BOGEY IS SO CONVINCING.... YOU'D LOVE TO KICK HIS A----

Rating: 10/10 (6 February 2020)

Coming from a military family with a long history, I was taught to respect authority at a young age, however..... after decades of watching THE CAINE MUTINY I have marveled at the idea of wiping the floor with Captain Queeg, no matter what the penalty! I kid YOU not. This extraordinary movie is one that we all can relate to as, whether you served in the military or are a civilian, we all at one time or another have had a superior who simply did not belong in that position. The genius of THE CAINE MUTINY is that it is a relentless drama that offers up one classic scene after another, powered by an outstanding cast that gets the most out of their characters. MacMurray is interestingly cast, against type, as a first class heel who actually is the one who started the mutiny in the first place. Van Johnson is equally engrossing as the epitome of a fall guy, not to be outdone by Jose Ferrar as a Joe Friday/Jack Webb-type attorney who brings out the real Captain Queeg. Fantastic stuff that offers up a now classic courtroom sequence that may very well have in spired A FEW GOOD MEN, decades later. All I have to say about Bogart is that this is one of his best roles-ever. Hands down. Recommended to all of us armchair thrill seekers.