Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Herman Wouk’s novel about the clash of authority and responsibility is rendered by director Edward Dmytryk as a penetrating study of group dynamics. The film is dominated by Humphrey Bogart as the cagey but unstable captain of a Navy minesweeper, overseeing a crew forced to relieve him of command, though they face the possibility of court-martial. The scenario was less-than-savory to the U.S. Navy, which nonetheless cooperated with producer Stanley Kramer’s production.
Columbia Pictures Corp. Producer: Stanley Kramer. Based on the novel by Herman Wouk. Screenwriter: Stanley Roberts. Cinematographer: Frank Planer. Editor: William A. Lyon, Henry Batista. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Fred MacMurray, Van Johnson, Robert Francis.
35mm, color, 124 min.
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