SummaryWhen a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
Directed By:Edward Dmytryk
Written By:Stanley Roberts, Michael Blankfort, Herman Wouk
The Caine Mutiny
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Generally Favorable
63
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
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88
Director Edward Dmytryk, working from a top-notch script adapted from Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, makes Bogie's gradual breakdown under relentless cross-examination from defense lawyer Jose Ferrer a superb example of screen melodrama. [21 Nov 1986, p.92]
80
The Caine Mutiny is highly recommendable motion picture drama, told on the screen as forcefully as it was in the Herman Wouk best-selling novel. The intelligently adapted screenplay retains all the essence of the novel.
80
Complex, atypical Bogie performance is keynote for strong drama from Pulitzer-winning novel and Broadway show.
70
The Caine Mutiny, though somewhat garbled, is a vibrant film.
63
The Caine Mutiny is not distinctive filmmaking or storytelling, and its idea of ethical debate is relying on familiar archetypes and arguments. It sure is standard, though. It’s like the well-constructed house that’s not meant to be distinctive, but was made to endure.
50
Bogie's considerable charisma is visibly weakened by his tired appearance, and the strong cast is never really allowed full rein by Dmytryk, whose abiding concern that fair play be seen to be done, with regard to all the characters' various motivations, makes for a stodgily liberal courtroom drama.
40
Despite a few flashes of talent in the 40s, Edward Dmytryk had descended to hack status by the time he filmed this 1954 version of Herman Wouk's novel, and his ham-fisted direction does little to alleviate the obviousness of the drama and the thinness of the characterizations.
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6.9
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Aug 16, 2019
8
Excellent film de mutinerie qui n'est pas sans rappeler un certain Bounty (celui des années 80, mon préféré), car comme un agent d'assurance, il répartit les torts dans les deux camps, celui de l'équipage un brin jean-foutre (il faut bien le dire) et celui du capitaine... assez frappadingue à tendance fortement paranoïaque (il faut bien le dire... aussi). Bien sûr, on a un léger doute sur le dédouanement du Capitaine, assez appuyé à la toute fin, afin -sans doute- de brosser la Navy dans le sens du poil... car, diantre, on ne voudrait pas laisser entendre que la glorieuse Navy américaine a dans ses rangs des commandants un tantinet cinglés... Pour autant, il est important d'apporter un éclairage humain à la personnalité de ce Capitaine maniaque et obsessionnel, concomitamment à l'interprétation magistrale d'Humphrey Bogart qui campe ici un type au bout du rouleau dont la parano n'est que l'un des symptômes les plus prégnants. Et cela, le film le fait très bien. Passionnant à suivre, cet Ouragan montre également la parano des officiers à l'égard de la parano du capitaine : une double parano qui s'entretient réciproquement : certainement un cas d'école... On peut regretter néanmoins les passages de l'andouille principale avec sa morue, des passages inutiles dont on a rien à cirer ; on déplore aussi cette musique patriotique de défilé très con qui revient sans arrêt... pour faire plaisir à la glorieuse Navy sans doute. En tout cas, un film percutant et... souvent drôle également, car plus on est de fous, plus on rit sur le bateau ivre !
Production Company:
- Columbia Pictures
Release Date:Jun 24, 1954
Duration:2 h 4 m
Rating:TV-PG
Tagline:As big as the ocean!
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 7 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 2 Nominations
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 2 Nominations





























