Coming from a military family, I was taught to respect authority at a young age, however..... after decades of watching THE CAINE MUTINY I would have loved going a few rounds with the skipper.
The genius of this film is it's high adventure, offering one classic scene after another, powered by an outstanding roster of fine actors.
Early roles for Lee Marvin and Claude Akins, and old ship captain Tom Tully sittin' around in his undies is a hoot!
Fred MacMurray is interestingly cast, against type, as a first class heel who actually is the one who started the mutiny in the first place. Van Johnson is equally good as the fall guy, not to be outdone by Jose Ferrar as a Joe Friday-type attorney who brings out the real Captain Queeg. Fantastic stuff that offers a now classic courtroom sequence that may well have inspired A FEW GOOD MEN, decades later. One of the final film appearances of handsome Robert Francis, tragically killed in a plane crash in Burbank.
One of Bogey's BEST later roles. Hands down. Bogart's next film was SABRINA.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Herman Wouk. Oscar nominations to Bogey for Best Actor, Best Picture, Film Editing, Best Screenplay and Best Music Score. Recommended. Always on dvd and remastered blu ray. Thanks to TCM for showing this time and time again.
The genius of this film is it's high adventure, offering one classic scene after another, powered by an outstanding roster of fine actors.
Early roles for Lee Marvin and Claude Akins, and old ship captain Tom Tully sittin' around in his undies is a hoot!
Fred MacMurray is interestingly cast, against type, as a first class heel who actually is the one who started the mutiny in the first place. Van Johnson is equally good as the fall guy, not to be outdone by Jose Ferrar as a Joe Friday-type attorney who brings out the real Captain Queeg. Fantastic stuff that offers a now classic courtroom sequence that may well have inspired A FEW GOOD MEN, decades later. One of the final film appearances of handsome Robert Francis, tragically killed in a plane crash in Burbank.
One of Bogey's BEST later roles. Hands down. Bogart's next film was SABRINA.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Herman Wouk. Oscar nominations to Bogey for Best Actor, Best Picture, Film Editing, Best Screenplay and Best Music Score. Recommended. Always on dvd and remastered blu ray. Thanks to TCM for showing this time and time again.