tomsters Well made, well acted. one big flaw. The Captain was sick and after all the abuse he put the other officers and crew through, but the time he asked the other officers for help, who would have trusted him? To be fair, the other officers could have relieved him of command at that point. They probably should have been reprimanded for not doing so at that time and not during the storm, when in the court ruling he is found to be sick. being sick and in so a danger to the ship and everyone on it. not penalised, not so easy to have that done without going through what they did do through anyways, a mutiny trial. So why is the lawyer upset? Doesn't make sense to me. Queeg was sick, asking for help or not. When the biggest, baddest school bully comes up to you to ask for help, what do you do when he has never been proved trust worthy before? And yet the film goes out of its way to vilify the innocent mutineers.

Prismark10 The Caine Mutiny is regarded as a classic thriller of a mutiny aboard a naval ship in World War II that turns into a court room saga. In fact 'A Few Good Men' is really an updated remake.The destroyer Caine is a small creaky old ship whose rather relaxed captain is replaced by Captain Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) a disciplinarian. As time goes on he upsets both his officers and crew and shows signs of paranoia, stress and even cowardice.Lieutenant Thomas Keefer (Fred MacMurray) who was a writer before being called up notices the signs of mental illness and tries to convince Executive Officer Steve Maryk (Van Johnson) to do something about it. Maryk refuses at first but finally takes over command when in a storm Queeg nearly capsizes the ship.Maryk and some of the other officers stand trial for mutiny and they are reluctantly defended by Lieutenant Barney Greenwald (Jose Ferrer) only after other military lawyers have turned them down.Of course it is not going to take much for Greenwald to expose Queeg's instability, under intense pressure Queeg takes out his stress balls. However Greenwald reserves his ire after the trial on Keefer for engineering the mutiny so one day he can publish a book about it and Maryk as well as others for not helping Queeg when he asked for help and it was clear he had seen too much of war.The film loses focus often when it concentrates on an irrelevant love story between an Ensign and his girlfriend. The film also has an uneven tone, not helped by the musical score.However Bogart delivers another 'against type' performance. His Queeg starts out confidently before spiralling downwards. There is solid support from Van Johnson and Fred McMurray whose character really is cynical and slippery, therefore rightly exposed at the end of the movie.

Skywaybound What's so great about this movie? Seriously. I don't get it. First, the love subplot is just wasting time. It adds NOTHING to anything related to a mutiny. I suppose it was considered necessary "character development." It's just plain annoying at its obvious contrivance.Bogie is way too old for the part.As for the mutiny itself. Well given the circumstances, and the fact that the captain was frozen with fear and stress, and incapable of making ANY decision at crunch time, it was really hardly any mutiny at all. Just a subordinate officer taking over for an incapacitated captain. The same as if old Bogie had just collapsed from a heart attack.And the end? The crew made to FEEL guilty because they hadn't made nice with the captain? Well anytime anyone dare questioned him, the captain accused them of insubordination and threatened arrest. So it makes absolutely ZERO sense.And the list goes on and on.....The entire film is an insult to the intelligence.

gavin6942 When a US Naval captain (Humphrey Bogart) shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.Although this was relatively late in Bogart's career, it probably ranks among his best roles. Is his character crazy? Maybe, maybe not. But he is certainly paranoid, and Bogart plays it to a tee without going over the top. Well, done, sir. I am sorry they gave you the Oscar for "African Queen" and not here.This film is a touch of "Mister Roberts" and a touch of courtroom drama. The blend is excellent, and a very enjoyable film. The strawberry incident is particularly fun and a powerful scene. It just grabs the viewer and holds them in.