This mutiny did not thrill me...

Rating: 5/10 (29 December 2011)

I found this one a bit difficult to get through. The court-martial doesn't really come until the end. And even the mutiny itself is all too brief and comes towards the end. So what we end up with is a very talky film for a great portion of its run-time. With a lot of overacting from Bogie and endless talk about procedurals and who stole the strawberries and other such nonsense. And Bogie in particular is being so stubborn and psychotic at times that it's really hard to take him seriously. C'mon, really??! A captain would endanger himself and his crew time and time again just because he's trying to prove a point and will not under any circumstances listen to any sound logic? That's just dumb. And what the heck was up with that subplot about the young sailor and the girl he loves?? Why did that need to be in the film?
But the ending with Jose Ferrer and Fred MacMurray is just mind-blowingly dumb and makes zero sense to a person with even a semblance of sound logic. You'll just have to see it yourself to find out what I'm referring to.