The Caine Mutiny (film)

The Caine Mutiny film is a 1954 American fictional drama set in World War II. Directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Stanley Kramer, it stars Humphrey Bogart, Jos Ferrer, Van Johnson, and Fred MacMurray, and is based on The Caine Mutiny, the 1951 Pulitzer Prizewinning novel written by Herman Wouk. The film depicts the events on board a fictitious World War II U.S. Navy destroyer minesweeper and the subsequent courtmartial of two officers.

Callow, rich Ensign Willis Seward Keith Robert Francis, reports for his first assignment aboard the Caine, which is homeported in Pearl Harbor. Willie, as he is known by his fellow officers, is disappointed to find that the Caine is a small, battlescarred destroyerminesweeper. Its gruff captain, Lieutenant Commander William H. DeVriess Tom Tully, has almost completely given up on discipline, and the crew has become slovenly and superficially undisciplined, although their performance is excellent. Keith has already met the executive officer, Lieutenant Stephen Maryk Van Johnson, and is introduced to the communications officer, Lieutenant Thomas Keefer Fred MacMurray, a novelist in civilian life. Keith has an opportunity to transfer from the ship to a more glamorous billet as an Admirals aide, but decides to stay aboard. However, Keith remains frustrated with the ships lack of discipline, despite his own shortcomings.The captain is soon replaced by Lieutenant Commander Phillip Queeg Humphrey Bogart, a nononsense career veteran who immediately attempts to instill discipline into the crew. At first, Keith is relieved to have a strict commander, but he soon gets concerned about Queegs erratic behavior, which includes fumbling with a pair of steel balls. ........

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