![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We follow a trio of officers aboard the U.S.S. While there are some significant departures or at least omissions from the novel, the movie is still superb. The plot for the film is based on Herman Wouk’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic novel ( feel free to read my reflections on the novel here). The truths of this film lie not in its incidents but in the way a few men meet the crisis of their lives.” “There has never been a mutiny in a ship of the United States Navy. The film reminds begins with great labors to remind us it is a fictional tale: The Caine Mutiny is perhaps Dmytryk’s most widely respected film. The Caine Mutiny was independently produced by Stanley Kramer and directed by Edward Dmytryk (one of the blacklisted “Hollywood Ten” for refusing to testify before Senator McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee). Often considered his last great performance (Bogart died a mere three years later), The Caine Mutiny represented the third and final nomination he received for Best Actor, though he ultimately lost to Marlon Brando for On The Waterfront. Caine, a World War II naval minesweeper dispatched to the Pacific theater during the war. Humphrey Bogart steals the show in one of his finest performances as the maddeningly petty and paranoid Captain Queeg of the U.S.S. ![]()
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