December 1944. De Amerikaanse mijnenveger Caine is in de Stille Oceaan in een tornado terechtgekomen en verkeert in grote moeilijkheden. Teneinde te ontkomen stevent het schip zuidwaarts. In de ogen van luitenant-ter-zee Stephen Maryk is de commandant Queeg geestesziek en dus onbekwaam om het schip te redden.
Sterren: Humphrey Bogart, Robert Francis, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, May Wynn, Katherine Warren
Bemanning: Edward Dmytryk (Director), Herman Wouk (Novel), Stanley Roberts (Screenplay), Michael Blankfort (Dialogue), Stanley Kramer (Producer), Max Steiner (Original Music Composer)
Land: United States of America
Taal: English
Studio: Stanley Kramer Productions, Columbia Pictures
Looptijd: 124 minuten
Kwaliteit: HD
Vrijgegeven: Jun 24, 1954
IMDb: 3.9
Sleutelwoorden:mutiny, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), war ship, paranoia, world war ii, mental breakdown, cowardice, military court, u.s. navy, naval officer, novelist, military life, psychiatry, naval, court martial, storm at sea, target practice, shipyard, naval warfare, 1940s, courtroom drama, panic attack, uniform code of military justice, battle sequence, military authority, relief of command, ward room, military attorney, slack ship, training exercise, tow rope, feelings of persecution, sanity vs insanity, combat veteran
