00:11:01	Oh, yes, I can imagine the reason...
00:11:03	...knowing the temper
00:11:07	- Well, Seymour, our choice better be good.
00:11:24	Do you swear to abide
00:11:28	...and, if need be, to lay down your life
00:11:32	Aye, sir.
00:11:45	Like that?
00:11:47	- Say "I swear."
00:11:51	- Age?
00:11:54	- You don't know your age?
00:12:00	I think 17, 19, or...
00:12:03	Or...
00:12:07	Eighteen?
00:12:08	Or 15 or 14?
00:12:13	- Place of birth?
00:12:17	You don't know your age
00:12:20	I was found one morning
00:12:23	...hanging on the knocker
00:12:26	Silk-lined?
00:12:30	I take it then you're...
00:12:32	- A bastard, sir?
00:12:34	Aye.
00:12:40	Sign.
00:12:55	Master-at-arms.
00:12:57	Claggart, our new recruit, William Budd.
00:13:01	I suppose that is your name?
00:13:04	Aye, sir.
00:13:10	You look sturdy enough.
00:13:12	What was your station aboard?
00:13:14	I was a merchant seaman, sir.
00:13:16	We took turns at doing everything.
00:13:18	You'll have a station here.
00:13:21	Maintop, Jenkins' watch.
00:13:24	Squeak, take him below,
00:13:27	...show him where to stow his gear.
00:13:28	- Aye, sir.
00:13:33	Well, life's full of surprises,
00:13:38	And the better for it, Captain Hallam.
00:13:49	Here, mate.
00:13:52	- Back here?
00:13:55	This is your hammock.
00:13:57	All hands on deck
00:14:02	Best put down your bag, Budd.
00:14:06	Dansker, look after Budd.
00:15:10	Boatswain...
00:15:13	...do your duty.
00:16:31	Very well, boatswain.
00:16:35	Release the man.
00:16:41	Mr. Ferriman...
00:16:43	...you will see him to sick berth.
00:16:48	Ship's company, dismiss.
00:16:54	Away there, mate.
00:16:57	What was his crime?
00:17:00	God only knows, young man.
00:17:06	You mean you don't know what he did?
00:17:09	Flogging...
00:17:12	...is the only solution to every problem.
00:17:17	I warrant even the culprit himself
00:17:21	It was just his turn.
00:17:44	What is it, Budd?
00:17:47	Did they not indulge in flogging
00:18:01	No, sir.
00:18:08	All right, Budd.
00:18:24	You'll keep your hammock
00:18:27	Never get caught
00:18:29	You wouldn't be wanting
00:18:32	Like the lad who was flogged.
00:18:35	- Why was he flogged?
00:18:39	You mean you don't know?
00:18:41	It's not for the likes of us to know,
00:18:47	- Hungry?
00:18:50	Well, this is the captain
00:18:54	Right, Budd, this is your table.
00:19:00	All events, you're welcome here, lad.
00:19:03	Here, boy, take my seat.
00:19:05	Here's a plate.
00:19:08	His first day
00:19:12	What was the ship
00:19:14	I couldn't read it at that distance.
00:19:16	You can't read at any distance.
00:19:18	Don't take offense,
00:19:21	I can't read either.
00:19:23	She was called the Rights of Man.
00:19:29	You come off a ship called that?
00:19:31	Rights of Man?
00:19:34	My name's William.
00:19:38	Billy, if you like.
00:19:41	Oh, this is Payne, Kincaid,
00:19:46	Oh, and that...
00:19:49	He's Danish. Or he thinks he is.
00:19:54	Dansker, have you ever had a real name?
00:19:59	Not for many years.
00:20:04	Why don't you spit in the stew?
00:20:07	Nobody's making you eat it.
00:20:10	It seems the cook already has.
00:20:14	That's enough of laughing
00:20:17	Do you ever bring yourself
00:20:19	I can't cook, you know that.
00:20:21	They only gave me this employment
00:20:25	You ought to be ashamed of yourselves.
00:20:27	Well, Billy,
00:20:30	Can you cook?
00:20:32	I can make a stew.
00:20:34	From now on,
00:20:42	Like it, Billy? Taste good?
00:20:46	It's hot, and there's a lot of it.
00:20:49	I like everything about it
00:20:56	And how do you like the company,
00:20:59	Not quite what you're used to?
00:21:02	Ever seen so much ignorance
00:21:05	Ever heard such a din
00:21:08	Let the lad be, Jenkins.
00:21:10	Baby has to learn.
00:21:12	There'll be others to teach him
00:21:16	He's in my watch.
00:21:18	Would you have him learn lashed to the
00:21:22	Why was that man flogged?
00:21:26	He may have spat against the wind...
00:21:30	...or mumbled in his beard.
00:21:33	It may have been a prayer.
00:21:38	To them, it was a protest.
00:21:41	You don't know why.
00:21:48	It's wrong to flog a man.
00:21:52	I...
00:22:13	It's against his being a man.
00:22:17	Aye.
00:22:18	Aye, lad, it is that.
00:22:21	Why do you stammer, boy?
00:22:29	Because I sometimes
00:22:34	...for what I feel.
00:22:38	Our young bastard's stammering
00:22:41	Leave him alone.
00:22:43	Come on, ba... Ba... Baby.
00:22:48	- Is it a fight you want, then?
00:22:51	...for your own good,
00:22:55	I want to baptize you
00:22:58	There was a lad on the Rights of Man
00:23:04	Name of Mathews.
00:23:21	- Come on, Jenkins, do something.
00:23:24	- Go on.
00:23:26	Well, you asked for it, didn't you?
00:23:29	I'll get you in a minute.
00:23:33	- Come on.
00:23:35	Come on.
00:24:19	- Hang on.
00:24:20	- Hold him down.
00:24:23	Steady.
00:24:24	Jenkins.
00:24:25	- Jenkins. Easy.
00:24:29	Turn your head, Billy. Turn your head.
00:24:40	All right, I'll let you off this time...
00:24:43	...but don't do it again, boy-o.
00:24:46	- Will you shake hands, mate?
00:24:49	- You're a hell of a peacemaker, Billy.
00:24:52	That's the first time
00:24:54	And what a terrible diet that is.
00:24:59	Don't you be getting any wrong ideas.
00:25:01	- I'm more than a match for you, boy-o.
00:25:04	- I took you off your guard.
00:25:15	You make friends quickly, Master Budd.
00:25:19	Come here, boy.
00:25:24	What was the fight about?
00:25:27	Well, I...
00:25:35	Nothing to say.
00:25:39	And the rest of you?
00:25:50	Mr. Claggart.
00:25:54	Watch what you're doing.
00:25:56	Don't you ever touch me.
00:25:59	- I swear...
00:26:03	What?
00:26:08	None of you have anything to say?
00:26:16	It was nothing, master-at-arms.
00:26:22	A test of strength.
00:26:28	You'll need your strength
00:26:35	Aye, Budd.
00:26:39	You do indeed make friends quickly.
00:26:46	That's a good quality to have.
00:27:04	Billy...
00:27:06	...be careful of the master-at-arms.
00:27:10	Careful? Why?
00:27:14	He had a pleasant smile for me.
00:27:18	That's why.
00:27:37	Make eight bells!
00:28:00	- First watch aboard a man-of-war, Billy?
00:28:03	Or jump.
00:28:06	Come on, get up there.
00:28:17	Aye, he's quite a hand for jokes.
00:28:21	Always cheerful too.
00:28:23	Always smiling, waving at people.
00:28:27	Lovely little character. Always...
00:28:32	Afternoon, sir.
00:28:35	Wind seems to be freshening a little.
00:28:38	"Freshening" did you say,
00:28:41	Yes, it is indeed,
00:29:16	Our young newcomer
00:29:19	Aye, sir. Indeed he does.
00:29:21	Yes.
00:29:32	He's even melted
00:29:36	He'll make the old Avenger
00:29:41	The trouble is I just can't find
00:29:44	I'll take your turn tomorrow
00:29:57	Who's there?
00:30:03	Well, what's up, then, Squeak?
00:30:06	Routine inspection, Jenkins.
00:30:09	What's the matter? Sick, are you?
00:30:11	My health does not concern you.
00:30:14	No need to be uncivil, Jenkins.
00:30:17	Is this sickness something
00:30:21	He'll know
00:30:24	Well, I hope it's nothing serious.
00:30:31	- Evening.
00:30:34	Oh, it's on a petty report
00:30:39	Well, I mean, look at it.
00:30:43	It's a pity you will not learn.
00:30:55	I don't understand.
00:30:57	That's the second time
00:31:00	Well, next time,
00:31:02	...and then you'll be sure to know
00:31:15	Oh, Dansker?
00:31:18	What?
00:31:30	Reading?
00:31:39	How many times
00:31:41	...before they tie you to the gratings
00:31:47	That's a matter he decides.
00:31:52	He?
00:31:54	Aye...
00:31:56	...the master-at-arms, Mr. Claggart.
00:32:19	Go on. That's all you're gonna get.
00:32:22	Fish.
00:32:25	They're serving fish.
00:32:27	I can't think why.
00:32:29	It's Wednesday.
00:32:31	However, I hope it's better
00:32:35	Maybe it's a seahorse.
00:32:39	Here, Jenkins,
00:32:41	Well, you've got to eat something,
00:32:45	Well, at least come in out of the sun.
00:33:17	Handsomely done, lad.
00:33:21	But then handsome is
00:33:27	Clean up that mess.
00:33:35	I thought that I said,
00:33:38	That's the mess boy's job.
00:33:41	It's yours when I order it so.
00:33:44	I'll clean it up.
00:33:47	Stand back, boy.
00:34:06	Might as well clean that up too.
00:34:08	- Sir, he's sick.
00:34:12	I'm sorry to hear that.
00:34:16	Is that what you'd like to do, Jenkins?
00:34:19	Perhaps you'd do it...
00:34:22	...if you weren't so...
00:34:24	So sick.
00:34:28	You others feel well enough, I hope.
00:34:31	Here I am, unarmed.
00:34:33	Now's the time.
00:34:38	To make it easier...
00:34:42	...l'll turn my back on you.
00:34:50	You lack fiber, men.
00:34:54	Or have you some more
00:34:58	- Some night when there's no moon.
00:35:05	That's a very good plan indeed.
00:35:11	A plan worthy of pigs like you.
00:35:18	You'll soon feel better, Jenkins.
00:35:22	Just keep your hate for me alive
00:35:33	Damn his flaming soul.
00:35:38	I can't stand it no more.
00:35:40	What are you gonna do about it, mate?
00:35:42	Stick him. Stick him
00:35:46	He's waiting for it.
00:35:47	Don't do nothing foolish, mate. You can
00:35:51	Oh, I'm sick of the taste of blood, boy-o.
00:35:56	Why is he so friendly to me?
00:35:58	It was I who spilled the food.
00:35:59	Don't you believe it.
00:36:01	It was him lurched into you. I saw it.
00:36:03	I'll ask him why.
00:36:04	No, you don't, Billy.
00:36:06	Not a word, you hear?
00:36:08	Just thank your stars he's still
00:36:13	He never did smile at me. Never.
00:36:15	Not even the first day.
00:36:16	It's all right for you to give advice,
00:36:20	That don't mean much.
00:36:24	I'll ask him when I get a chance.
00:36:26	I will.
00:36:35	You recommend Budd
00:36:38	...yet here's his name
00:36:40	These are just misdemeanors.
00:36:42	An infraction of any rule is serious.
00:36:45	- Mr. Ratcliffe.
00:36:47	You took him off that merchant ship.
00:36:49	When he cried out:
00:36:50	"Goodbye, old Rights of Man,"
00:36:54	At the time, sir, I wasn't sure.
00:36:56	Now I'm sure he meant nothing.
00:36:59	He knew of the shameful mutinies
00:37:03	It was common gossip
00:37:05	I charged him to keep
00:37:07	As far as I can ascertain,
00:37:11	- Must be a hard one to keep.
00:37:13	He was the only man I dared impress,
00:37:16	The boy has a quality of trust.
00:37:21	Thank you, Ratcliffe, that'll be all.
00:37:27	- Claggart. What does he recommend?
00:37:30	- Well, why not, pray? The boy has sworn...
00:37:34	In this matter,
00:37:41	What do you know about Claggart?
00:37:42	Before he came aboard this ship,
00:37:45	Not much, sir. Nobody does.
00:37:48	- There are rumors.
00:37:49	- But then there always are in any ship.
00:37:53	That he was once arraigned
00:37:55	...on some mysterious charge...
00:37:57	...then volunteered with the king's navy
00:38:00	How flattering for us.
00:38:01	Too much of the navy
00:38:04	...murderers and drunkards without
00:38:08	If it were not true in his case...
00:38:10	...then why would a man of his intellect
00:38:14	...on such a lowly station?
00:38:18	He's a good master-at-arms, mark you.
00:38:22	The ship is yours, sir.
00:38:23	- The choice of men to man her too.
00:38:26	What master-at-arms
00:38:28	Loved?
00:38:31	They hate him, sir.
00:38:32	That may be better than indifference,
00:38:36	The fact that I command
00:38:39	On the contrary, it magnifies them.
00:38:41	A man-of-war does not come to life
00:38:45	Will we acquit ourselves well...
00:38:47	...or badly?
00:38:49	What kind of a weapon
00:38:52	Or when the time comes,
00:38:57	Claggart is a force for order, Mr. Seymour.
00:39:01	Sir...
00:39:03	...if he should be opposed
00:39:07	You know, Seymour, there are some men
00:39:12	They see it as a disease...
00:39:15	...which must be stamped out
00:39:21	I will think over
00:39:39	- What's the matter with him?
00:39:42	Oh, it's no good, boy-o. I feel sick.
00:39:45	Sick and dizzy.
00:39:46	- Come on, let's get aloft.
00:39:49	Get him down below.
00:39:57	Where are you taking him?
00:40:00	Sick berth.
00:40:04	This sickness
00:40:08	How does it strike you?
00:40:10	In the limbs?
00:40:12	Maybe in the gut.
00:40:15	Does it exist at all?
00:40:17	- Can't you see?
00:40:20	- Get aloft.
00:40:23	...hang from a spar like that.
00:40:24	He'll fall, sure.
00:40:27	We're in French waters.
00:40:30	Orders are a man on every spar.
00:40:33	- You think I'm shirking?
00:40:37	Then be damned to you.
00:40:39	- At least let the ship's doctor...
00:40:42	French waters...
00:40:44	...undermanned.
00:40:46	That's not why you're sending me aloft,
00:42:09	A sail one mile off the starboard bow.
00:42:19	A Frenchman. Beat to quarters.
00:42:23	Beat to quarters! Clear for action!
00:42:29	Mr. Seymour, sir.
00:42:41	Here, get ahold of that!
00:42:42	Go on, you lazy landlubbers there!
00:42:47	- Move on there, move on.
00:42:53	Battle stations fully manned, sir.
00:42:55	- Set more sail and give chase.
00:43:02	- She may not have seen us.
00:43:04	- Set more sail, Mr. Leverett.
00:43:07	- Steer close to the wind, sir?
00:43:09	- Quartermaster, steer by the wind.
00:43:23	Why is that man leaving his post?
00:43:27	Who is it?
00:43:29	- Budd, sir.
00:43:48	For the love of God, Billy...
00:43:51	...look to yourself.
00:44:25	Claggart!
00:44:30	Damn your bloody eyes!
00:44:46	The man is dead, Mr. Ratcliffe.
00:44:52	- Take the body below.
00:44:59	You, you. Thompson, Ridley.
00:45:04	Bear him below.
00:45:11	- The Frenchman's drawing ahead, sir.
00:45:16	- But, sir, it's hopeless. It's out of range.
00:45:20	- We can attract other enemy ships...
00:45:23	We can't sink the Frenchman. All I can do
00:45:27	Commence firing, Mr. Seymour.
00:45:29	- Starboard battery, open fire!
00:45:32	- Fire at will.
00:45:34	Fire at will.
00:45:39	- Fire at will!
00:45:41	Don't question the commands,
00:45:47	Look out!
00:45:53	- Mr. Seymour.
00:45:55	Officers will wear swords all the time
00:46:14	We've lost her, sir.
00:46:18	- Give up the chase, Mr. Seymour.
00:46:22	What else do you expect me
00:46:25	Hand in your arms.
00:46:35	Oh, Kincaid.
00:46:41	You're under ship's arrest.
00:46:55	Hand in your arms.
00:47:03	Hand in your arms.
00:47:12	What's the matter, master-at-arms?
00:47:16	These dogs are out of temper, sir.
00:47:19	- Why?
00:47:26	What is this about?
00:47:31	You will come to attention
00:47:41	May I remind you
00:47:43	This is a wartime cruise.
00:47:49	Volunteer or impressed man,
00:47:54	...you are no longer civilians but sailors.
00:47:57	A crew that I shall mold into a weapon.
00:48:01	One lawless act...
00:48:04	...one spurt of rebel temper
00:48:08	...high or low...
00:48:12	...I shall pay you out
00:48:16	You have only two duties here:
00:48:18	To fight and to obey.
00:48:23	And I will bend
00:48:27	...each stiff-neck,
00:48:31	...or crush you...
00:48:36	...if I must.
00:48:39	Abide by the Articles of War
00:48:44	...or they will cut you down.
00:48:50	Now choose.
00:48:59	Kincaid, you shouted. Why?
00:49:05	Why did Jenkins fall, sir?
00:49:12	Master-at-arms, that accident, the man
00:49:17	...do you know how this occurred?
00:49:22	You were his messmates.
00:49:24	Does any man here
00:49:38	You?
00:49:47	No, sir.
00:49:54	Boy, you left your post. Why?
00:49:58	I knew that Jenkins was sick, sir.
00:50:02	You knew he was sick?
00:50:07	Mr. Claggart,
00:50:11	He said he was.
00:50:13	But when I questioned him,
00:50:15	...and went to stand his watch.
00:50:19	But that's not the way it happened,
00:50:30	That is the way it happened, sir.
00:50:43	I see.
00:50:47	Hand in your arms.
00:50:56	Take him below.
00:51:13	We therefore commit his body
00:51:18	...to be turned into corruption.
00:51:22	Looking for the resurrection
00:51:25	...when the sea shall give up her dead.
00:51:29	- And the corruptible bodies...
00:51:32	...of those who sleep in him...
00:51:36	...shall be changed...
00:51:38	...and...
00:51:42	...according to the mighty working...
00:51:45	...whereby he is able...
00:51:49	...to subdue all things...
00:51:54	...unto himself.
00:51:59	- Amen.
00:52:15	Ship's company, dismiss!
00:52:44	Well, that's the end of Enoch Jenkins.
00:52:47	Over the side he goes
00:52:52	They'll not forget him so soon,
00:52:57	Whatever's happened to Jenkins,
00:53:01	He's got a hundred fathoms
00:53:04	...and the troubles of this life.
00:53:08	I'd rather be buried at sea
00:53:10	...when I come to die.
00:53:15	Will you stand by the plank, mates...
00:53:16	...so I can shake a friendly hand
00:53:30	Budd...
00:53:32	...Captain Vere wishes to see you.
00:53:43	Come in.
00:53:46	Seaman Budd, sir.
00:53:51	- You sent for me, sir?
00:53:54	Your divisional officer recommends you
00:53:58	He thinks you can perform duties
00:54:02	The spirit you showed last night
00:54:08	From now on,
00:54:17	Yes, that's a real honor
00:54:21	You can trust me, sir.
00:54:24	I do.
00:54:26	Very well. That's all.
00:54:29	Aye, aye, sir. Thanks.
00:54:49	Captain Vere, sir...
00:54:51	...with your permission.
00:54:55	You must be aware, sir,
00:55:00	Well...
00:55:01	It's unlike you to falter, Mr. Claggart.
00:55:05	He has been aboard such a short time.
00:55:07	Long enough to prove himself to me.
00:55:10	He left his station last night.
00:55:13	In a good cause no doubt, master-at-arms.
00:55:17	He showed initiative.
00:55:23	With your permission, sir.
00:55:25	Will there not be some dissatisfaction
00:55:28	...who've been aboard
00:55:30	Oh, master-at-arms,
00:55:34	They're really none of your function.
00:55:40	Until such a time as the senior topmen
00:55:46	...and for no other reason whatsoever...
00:55:50	...he is captain of the foretop.
00:55:51	Make it so on the bill.
00:55:55	- Captain Vere, sir, with your permission.
00:55:58	In the matter of Kincaid,
00:56:02	It was a serious breach of ship's discipline
00:56:07	What punishment do you recommend?
00:56:22	Ten lashes.
00:56:24	It was while engaging the enemy.
00:56:36	Ten lashes.
00:56:41	- Mr. Claggart.
00:56:49	Do you consider the sentence just?
00:56:55	May I speak freely, sir?
00:56:57	I do not ask questions
00:57:02	Ten lashes would seem to me
00:57:05	...under peacetime conditions.
00:57:08	A hundred would, to my mind,
00:57:13	A hundred?
00:57:14	We must serve the law, sir...
00:57:17	...or give up the right
00:57:20	It is only within that law that we may
00:57:25	You are so lucid and so intelligent
00:57:29	I thank you, sir.
00:57:30	Yes. That's no flattery, Mr. Claggart,
00:57:34	It's sad to see such qualities of mind
00:57:39	What's the reason for it?
00:57:44	I am what I am, sir...
00:57:47	...and what the world has made me.
00:57:51	The world demands
00:57:54	...there be the gun,
00:57:59	Do you think it will always be so?
00:58:01	- I have no reason not to, sir.
00:58:06	I live.
00:58:10	But remember, Mr. Claggart...
00:58:12	...that even the man
00:58:15	...cannot defy the code we must obey...
00:58:19	...and not be broken by it.
00:58:23	- That'll be all.
00:58:26	With your permission, sir.
00:58:30	Is it still to be 10 lashes?
00:58:36	It is.
00:58:48	One...
00:58:50	...two...
00:58:52	...three...
00:58:55	...four...
00:58:57	...five...
00:58:58	...six...
00:59:00	...seven...
00:59:02	...eight...
00:59:04	...nine...
00:59:06	...10.
00:59:23	Release the prisoner.
00:59:43	Dismiss ship's company, please,
00:59:46	Ship's company, dismiss.
01:00:09	I expect the French will be putting us
01:00:12	Aye.
01:00:19	In the question of Jenkins...
01:00:22	...Budd was telling the truth.
01:00:26	What are you going to do
01:00:28	What can I do but watch and wait?
01:00:30	No court-martial would do more than
01:00:34	And then what? As a rating,
01:00:37	And who would replace him?
01:00:40	Would the French refrain from attacking us
01:00:44	No, I...
01:00:45	I must give him his head until some act
01:00:50	...and then let the law consume him.
01:01:01	What would you do
01:01:10	I'm not captain of this ship, sir.
01:01:13	One day you may be, Philip.
01:01:17	And then?
01:01:20	Remember.
01:02:14	Good evening, sir.
01:02:18	Good evening.
01:02:20	Will it be all right if I stay topside a bit
01:02:26	I suppose the handsome sailor may do
01:02:36	The sea's calm by night, isn't it?
01:02:39	Calm and peaceful.
01:02:43	You've made a good impression
01:02:46	You have a pleasant way with you.
01:02:50	Thank you, sir.
01:02:52	If you wish to make a good impression
01:02:55	...you will need to curb your tongue.
01:03:00	Not now.
01:03:03	Can it be that you really don't
01:03:07	Is it ignorance or irony...
01:03:11	...that makes you speak so simply?
01:03:17	It must be ignorance, sir...
01:03:18	...because I don't understand
01:03:22	Let us see which it is.
01:03:24	Tell me, without fear, if you can...
01:03:28	...what do you think of me?
01:03:35	I never met a man like you before.
01:03:38	You blame me for Jenkins' death.
01:03:41	You must have had a reason
01:03:44	If you thought I had a reason...
01:03:46	...why did you contradict my words
01:03:52	In my ignorance, sir,
01:03:55	I only knew the truth and told it.
01:03:59	The sea is calm, you said...
01:04:03	...peaceful.
01:04:06	Calm above...
01:04:09	...but below,
01:04:13	...preying on their fellows.
01:04:16	Murderers, all of them.
01:04:19	Only the strongest teeth survive.
01:04:24	And who's to tell me it's any different
01:04:27	...on dry land?
01:04:31	You knew my reputation...
01:04:34	...and yet you dared to speak
01:04:39	I know some of the men
01:04:43	...but I told them,
01:04:48	Why not, pray?
01:04:51	No man can take pleasure in cruelty.
01:04:55	No?
01:04:57	Tell me, do you fear the lash?
01:05:02	Aye.
01:05:05	And will you speak the truth again?
01:05:08	I'm on my honor, sir,
01:05:20	Why are you laughing, boy?
01:05:22	Laughter's good, sir.
01:05:25	And it's good to hear you laugh.
01:05:29	Laughter's good?
01:05:31	Even the laughter of fools,
01:05:33	No, sir. You didn't laugh at nothing.
01:05:38	What did I laugh at, then?
01:05:41	I don't know, sir...
01:05:43	...but I think you were laughing
01:05:50	Why should I laugh at myself?
01:05:53	There's times when all men do,
01:05:57	They make mistakes...
01:06:00	...behave like fools.
01:06:04	Tell me in all ignorance,
01:06:11	I think so, sir.
01:06:17	Why did Jenkins die?
01:06:19	- You did not wish his death.
01:06:23	You didn't even hate him.
01:06:26	I think that sometimes
01:06:36	I was thinking, sir...
01:06:39	...the nights are lonely.
01:06:41	Perhaps I could talk to you
01:06:43	...when you've nothing else to do.
01:06:49	Loneliness.
01:06:54	What do you know of loneliness?
01:06:59	Them's alone as want to be.
01:07:02	Nights are long...
01:07:05	...conversation helps pass the time.
01:07:09	Can I talk to you again, then?
01:07:14	Perhaps to me too.
01:07:22	Oh, no.
01:07:31	You would charm me too, huh?
01:07:37	Get away.
01:07:40	Sir?
01:07:42	Get away.
01:08:06	Master-at-arms.
01:08:09	Mr. Claggart, sir?
01:08:12	What's the "Get thee behind me" for?
01:08:18	Which of us is Satan, then?
01:08:20	Why, I'm not ambitious.
01:08:27	Well?
01:08:29	I can't find nothing wrong
01:08:31	All stowed perfect.
01:08:33	Well, disarrange it, man.
01:08:35	I was nearly caught.
01:08:38	Be more careful.
01:08:40	I want him on report,
01:08:42	- Do as you wish.
01:08:46	How's your gear, Squeak?
01:08:49	All stowed perfect?
01:08:58	Moon's in and out tonight.
01:09:02	There's a storm somewhere.
01:09:05	Aye, old man.
01:09:08	There's a storm somewhere.
01:09:14	Well...
01:09:16	...I have my watch to do.
01:09:40	Billy.
01:09:43	Billy.
01:09:45	Slip into the lee forechains.
01:09:47	- What you...?
01:09:50	I'll meet you there.
01:10:33	We'll have to talk quickish, Billy.
01:10:35	The dawn'll be on us
01:10:38	What is it you want? It's cold it is
01:10:41	I saw you and Claggart talking.
01:10:44	I don't know what was said, not liking
01:10:48	...but if it's buttering him up you are,
01:10:51	I tried that.
01:10:54	I was frightened of him.
01:10:58	I talked to him one night,
01:11:02	I amused him, see?
01:11:04	Something about me amuses him.
01:11:07	There's nothing I can do about it.
01:11:09	Anyway, I started spying on people
01:11:13	Only to escape the lash.
01:11:15	Well, a man can't help
01:11:18	I mean, it's human in some of us.
01:11:21	Every time he laughs at me,
01:11:26	Until the next time, that is.
01:11:32	It's only old Dansker
01:11:35	Hey. You know when you kept
01:11:39	Well, that was my doing.
01:11:41	Yeah, but I was only obeying orders.
01:11:44	Claggart's?
01:11:49	- I thought it was you, out of spite.
01:11:53	But I got no spite in me.
01:11:55	Now, take tonight. I'm supposed to
01:11:59	I was sent by Claggart
01:12:04	Instead, I woke you up.
01:12:07	My conscience
01:12:10	...whatever the consequences.
01:12:12	"You can't do this to Billy. Not this."
01:12:18	I ought to thank you, then,
01:12:20	No. No, no, I'm a human being,
01:12:23	I want no thanks.
01:12:26	I can't help being a coward though.
01:12:32	I hate Claggart.
01:12:33	That's what he don't realize.
01:12:37	- You hate him?
01:12:40	Don't you?
01:12:42	No.
01:12:43	- You don't?
01:12:45	You must do.
01:12:49	Why has the old man stopped singing?
01:12:52	Get away, old man.
01:12:54	Aye, I'll leave you in the dark, Kincaid...
01:12:59	...but think again.
01:13:08	Well, even though
01:13:11	...there's many as does,
01:13:13	They came to me and they said,
01:13:16	I said, "Well, I've never known him
01:13:21	What do you want me to do?
01:13:25	Tomorrow night...
01:13:27	...talk to Claggart as you did tonight,
01:13:30	Now, that's important.
01:13:32	- The lads will do the rest.
01:13:37	That's a lovely knife you got there.
01:13:43	What...?
01:13:46	Damn. I don't know what you mean.
01:13:49	Forget I even talked to you.
01:13:50	- You better go back where you belong.
01:13:53	If you don't start,
01:13:56	I never said nothing.
01:14:17	- Well?
01:14:18	I heard you muttering with him
01:14:21	I tried something new,
01:14:24	I told him some of the lads was out
01:14:28	- And?
01:14:30	Fool. Blithering idiot.
01:14:32	You didn't tempt him right.
01:14:35	- No.
01:14:36	- Weren't you?
01:14:38	I tried to be subtle.
01:14:40	I told him
01:14:42	He didn't let forth one hint
01:14:44	No, sir. No, master-at-arms.
01:14:47	Mr. Claggart, we done enough to him.
01:14:52	Couldn't it be someone else?
01:14:55	So he's softened your heart too, huh?
01:14:58	I'll see your back laid raw
01:15:01	- No. No.
01:15:05	Yeah.
01:15:08	He hates you, does Billy Budd.
01:15:11	He wants your life
01:15:13	You swear it?
01:15:15	I swear it...
01:15:17	...on my oath.
01:15:20	I knew it.
01:15:31	Why don't you go to Mr. Seymour...
01:15:35	...or to the captain?
01:15:38	Then I'd be an informer.
01:15:41	No, no, Dansker, I can't.
01:15:51	It's Kincaid.
01:15:55	Leave him be.
01:15:58	- No.
01:16:08	Kincaid.
01:16:11	You're after Mr. Claggart.
01:16:13	- Well?
01:16:15	- He's waiting for you.
01:16:19	Get out of my way, lad,
01:16:21	No, I won't let you hang yourself.
01:16:24	I don't give a fiddler's damn
01:16:27	Out of my way, lad.
01:16:31	Give me that knife.
01:16:33	Billy, you're a nice boy,
01:16:38	This is no game for boys.
01:16:40	Damn me, I won't let you hang yourself.
01:16:44	The moon's under now.
01:16:45	Sweet mother of God,
01:16:48	No.
01:17:22	Oh, my back.
01:17:33	Explain this.
01:17:39	It was nothing, sir.
01:17:41	- An argument.
01:17:49	- Whose knife is this?
01:17:51	Truth, boy.
01:17:53	Truth.
01:17:55	Isn't that the course
01:17:58	Or am I wrong?
01:18:00	That's not the way it happened.
01:18:03	That's what you told captain
01:18:07	There are many ways to lie,
01:18:09	But there is only one way
01:18:12	Jenkins was unfit.
01:18:15	Unfit?
01:18:17	Well, here's another one that's unfit.
01:18:31	I've been expecting you, Kincaid.
01:18:36	Why did you try to stop him?
01:18:37	Why should I want you...?
01:18:40	Killed?
01:18:43	"Why should I want you killed?"
01:18:46	What's the disturbance there?
01:18:48	You there, forward.
01:18:51	- Master-at-arms reports all in order, sir.
01:18:57	Say nothing to this officer.
01:19:00	Come on, up. On your feet.
01:19:09	What's the matter, master-at-arms?
01:19:11	It's an odd hour for stargazing.
01:19:14	A slight matter, sir.
01:19:16	I found these men together here on deck,
01:19:20	I was sending them below
01:19:23	Surely there's more to it than that.
01:19:26	The story's lame, man. What occurred?
01:19:30	Your knife, master-at-arms?
01:19:35	William Budd's, sir, I believe.
01:19:37	Return it to him.
01:19:42	You reported all in order, master-at-arms.
01:19:46	Consequently, I do not wish to see
01:19:49	...on ship's report tomorrow.
01:19:52	...I feel that I...
01:19:56	If it is not,
01:20:03	There is no reason for these men's names
01:20:09	Good.
01:20:11	Thank you. Good night.
01:20:20	Get below.
01:20:22	Both of you.
01:20:39	Get below.
01:20:51	- More sail please, Mr. Ratcliffe.
01:20:54	Our mission is to join the fleet.
01:20:57	- Aye, sir.
01:20:59	- Battle stations fully manned.
01:21:02	With your permission, sir, I would
01:21:06	If this is not a matter
01:21:08	...l'd rather...
01:21:12	Set the topgallants!
01:21:21	Very well.
01:21:24	- I'll be in my cabin, Mr. Wyatt.
01:21:48	Well, master-at-arms, be brief
01:21:56	Last night, when on my rounds...
01:21:58	...discovering Budd's hammock
01:22:01	...I combed the ship and found him
01:22:06	Men who, like himself, spread unrest
01:22:11	- Budd spreads rebellion?
01:22:13	- An accusation, I take it.
01:22:17	Ratcliffe.
01:22:19	- Oh, Captain Hallam.
01:22:20	Would you bring Budd,
01:22:23	- Yes, sir.
01:22:29	They were collected here,
01:22:32	...and when I ordered them below,
01:22:36	...and swore they'd drop me
01:22:39	...on some misty night.
01:22:41	Should you desire substantial proof, sir,
01:22:44	Weigh what you speak.
01:22:46	There is the rope and the yardarm
01:22:50	- I understand, sir.
01:22:57	- Budd, sir.
01:22:59	Very good, sir.
01:23:04	Come in, Budd.
01:23:06	Captain, see that we're not disturbed,
01:23:08	- Very good, sir.
01:23:15	Tell this man to his face
01:23:17	Certainly, sir.
01:23:21	I said this man, this William Budd...
01:23:25	...acting so out of angry resentment against
01:23:30	...against this ship,
01:23:34	...heads in the crew a spirit of rebellion
01:23:38	And urges them
01:23:43	This very night,
01:23:46	...and both saw and heard him
01:23:50	...and men who continually growl
01:23:53	...mistreatment, the lack of shore leave,
01:23:57	I have the names of the others involved
01:24:03	...the old sailor
01:24:06	...and regrettably,
01:24:10	But there is no doubt in my mind...
01:24:12	...that Budd is their ringleader.
01:24:15	I say this man
01:24:19	...and was bent tonight in urging
01:24:25	I have nothing further to say
01:24:31	Speak, Budd.
01:24:37	- Defend yourself, Budd.
01:24:45	Take your time.
01:24:48	May I add, sir...
01:24:50	...I am as surprised as you seem to be
01:24:53	...as I'd hitherto shared
01:24:56	Give the lad his chance.
01:24:59	It's up to him to defend himself.
01:25:02	- With all due respect, sir...
01:25:04	- I don't think he can.
01:25:08	It's not so much
01:25:11	...as that there are no words to find.
01:25:38	Ca... Captain.
01:25:56	Seymour?
01:25:57	Go in there until I call you.
01:26:02	- Captain Hallam.
01:26:04	Forgive me for imposing
01:26:07	Do you think you could
01:26:09	The surgeon, sir?
01:26:11	- I do hope, sir, that you are not...
01:26:13	- Nothing.
01:26:35	Good morning, sir.
01:26:38	How is it with this man?
01:26:55	Is it so, then?
01:26:58	I thought it.
01:27:00	- Verify it.
01:27:04	- But is that possible? One blow?
01:27:07	I've known the largest men
01:27:10	This might have happened at any time
01:27:19	Ratcliffe.
01:27:23	What?
01:27:29	Why the drumhead court-martial?
01:27:32	Couldn't the prisoner be guarded?
01:27:33	The matter referred to the Admiralty
01:27:36	When we reach port? We do not
01:27:40	...and battle makes a mockery of justice.
01:27:42	No, we must cling to what
01:27:45	- It must be done quickly.
01:27:47	Since when is justice
01:27:49	You realize that we were spared mutiny
01:27:52	...simply because we were not in port.
01:27:55	Rumors fly over the empty sea
01:27:57	...the temper of the times we live in.
01:27:59	And so we are afraid?
01:28:01	Justice must be not only quick
01:28:04	What did you say?
01:28:06	I apologize, sir, for the manner,
01:28:09	Claggart would've hung for false witness
01:28:13	Yes, he would have done,
01:28:16	Budd has prevented that,
01:28:19	You can't condemn the boy for answering
01:28:23	He was tempted beyond endurance.
01:28:26	- The motive was clearly justified.
01:28:34	This master-at-arms,
01:28:37	A dog's obeyed in office.
01:28:41	Seymour, a trial there must be.
01:28:44	And you cannot make the dead
01:28:49	So the living must stand trial
01:28:55	It's more than any man
01:28:58	...to his God, or even to his king.
01:29:08	Come in!
01:29:16	You all know why
01:29:18	Aye, sir, in a general sort of way.
01:29:20	- Ratcliffe.
01:29:23	No man aboard knows
01:29:26	No, sir.
01:29:27	Oh, Captain Hallam, the body?
01:29:30	It still lies
01:29:33	Nobody saw the men
01:29:36	No, sir, I made sure of that.
01:29:38	Thank you, captain.
01:29:54	I've never seen him so disturbed.
01:29:57	Aye.
01:30:00	I give him cause.
01:30:11	Very well, Mr. Seymour.
01:30:15	You may proceed.
01:30:17	Gentlemen.
01:30:26	You are appointed members
01:30:29	...convened by Captain Vere
01:30:34	I am senior member...
01:30:37	...and I declare these proceedings open.
01:30:41	As you know...
01:30:43	...the master-at-arms has been killed
01:30:46	Whether by accident or by design...
01:30:49	...and whether the act
01:30:53	...you are to decide.
01:30:56	- Sentry.
01:30:58	Bring the prisoner in.
01:31:01	There is only one witness,
01:31:06	I shall call on him to give his deposition
01:31:18	- Sentry, stand outside.
01:31:24	You may sit down, Billy.
01:31:26	Thank you, sir.
01:31:33	Captain, will you be good enough
01:31:40	I speak to you not as your captain,
01:31:44	The master-at-arms, early this morning,
01:31:47	...an account of mutinous sentiments
01:31:50	...and spoke of overhearing a specific
01:31:54	- Budd a mutineer? That's absurd.
01:31:56	- He's one of the best liked...
01:32:00	And now, sir, with your permission.
01:32:02	Budd...
01:32:04	...did you speak with anyone
01:32:12	I spoke a little with the Dansker, sir.
01:32:15	- The sailmaker?
01:32:20	Sir.
01:32:22	Do you know a seaman
01:32:24	Sir.
01:32:26	Go on deck and find him.
01:32:29	And arrange it so that none of
01:32:32	See you do it tactfully.
01:32:34	I want no curiosity aroused
01:32:38	Sir.
01:32:44	Will you go on, sir, please?
01:32:46	I sent at once for Budd.
01:32:48	I ordered the master-at-arms
01:32:52	...and to repeat his accusations
01:32:55	May I ask what was the prisoner's reaction
01:33:00	I perceived no uneasiness in his demeanor.
01:33:07	And for the master-at-arms?
01:33:09	When I told him to make his accusations
01:33:14	Did Budd reply?
01:33:15	He tried to,
01:33:20	And then, sir?
01:33:23	He answered with a blow.
01:33:26	It was evident at once
01:33:28	...but I summoned the surgeon
01:33:33	That's all.
01:33:39	You've heard Captain Vere's account.
01:33:43	Is it or is it not as he has said?
01:33:47	Captain Vere speaks the truth.
01:33:50	It's just as Captain Vere says.
01:33:52	But it is not as the master-at-arms said.
01:33:54	I've eaten the king's bread
01:33:57	- I believe you, boy.
01:34:05	Thank you, sir.
01:34:08	Was there malice...
01:34:10	...between you and the master-at-arms?
01:34:14	I bore no malice
01:34:17	I'm sorry that he's dead.
01:34:22	If I'd have found my tongue,
01:34:26	But he lied foully to my face, and I had...
01:34:34	I could only say it with a blow.
01:34:41	God help me.
01:34:55	Anybody seen Mr. Claggart about?
01:35:00	Well, he was not at the inspection.
01:35:03	You'd better not let him catch you
01:35:07	You have been summoned
01:35:09	...to appear before this court
01:35:12	...of which I am senior member.
01:35:15	I may not, at this time, disclose to you
01:35:20	However, the offender
01:35:24	Do you consent to give this court
01:35:27	...though ignorant of the case at trial,
01:35:30	...to keep in strictest confidence
01:35:35	Aye.
01:35:37	Do you so swear?
01:35:42	I do.
01:35:45	Then this is my question:
01:35:48	In your opinion...
01:35:50	...is there malice
01:35:53	Aye.
01:35:55	Explain your statement.
01:35:59	Master-at-arms bore malice...
01:36:02	...towards a grace...
01:36:05	...he could not have.
01:36:08	There was no reason for it...
01:36:11	...that ordinary men could understand.
01:36:15	Pride was his demon.
01:36:19	And he kept it strong
01:36:25	He was a Pharisee among the lepers.
01:36:30	Billy could not understand
01:36:33	He saw only a lonely man, strange...
01:36:38	...but a man still.
01:36:40	Nothing to be feared.
01:36:43	So Claggart...
01:36:46	...lest his world be proven false...
01:36:50	...planned Billy's death.
01:36:53	I notice in your testimony
01:36:57	Why?
01:37:02	I look around...
01:37:05	...and sense finality here.
01:37:11	- Have you any more questions?
01:37:15	Ever since this master-at-arms
01:37:19	...from God knows where...
01:37:23	...I have seen his shadow
01:37:29	And being under it...
01:37:31	...I was afraid.
01:37:35	Whatever happened here...
01:37:39	...I am in part to blame.
01:37:49	Have you any further questions
01:37:52	- None.
01:37:55	William Budd...
01:37:57	...if you have anything further
01:38:00	...say it now.
01:38:10	I've said all, sir.
01:38:14	Sentry.
01:38:19	- Sir.
01:38:38	Have you anything to say, Ratcliffe?
01:38:41	Yes, sir.
01:38:43	Claggart was killed
01:38:46	In that sense, that he stammers,
01:38:49	You don't hang a man for that,
01:38:55	If you condemn him, it's the same...
01:38:57	...as condoning the lie
01:39:01	I'd have struck him myself.
01:39:04	The boy is clearly innocent,
01:39:07	- Aye. I'm ready to acquit him now.
01:39:15	One moment, gentlemen.
01:39:17	With your pardon, sir,
01:39:20	...I must ask if you speak now
01:39:24	...or as a private individual.
01:39:25	As convening authority, Seymour,
01:39:29	I must review its findings and approve them
01:39:32	- Aye, sir, that is your right.
01:39:34	Which one of us here has rights?
01:39:38	Budd killed a man, his superior officer.
01:39:42	We've found a verdict, sir.
01:39:43	I know you have, and your verdict
01:39:47	But are we free to choose
01:39:52	The Admiralty has its code.
01:39:54	Do you think it cares who Budd is?
01:39:58	We don't forget that, sir, but surely even
01:40:04	We can't ignore the facts.
01:40:06	The facts. Come, you know the facts,
01:40:10	At sea, in time of war,
01:40:12	...strikes his superior officer
01:40:14	Now, according to the Act...
01:40:16	...the mere fact of the blow
01:40:19	...be it fatal or no.
01:40:22	Now, the men know this
01:40:25	They know the penalty
01:40:28	But they know Budd, sir.
01:40:30	Claggart too, I dare say.
01:40:33	As well as any dry letter of the law.
01:40:36	They would applaud
01:40:38	They'd thank us for it.
01:40:41	String him to a yard,
01:40:44	- And string us up instead.
01:40:47	It's twice as dangerous to hang the boy
01:40:49	Yes, that's possible, Ratcliffe.
01:40:51	Whatever step we take,
01:40:56	That is what makes us officers.
01:40:58	If by our lawful rigor mutiny comes,
01:41:02	But if in fear,
01:41:06	...we pardon Budd against specific order
01:41:11	...how culpable and weak
01:41:17	I can see that, sir.
01:41:22	And pity, if we are men,
01:41:25	So am I moved, Ratcliffe.
01:41:27	But we cannot have warm hearts
01:41:32	Officers are only men in uniform.
01:41:35	We have our standards,
01:41:39	Challenge your scruples.
01:41:42	Come, do they mean something like this?
01:41:45	Can we adjudge to summary
01:41:49	...a fellow creature
01:41:52	- Does that state your case rightly?
01:41:56	- Acquit him, then you say, as innocent.
01:41:59	Oh, I know the Articles prescribe death
01:42:02	Stow the Articles. They don't account
01:42:07	You've said yourself, sir,
01:42:12	In a court more merciful than a martial one,
01:42:16	- They might even set him free.
01:42:20	...the case immediately went beyond
01:42:23	There, Seymour, you reveal
01:42:26	Here, nothing is beyond the scope
01:42:30	When we first put this on,
01:42:33	The gold we wear
01:42:37	...the law.
01:42:39	For the term of my active life,
01:42:43	...when I was half the age
01:42:46	And now, for the first time in my life,
01:42:50	...I spoke so solemnly as a midshipman,
01:42:54	...with nothing but dreams of glory
01:42:58	Yes, but...
01:43:00	...gentlemen, you took that oath as well.
01:43:07	There's no escape.
01:43:11	All I know is that I can't sit by
01:43:15	- Who'd gain by Budd's death? Admiralty?
01:43:19	What is this ship you serve in?
01:43:23	...then tell your conscience to lie quiet,
01:43:26	But that is war.
01:43:29	It's all war, Ratcliffe.
01:43:35	Oh, you see that, Seymour?
01:43:38	That this war...
01:43:41	...began before our time?
01:43:45	- And will end long after it.
01:43:49	...if ever men deserve to be at peace.
01:43:56	Couldn't we...
01:43:58	...mitigate the penalty
01:44:01	No, Ratcliffe,
01:44:09	I'd like to think about it, captain.
01:44:16	I'm not sure.
01:44:19	The French are not far off.
01:44:22	Soon the men will know what happened.
01:44:25	Our consciences are private matters,
01:44:31	Dare we give our consciences precedence
01:44:37	And which called this case to trial?
01:44:41	Dare we?
01:44:52	No, sir.
01:45:00	Can you stand Budd's murder
01:45:03	Wyatt, hold your tongue.
01:45:12	- I say let him go.
01:45:14	I won't bear a hand
01:45:17	My blood's not cold enough for that.
01:45:21	I cannot give the kind of judgment
01:45:26	I beg to be excused
01:45:29	Wyatt...
01:45:31	...we do not deal with justice here,
01:45:38	Was not the one conceived
01:45:42	Wyatt, can't you see that you must
01:45:46	...and then your flesh before you can
01:45:51	Decide you must, Wyatt...
01:45:53	...or else reason with us.
01:45:57	Show us how to save the boy
01:46:02	You think Seymour, Ratcliffe and I
01:46:05	...if we could find a way
01:46:08	Well, perhaps you can do this.
01:46:12	Can you do this?
01:46:15	Speak, man.
01:46:17	Speak.
01:46:20	Show us how.
01:46:25	Save him, Wyatt, and you save us all.
01:47:02	Do not think me pitiless
01:47:06	...on a luckless boy.
01:47:11	I feel as you do for him.
01:47:15	And for myself...
01:47:17	...revulsion...
01:47:20	...shame...
01:47:23	...and rage.
01:47:31	Is there hope for me, captain?
01:47:36	Billy...
01:47:38	...what hope is there for any of us?
01:47:53	Tell me why.
01:47:55	I only want to understand.
01:48:02	A child, with his endless "whys."
01:48:05	"Why are there wars?
01:48:06	Why must men kill each other?"
01:48:09	...and the parent will grow impatient
01:48:13	They're not foolish,
01:48:15	...to which grown men
01:48:21	The answer went with innocence.
01:48:23	Why?
01:48:26	I cannot tell you why.
01:48:31	I feel sorry, captain, but not guilty.
01:48:34	Nor should you. Claggart killed you
01:48:39	But I'm still alive.
01:48:42	You, in your goodness,
01:48:47	...as was Claggart in his evil.
01:48:51	Well, at least be human now, Billy.
01:48:54	Hate me for what I do to you. No...
01:48:57	Please, Billy.
01:48:59	Promise me your fury and resentment.
01:49:04	Hatred will make you
01:49:07	I'm not afraid, sir.
01:49:09	I did my duty. You're doing yours.
01:49:15	Sentry.
01:49:18	Take Budd into your charge.
01:49:42	Merryweather.
01:49:56	Time to get up, Budd.
01:50:21	Marine detachment. Attention!
01:50:30	- Marine detachment present and correct, sir.
01:50:46	Over there. Mr. Seymour.
01:51:01	Ship's company, form ranks!
01:51:05	Come on, move up there.
01:51:07	Attention! Division commander's report.
01:51:12	Afterguard present or accounted for, sir.
01:51:15	Starboard battery
01:51:18	Larboard battery
01:51:20	Fore-, main-, and mizzentopmen,
01:51:24	...one absentee, sir.
01:51:26	One absentee.
01:51:29	All hands will stand by
01:51:32	Stand easy.
01:51:35	Who could they be punishing?
01:51:38	And what for?
01:51:40	It's got to be a flogging.
01:51:42	But why have they kept us
01:51:45	They flog men at noon.
01:51:48	The early morning...
01:51:51	...is for a hanging.
01:51:54	- Hanging?
01:51:56	Hanging?
01:52:03	Where's Ferguson? Where's Billy?
01:52:07	And Turner.
01:52:09	Aye, Morrison too.
01:52:12	There were four hammocks
01:52:15	- That will be the working party.
01:52:20	One absentee.
01:52:25	Hey...
01:52:27	...where's Claggart?
01:52:30	- Oh, Judas, let it be that fish-blooded...
01:52:33	He's too smart, he is.
01:52:37	Well, he'll be with Claggart.
01:52:41	He is here.
01:52:43	Where? I don't see him.
01:52:46	He is here.
01:52:50	You're barmy, old man.
01:53:19	Ship's company, attention!
01:53:24	Marine detachment, attention!
01:53:29	Ship's company
01:53:33	Very well.
01:53:36	Ship's company
01:53:41	Captain Hallam.
01:53:43	Escort, bring forward the prisoner.
01:54:08	- Billy!
01:54:09	- They can't, Bill.
01:54:11	No talking in the ranks.
01:54:13	- They'll pay for this.
01:54:16	Form up.
01:54:19	Do you hear me? Silence in ranks.
01:54:26	Escort.
01:55:19	I'm sorry, Billy.
01:55:22	Come on, keep moving.
01:55:25	Keep silent there.
01:55:44	Proceedings of the court-martial
01:55:48	...on the 28th August, 1797...
01:55:52	...convened under the authority...
01:55:54	...of Edwin Fairfax Vere,
01:55:57	...and composed of the first, second
01:56:02	The case of William Budd,
01:56:06	While attached and so serving
01:56:09	...he did, on the 28th day
01:56:14	...strike and kill his superior officer...
01:56:17	...one John Claggart, master-at-arms...
01:56:22	Quiet!
01:56:25	Silence, you men! Form up!
01:56:27	Stand to attention there, hang you!
01:56:30	You will be silent and remain
01:56:40	- Master-at-arms, royal navy.
01:56:43	Therefore, the court sentences
01:56:46	...William Budd, foretopman,
01:56:49	...to die by hanging on the first watch
01:56:52	Don't worry, Billy.
01:56:54	Do you hear, sir?
01:56:59	By authority of His gracious
01:57:03	...and Alan Napier, Viscount Kelsey,
01:57:07	Signed...
01:57:10	...Philip Seymour, senior member.
01:57:20	Let them dance on a rope's end!
01:57:23	You're not hanging Billy Budd!
01:57:26	Silence!
01:57:27	You will resume discipline instantly!
01:57:30	For the last time, you scum,
01:57:34	Stand back into ranks.
01:57:48	Resume your ranks there
01:58:35	Prisoner...
01:58:37	...have you anything to say?
01:58:48	If you have nothing to say,
01:59:09	God bless Captain Vere.
01:59:14	Sound off!
01:59:16	Marines, cover the hanging party!
01:59:19	No, Billy!
01:59:51	Permission to dismiss the men, sir.
01:59:55	Permission to dismiss the men, sir.
02:00:00	Sir?
02:00:02	You may do as you wish, Mr. Seymour.
02:00:07	Sir, a decision must be made.
02:00:10	A decision has been made,
02:00:15	I'm only a man,
02:00:21	...or the devil.
02:00:32	Ship's company.
02:00:33	Ship's company, by divisions, dismiss!
02:00:38	Afterguard dismissed.
02:00:40	Starboard battery dismissed.
02:00:43	Larboard battery dismissed.
02:00:45	Fore-, main-, and mizzentopmen dismissed.
02:00:56	Repeat the order!
02:01:15	Captain Hallam, fire into their ranks.
02:01:19	Marines, take aim.
02:01:29	Beat to quarters!
02:01:30	Clear decks for action!
02:01:48	Come on, lads, let's punish the French
02:02:31	The rest belongs to naval history.
02:02:34	But if the sacrifice of Billy Budd...
02:02:37	... has served to make men
02:02:41	... then he will not have died in vain.
02:02:44	Men are perishable things...
02:02:47	... but justice will live
02:02:52	... and the law,
02:02:59	[ENGLISH]

Billy Budd