Mutiny?

Rating: 6/10 (10 November 2013)

Edward Dmytryk directed this Naval drama that stars Humphrey Bogart as Lt. Commander Queeg, recently assigned to the Caine, a mine-sweeping destroyer in the Pacific fleet during WWII. Van Johnson plays Executive officer Lt. Maryk, who, along with fellow officer and writer Lt. Keefer(played by Fred MacMurray) decides that Queeg is unfit for command during a fierce typhoon where the ship is almost capsized. As a consequence, Maryk and officer on deck Ensign Willie Keith are charged with mutiny, and defended at trial by Lt. Barney Greenwald(played by Jose Ferrer) who must prove that Queeg was unfit, even if he doesn't particularly like his clients... Extremely well-acted drama(especially Bogart) is also compelling, though marred by needless romantic subplot and too much sanctimony in the climatic confrontational speech.