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Novelist | Mutiny
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Motion Picture | 2023
Best Film Editing | 1955
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 1955 | Humphrey
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1955
Best Writing Screenplay | 1955
Best Sound Recording | 1955
Best Picture | 1955 | Stanley
Best Music Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | 1955
1954 | Edward
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1955 | Edward
Budget 2,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 21,750,000 USD
There was considerable opposition to the casting of Humphrey Bogart, since he was much older than Capt. Queeg was supposed to be. In addition, Bogart was already seriously ill with esophageal cancer, although it would not be diagnosed until January 1956.
The US Navy was never happy about the depiction of Capt. Queeg as a madman in the novel, with the implication that it would hire or keep in place someone so clearly deranged. The film version skirted around that rather contentious issue by making Queeg a victim of battle fatigue or PTSD.
The white cream that the officers put on their faces during combat is anti-flash cream and was designed to protect their faces from skin burns from the fireballs from the ship's guns.
The fate of the USS Hull, one of three US Navy destroyers lost during Typhoon Cobra in December 1944, served as the basis for the mutiny in the story. According to his first hand account, Boatswain's Mate First Class John Ray Schultz directly confronted Hull's CO, Lt. Cmdr. James A Marks, about his handling of the ship as she was entering the worst of the typhoon. Schultz implored Hull's XO, Lt. Greil Gerstley, an expert ship handler, to assume command but he refused citing fear of a court martial for mutiny. Other surviving witnesses on the bridge described Marks as paralyzed and indecisive, issuing questionable maneuvering orders, and declining to take on leveling ballast to help keep the ship upright after severe rolls, a decision his XO strongly disagreed with. A powerful gust exceeding 100 knots eventually rolled Hull over to her side and she did not recover. The ship flooded rapidly and 202 of her crew were lost. 62 others were subsequently rescued including Captain Marks. A board of inquiry did not find fault with Marks (none of the incidents on the bridge were brought up by anyone) but rather with Adm. Halsey for sending his fleet directly into the massive storm, although no disciplinary action was recommended. Some survivors of the Hull laid the blame for ship's loss exclusively on the Captain. James Marks committed suicide in 1986.
Producer Stanley Kramer gave Fred MacMurray a prominent role in this movie during a difficult period in his life--his wife had just died, and work was a needed distraction for him.
"Captain Queeg: Ahh, but the strawberries! That's - that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with - geometric logic - that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox DID exist! And I'd have PRODUCED that key if they hadn't've pulled the Caine out of action! I, I, I know now they were only trying to protect some fellow officers - [breaks off in horror, becomes hesitant] Captain Queeg: Umm... naturally, I can only cover these things roughly, from - memory... but if I've left anything out... why, you just ask me - specific questions and I'll be - perfectly happy to answer them... one by one."
"[Greenwald staggers into the Caine crew's party, inebriated] Lt. Barney Greenwald: Well, well, well! The officers of the Caine in happy celebration! Lt. Steve Maryk: What are you, Barney, kind of tight? Lt. Barney Greenwald: Sure. I got a guilty conscience. I defended you, Steve, because I found the wrong man was on trial. [pours himself a glass of wine] Lt. Barney Greenwald: So, I torpedoed Queeg for you. I *had* to torpedo him. And I feel sick about it. [drinks wine] Lt. Steve Maryk: Okay, Barney, take it easy. Lt. Barney Greenwald: You know something? When I was studying law, and Mr. Keefer here was writing his stories, and you, Willie, were tearing up the playing fields of dear old Princeton, who was standing guard over this fat, dumb, happy country of ours, eh? Not us. Oh, no, we knew you couldn't make any money in the service. So who did the dirty work for us? QUEEG did! And a lot of other guys - tough, sharp guys, who didn't crack up like Queeg. Ensign Willie Keith: But no matter what, Captain Queeg endangered the ship and the lives of the men. Lt. Barney Greenwald: He didn't endanger anybody's life; YOU did, *all* of you! You're a fine bunch of officers. Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.: You said yourself he cracked. Lt. Barney Greenwald: I'm glad you brought that up, Mr. Paynter, because that's a very pretty point. You know, I left out one detail in the court martial. It wouldn't have helped our case any. [to Maryk] Lt. Barney Greenwald: Tell me, Steve, after the Yellowstain business, Queeg came to you guys for help and you turned him down, didn't you? Lt. Steve Maryk: [hesitant] Yes, we did. Lt. Barney Greenwald: [to Paynter] You didn't approve of his conduct as an officer - he wasn't WORTHY of your loyalty! So you turned on him. You ragged him - you made up songs about him. If you'd given Queeg the loyalty he needed, do you suppose the whole issue would have come up in the typhoon? [to Maryk] Lt. Barney Greenwald: You're an honest man, Steve, I'm asking you. You think it would've been necessary for you to take over? Lt. Steve Maryk: [hesitant] It probably wouldn't have been necessary. Lt. Barney Greenwald: [muttering slightly] There! Ensign Willie Keith: [horror-stricken] If that's true, then we *were* guilty. Lt. Barney Greenwald: Ah, you're learning, Willie! You're learning that you don't work with a captain because you like the way he parts his hair; you work with him because *he's GOT* the job, or you're no good! Well, the case is over. You're all safe. It was like shooting fish in a barrel. [long pause; strides toward Keefer] Lt. Barney Greenwald: And now we come to the man who *should* have stood trial. The Caine's favorite author. The Shakespeare whose testimony nearly sunk us all. Tell 'em, Keefer! Lieutenant Tom Keefer: [stiff and overcome with guilt] No, you go ahead. You're telling it better. Lt. Barney Greenwald: You ought to read his testimony. He never even heard of Captain Queeg! Lt. Steve Maryk: Let's forget it, Barney! Lt. Barney Greenwald: Queeg was sick; he couldn't help himself. But you, you're *real* healthy. Only you didn't have one tenth the guts that HE had! Lieutenant Tom Keefer: Except I never fooled myself, Mr. Greenwald. Lt. Barney Greenwald: I'm gonna drink a toast to you, Mr. Keefer. [pours wine in a glass] Lt. Barney Greenwald: From the beginning you hated the Navy. And then you thought up this whole idea. And you managed to keep your skirts nice, and starched, and clean, even in the court martial. Steve Maryk will always be remembered as a mutineer. But you, you'll publish your novel, you'll make a million bucks, you'll marry a big movie star, and for the rest of your life you'll live with your conscience, if you have any. Now here's to the *real* author of "The *Caine* Mutiny." Here's TO you, Mr. Keefer. [splashes wine in Keefer's face] Lt. Barney Greenwald: If you wanna do anything about it, I'll be outside. I'm a lot drunker than you are, so it'll be a fair fight."
