Billy Budd

In Ustinovs Billy Budd, Ryan plays the late 18th-century British Navys Master dArms John Claggart, a psychopath desperately, uncontrollably in love with Terence Stamps sweet, pretty seaman Billy.

To be the object of mad desire of a total closet case isnt exactly a good thing, as poor Billy Budd, who suffers and suffers, can surely attest

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