relived of command

Rating: 6/10 (11 June 2017)

Well made, well acted. one big flaw. The Captain was sick and after all the abuse he put the other officers and crew through, but the time he asked the other officers for help, who would have trusted him? To be fair, the other officers could have relieved him of command at that point. They probably should have been reprimanded for not doing so at that time and not during the storm, when in the court ruling he is found to be sick. being sick and in so a danger to the ship and everyone on it. not penalised, not so easy to have that done without going through what they did do through anyways, a mutiny trial.
So why is the lawyer upset? Doesn't make sense to me. Queeg was sick, asking for help or not. When the biggest, baddest school bully comes up to you to ask for help, what do you do when he has never been proved trust worthy before? And yet the film goes out of its way to vilify the innocent mutineers.