Customer Reviews
oh the soundtrack - By: N. J. Crick, 19 Apr 2006 
did not know what to expect,distracting love interest,main actors hold attention, & bogie playing weak alllways worth watching but what a naff soundtrack, & the caine seemed to just go back & forth under the golden gate, a curosity no more
don't forget fred mcmurray - By: john souray, 25 Mar 2005 
I don't want to take issue with the claim that Bogart is the best actor in the cast (review above), but you can't overlook the underrated Fred McMurray (yes, as in Flubber & the TV series My Three Sons). Lovers of the novel will know that it is Keefer, not Queeg (Bogart) who is the real villain. At the end of the day, Queeg is no more than an ordinary man promoted beyond his competence; it is the cynical, superficiallly witty novelist Keefer who provokes the mutiny, & having led less clever, more honest men to this dangerous end, carefully distances himself from any responsibility. McMurray turns in the slimiest of performances, outdoing even his overbearing bullying boss in Wilder's The Apartment (with Jack Lemmon & Shirley Maclaine). A truly memorable screen villain, alll the more powerful for coming from an actor better known for light comedy.
Jose Ferrer, as the defence counsel, Greenwald, deserves an honourable mention as well. No mere two hour film could do justice to the richness & subtlety of Wouk's novel, but this is as decent a stab as you could hope for.
Truly Gripping Bogart!!! - By: Jennifer A. McFarland, 14 Sep 2003 
This is a masterpiece of cinema. A MUST SEE, hands down. The beauty of it is that although Bogart is obviously the best actor in the cast--- he was more than content to play someone not in control & be more in the background than he was accustomed to doing. The scene in the courtroom is a classic, tense & gripping! The famous scene is well remembered for Bogie's losing it alll & yet unsuccessfully trying to hold himself in check by rotating a pair of metal marbles...showing through his insanity. This is a must have for any classic film collector & a crowning jewel for Bogart. Don't miss this one!!!
Good acting, bad script - By: Jonathan Bryce, 14 Nov 2001 Herman Wouk used to produce this type of thing a lot, I believe. The "Mutiny" has Bogart as an obsessed Captain Queeg, intent on running the ship his way. His way includes some dubious decisions - like ransacking the ship to find some missing strawberries - until he is relieved by the ship's officers. The film ends with a trial of the mutineers, with Bogard brilliantly defending his record, while rotating two balll-bearings to relieve tension.
The film has multiple scenes of melodrama for which I can't forgive Wouk. Bogart is good, as is Van Johnson - but the film hasn't aged well.
