Mutiny During the War

Rating: 8/10 (15 March 2018)

The spoiled newly graduated Ensign Willie Keith (Robert Francis) is assigned to the sloppy minesweeper USS Caine commanded by Comdr. DeVriess (Tom Tully) and befriends Lt. Steve Maryk (Van Johnson) and Lt. Tom Keefer (Fred Mac Murray). Comdr. DeVriess is popular with the officers and crew but Keith does not like him. Keith likes when DeVriess is replaced by the veteran Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg (Humphrey Bogart), who demands discipline on board. But soon Kefer notes that Queeg is paranoid and coward and induces Maryk and Keith to meet Admiral Halsey and to disclose Queeg´s behavior and paranoia. However, Keefer backs down when they are ready to meet Halsey afraid of being misunderstood and punished. Later a typhoon hits the USS Caine, Queeg freezes in the wheelhouse and Maryk relieves Queeg of command, supported by Keith. They have to face a court-martial for mutiny and only the lawyer Lt. Barney Greenwald (Jose Ferrer) accepts to defend them in court.
"The Caine Mutiny" is a fictional film about mutiny on board of a minesweeper in the World War II with magnificent performances. The plot is engaging, with life on board of a ship during WWII and also a court-martial in a military court in time of war. This film received nominations for important categories of the Oscar but won no awards. My vote is eight.
Title (Brail): "A Nave da Revolta" ("The Ship of the Rebellion")