Complex sentence: Director Edward Dmytryk felt "The Caine Mutiny" could have been better than it was and should have been three and a half to four hours long to fully portray all the characters and complex story, but Columbia's Cohn insisted on a two-hour limit.
Split into simpler sentences: Director Edward Dmytryk felt "The Caine Mutiny" could have been better than it was. He thought the film should have been three and a half to four hours long to fully portray all the characters and complex story, but Columbia's Harry Cohn had insisted on a two-hour limit.