Excellent movie, nice romance---definitely an Academy Award nominee

Rating: 9/10 (20 March 2009)

As Lt. Comdr. Qweeg says: "Excellent performance is standard, standard performance is sub-standard, and sub-standard performance will not be permitted..." And, indeed, this movie is excellent. The romance between tours of duty make a real foundation for the other action. I think that this was Humphrey Bogart's best dramatic performance, as he played an unstable man in command of a sub-standard ship, which might drive someone insane. I also liked the enforcement of discipline upon the ship, although Qweeg cracks up and becomes OVERLY disciplinary. You see a really disciplined ship when Commander De Vries takes over again at the end. I also liked Barney Greenwald's scolding of Maryk, Keith and Keefer during the party. They deserved the scolding, because Qweeg needed help and they didn't help him. And Yosemite National Park was nice, too. All in all, I'd say that this was an Academy Award nominee and might have won best picture. However, there were several wonderful pictures when this one came out. THE CAINE MUTINY will always live on as an excellent movie.Enough said.