Great acting, little action. (Not a bad thing)

Rating: 8/10 (18 December 2012)

The Caine Mutiny is clearly a product of its time, and criticism of this is misplaced, as it could not be otherwise. In the movie, the scenes of the romance between Ensign Kieth and the nightclub singer add little to the plot, and not much to the character development, in the book, he was the main character, and most of the events were seen through his eyes. In fact, the book ended with him becoming the captain of the Caine on her last voyage home after the war. As noted, there were masterful performances by Humphrey Bogart and Jose Ferrer. Almost stealing the show was Fred MacMurray.This was a different kind of war movie for the time, with very little battle action. More of a cerebral sort of thing, I think.