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H.M.S. Defiant Details

1962

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Starring	Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Quayle, Walter Fitzgerald
Director	Lewis Gilbert
Genres	Drama

H.M.S. Defiant

Alec Guinness must battle a mutinous crew and Napoleon's fleet in the rousing, historical adventure H.M.S Defiant. As commander of the British warship H.M.S. Defiant, the humane Crawford (Guinness) strives to maintain order throughout the ship against the ceaseless brutality of sadistic first mate Scott-Padget (Dirk Bogarde). After Crawford is injured in a fiery battle with a French treasure ship, angry seaman Vizard (Anthony Quayle) leads the crew to mutiny when Scott-Padget takes over.

Starring	Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Quayle, Walter Fitzgerald, Tom Bell, Maurice Denham, Murray Melvin
Director	Lewis Gilbert
Studio	COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 38 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Subtitles	DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Released	Production year: 1962 To Rent: DVD: 18 Mar 2002

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- Rather unpleasant and unenterprising sea fare reminiscent of the goings-on aboard the Bounty. Well enough staged and acted but not very remarkable or memorable.
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  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  For those who have ...
  
  For those who have seen and enjoyed ?Master and Commander? or ?Mutiny on the Bounty? here?s another movie on the same theme that?s right up your street. This is... read more »
  
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  Good Old Alex Guiness Film
  
  Enjoyed watching this film well Alec Guiness is a great actor. Overall good film with storey line and fine acting (not sure if it was about Nelson?)
  
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  Love'imwhydontcha?
  
  Great stuff.
  
  (Yes, truly great stuff!)
  
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  First-class...
  
  A well-scripted film, acted by professionals that have learned the art of diction (in many differing accents), enabling the viewer to listen without requiring a... read more »
  
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  Alec Guinness must battle a mutinous crew and Napoleon's fleet in the rousing, historical adventure H.M.S Defiant. As commander of the British warship H.M.S. Defiant, the humane Crawford (Guinness) strives to maintain order throughout the ship against the ceaseless brutality of sadistic first mate ...