Humphrey Bogart is outstanding in this gripping drama

Rating: 8/10 (15 February 2017)

Humphrey Bogart gives another top rated powerful performance in this classic drama with a first rate professional cast including Fred MacMurray, Van Johnson, Jose Ferrer, E.G. Marshall, Tom Tully, Lee Marvin, Robert Francis, Claude Atkins, and Arthur Franz.
All of these are excellent performances but pale in comparison with Humphrey Bogart's. He is totally believable as Captain Queeg, who is guilty of mutiny. Was he insane or just misunderstood? Queeg's final crack up on the witness stand at Lt. Maryk's court martial is justifiably famous, and is among the great scenes in cinema. It is now impossible for any character in any film to play with a pair of steel balls and not think of Bogart. Look for Lee Marvin, Jerry Paris and Claude Akins in supporting roles. This is excellent entertainment and should not be missed.
Humphrey Bogart absolutely dominates the screen with one of the finest performances of his career. Most of the fan and critic polls I have seen over the years of the greatest movie stars of all time invariably place Bogart in the number one spot, and when you see him in this role it is easy to see why. Yet you contrast this film with THE MALTESE FALCON or THE BIG SLEEP, and you realize that he had a capacity to play a surprisingly wide range of roles.
Conclusion - Film acting simply doesn't get better than this. Classic!