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The Caine Mutiny

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Summary

Courtroom drama based on Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, starring Humphrey Bogart as martinet skipper Philip Queeg who's put in charge of the naval minesweeper Caine. But the strain of maintaining discipline among his restless crew begins to affect his ability to command.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Jeremy Aspinall

Probably better known as a hit stage play (filmed faithfully by Robert Altman in 1988), this first-rate drama was first adapted in 1954 and stars Humphrey Bogart playing against type as Queeg, the martinet captain of a US minesweeper during the Second World War. His arrival on the ageing USS Caine causes a stir among its war-weary crew (including Fred MacMurray and Lee Marvin) but mockery soon turns to disdain and then outright mutiny when Van Johnson's second officer is moved to relieve a panicking Queeg of his command. A compelling courtroom drama ensues. It's familiar Hollywood fare but it doesn't matter. Bogart gives a mighty performance as the craven Queeg, a million miles away from iconic heroes like Philip Marlowe or Casablanca's Rick Blaine. Here's Bogie as snivelling paranoiac, obsessing over missing strawberries or nervously clicking ball bearings together in his hand, and yet he still arouses our sympathy. It was his last great performance (he died three years later) and earned him a well-deserved Oscar nomination.

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7.6/10

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Cast

rolenameCaptain QueegHumphrey BogartLt Barney GreenwaldJosé FerrerLt Steve MarykVan JohnsonLt Tom KeeferFred MacMurrayEnsign Willie KeithRobert FrancisCaptain DeVriessTom TullyLt Cmdr ChalleeE G MarshallMeatballLee MarvinSeaman Lugatch, "Horrible"Claude AkinsChief BudgeSteve Brodie

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rolenameDirectorEdward Dmytryk

Details

Theatrical distributor

Columbia Picture Corp. Ltd

Released on

1954-10-04

Languages

English

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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