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1954 Certificate U
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In director Edward Dmytryk's classic seafaring drama, privileged mama's boy Ensign Keith (Robert Francis) gets assigned to the Caine, a rusty old minesweeper with a haggard, undisciplined crew during the latter days of WWII. Soon the paranoid, strawberry-loving Captain Queeg (Humprey Bogart) takes charge and tries to clean up .. Read more

Starring Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Jose Ferrer, Fred MacMurray
Director Edward Dmytryk
Genres Drama

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The Caine Mutiny

In director Edward Dmytryk's classic seafaring drama, privileged mama's boy Ensign Keith (Robert Francis) gets assigned to the Caine, a rusty old minesweeper with a haggard, undisciplined crew during the latter days of WWII. Soon the paranoid, strawberry-loving Captain Queeg (Humprey Bogart) takes charge and tries to clean up the ship, arousing the hatred and suspicion of the other officers, especially a flippant lieutenant (Fred MacMurray). Eventually the men stage a mutiny, and a subsequent trial ensues, at which point a sharply intelligent military lawyer (Jose Ferrer) takes up the matter.
Dmytryk's fast-moving, intelligent adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Herman Wouk novel features breathtaking outdoor scenes on actual naval vessels. Bogart's performance as Queeg is one of cinema's greats; a true departure from his usual tough guys, he captures his character's confused vulnerability with astounding finesse. Ferrer is also sensational as the lawyer. A solid crew rounding out the cast--Lee Marvin, Van Johnson, E.G. Marshall, and Claude Akins--helps make this one definitely see-worthy.

Starring Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Jose Ferrer, Fred MacMurray, May Wynn, Robert Francis, Tom Tully, E.G. Marshall, Claude Akins, Lee Marvin
Director Edward Dmytryk
Studio SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 59 mins
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Dubbed French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles DVD: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Released DVD: 27 Sep 1999
Production year: 1954
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Anything starring Humphrey Bogart is worth a peek, but this rather dourly scripted adaptation of Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel veers spectacularly between the best high drama and plodding, explanatory narrative. A sterling cast (José Ferrer, Fred MacMurray, Van Johnson et al) brings the court-martial scenes vividly to life, but the film is let down considerably by lengthy speeches of unremitting moral rectitude. Bogart's snivelling Captain Queeg lacks much of the actor's former screen punch and, with hindsight, one can see the sad spectre of a sick man nearing the end of his career. This could have been a classic but ended up an also-ran.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006
  • 2 stars out of 4

    Decent if lamely paced version of a bestseller which also made a successful play; the film skates too lightly over the characterizations and even skimps the courtroom scene, but there are effective scenes and performances.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Brilliant Bogart.

    I confess I am a Bogie fan so perhaps I`m biased.This is a very absorbing story of a strict Captain who takes over a sloppy ship.He`s battle weary and cracking up,tries to ask for help from his officers but they don`t like him and don`t respond and eventually one of them relieves him of command.This is not Bogart as you`ve seen him before,the wise cracking gum shoe but a broken man and he`s excellent and so are most of the others.I can recommend it.

      • john evans from cardiff,wales.
      • Posted 11 Dec 2004 unknown

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Brilliant Bogart.

    I confess I am a Bogie fan so perhaps I`m biased.This is a very absorbing story of a strict Captain who takes over a sloppy ship.He`s battle weary and cracking up,tries to ask for help from his officers but they don`t like him and don`t respond and eventually one of them relieves him of command.This is not Bogart as you`ve seen him before,the wise cracking gum shoe but a broken man and he`s excellent and so are most of the others.I can recommend it.

      • john evans from cardiff,wales.
      • Posted 11 Dec 2004 unknown

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