When I was a senior in high school, our physics teacher was a retired naval officer. One day, he did a demonstration with an apparatus that showed the trajectory of steel balls. Before starting, he rolled a couple of balls together in his hand and said, "By my calculations, gentlemen, there should still be a pint of strawberries left." I was the only one who got the joke, because I had seen this movie.
What makes it so moving is that Bogart realizes he's cracking up but still can't stop himself. Everyone thinks of Bogart as the romantic tough guy hero but he really did have range. His performance in Huston's Treasure of the Sierra Madre is also outstanding.
personally, i liked him in the boxing movie, "The harder they fall", with rod steiger, where he played a news reporter working for a corrupt boxing promoter.; but i loved treasure of sierra madre
@@davidr5961 Steiger said that a lot of scenes had to be re done as Bogart had tears in his eyes...poor devil was in pain from the cancer that killed him mere months later...
That look in Queeg's eyes when he realises he's just made himself look utterly insane, doing more to undermine his case than any defence lawyer ever could... THAT right there is acting my friends. Everyone in this film was brilliant but Bogart was beyond impeccable.
That's the horror of mental illness: the point you really know you've lost it. Bogart's look at that point was perfectly heartbreaking. All the years, the work, the service, the achievement, just gone, replaced by humiliation. He's helpless inside his own mind and a pitiable wreck in the eyes of all those around him, and he finally feels the entire weight of the loss.
Bogart was way too old for Queeq but the studio insisted on casting him instead of Richard Widmark, who had already signed on for the film. However, Bogart was phenomenal in the role. This scene is one of the finest of his career.
That's interesting because Bogart was one of the first Hollywood stars who took control of his career. He carefullly saved his money. If he thought a project wasn't for him, he'd hand the script back. So everyone was in agreement on this one.
This is such an incredible piece of acting that shows bogart would’ve held up just fine against todays best actors. The talking so fast he runs out of breath, the stammering to get the words out, and the completely empty, glazed over look in his eyes is outstanding. This is one of the few times he got to step out of the tough guy role and it’s an absolute gem.
Little Shirly Temple's acting would have stood up fine against today's actors. Simply due to the fact that today's actors don't act. They don''t project any personality or emotion. They just talk. Even in intense or violent scenes they just talk.
The reaction shots were brilliant. They cut back and forth between Bogarts animated fact to everyone else being totally stone-faced. It almost made me cry.
One of the best movie scenes of all time. Better Call Saul's episode "Chicanery" was inspired by this movie, which is one of Vince Gilligan's favorites. Chuck's breakdown was an amazing homage to Queeg's
RIP Humphrey Bogart (December 25, 1899 - January 14, 1957), aged 57 And RIP José Ferrer (January 8, 1912 - January 26, 1992), aged 80 You both will be remembered as legends.
@@mikepatrick5909Smoking was promoted as "healthy" back then, even though medical research showed the relationship to cancer and heart disease in the 1930's.
@@richardm3023 Cigarette commercials back in the day actually would say "this brand is recommended by doctors". Can you believe that? My mother remembers the the doctor smoking in the delivery room when I was born in 1955.
That moment when Queeq catches himself rambling and spouting gibberish nonsense was played masterfully by Bogart. Queeq was a deeply complex character who probably knew he had psychological problems but tried to bury them. This moment in the film is when he comes to terms with all it. A sad moment handled deftly by a master actor.
@@vincentfisher1603 you're absolutely right! Good chances are he sailed in the 2nd World War where life and death at sea depended on what decision you'd make. I once sailed with a Captain who was a real son of a gun . Very tough , strong on discipline and worked the officer's and crew hard...But everyone said that if we had to go to war he would be the Commanding officer they would want to sail with.
When you are in command of anything, you have no one to support you, psychologically. You are the one giving the support or discipline etc. When crisis hit, it's a test in itself to stay calm and competent while others are falling apart all around you. The character in this scene (Bogart) has reached the point where his "neurosis" gets the best of him, and is revealed in public. He can no longer control the outcome once it's seen. (The brain has a mind of its own, huh?) It's like his true self found its way out of the "ship." Finally. His own Mutiny.........is revealed. It's himself. Lol Beautifully played by a sensational actor and talented man. RIP Mr. Bogart. ❤ Thanks for this video.
That scene alone was worth an academy award. It’s probably one of the greatest scenes in movie history. Queeg breaking down and realizing he’s lost it. Nothing like it.
This is the single greatest acted scene ever filmed. Not just Bogart, who is phenomenal, but everybody. The eyes of each actor are amazing. Bogart - first, confidence, then confusion, then insanity, then sadness. Ferrer - determination, then regret that he had to destroy this man. Marshal - anger at Greenwald's questioning, then shock at Queeg's breakdown. Johnson - pity. The men on the board - disbelief and concern.
Bogart was not just a gigantic movie star but also an incredibly gifted actor. Anyone who doubts it needs only to watch this scene. Breathtakingly good.
You cannot help but compare this scene to the courtroom seen from A Few Good Men. Of the two this plays out so much more authentically. There is no theatrical pounding on the table, shouting, and violent confrontation. There is simply an exchange as a prosecutor feeds rope, almost pitifully, to a man who hangs himself. Bogart's mania starts subtly and builds. Finally at 2:37 you see the realization cross his face, his eyes twitch and look aside and you can literally see every line in his face betray the knowledge that he has slid into the mania he worked so hard to control. The Nicholson outburst may be more quotable and meme worthy. It may give more visceral excitement in watching the performance but Bogart's performant soaks into every crevice of your being with the emotional content in its masterful understatement. Damn this is fantastic.
You nailed it with this post. Bogart and Nicholson, to me, are the most iconic actors of their generations and these scenes show their range and depth.
Even the set design...the outer hallway waiting area, the minimalistic furnishings in the room, the somewhat harsh lighting..this is very typical of what a conference room in the military looks like and I can attest to that from personal experience. Most courtroom dramas get the actual appearance of the courtroom wrong, this one nailed it. Little things like this add to the overall realism of the scene and the movie in general.
@@bachtobebop Did you watch the whole movie? Nicholson was doing a job and being looked down on for it. He was considered a relic and dinosaur yet he is consistently disrespected by the cocktail party crowd. While those high society officers and such pat each other on the back and talk policy he has to get the real job done and he resents it. He has resented it for years that he has had to operate outside the rules established by those he perceives as having no idea what the job is or entails. Cruise's character played on his ego and resentment. He fed him rope until he said EXACTLY what he had always wanted to say. This can and does happen, where a person's resentments and weaknesses are used to goad them into statements.
It's on my top five GOAT. It must be because I have returned to this YT page many times over three years to comment and read others' discovery of this great film. Cheers from Sunny Australia.
I wouldn't call it a top five favorite of mine but definitely a top twenty. It's always nice to meet another fan of a great movie most people haven't seen.
It's only real flaw is the tacked-on love story which has nothing to do with the plot of the film between two really bad actors we can't begin to care about. Their scenes are detours we just want to get through to get back to the actual story.
This is acting that can’t be taught. Only experience with excellence around you do you develop this way. Such talent is impossible except on stage at this point.
Bogart nailed it. When watching you can see the paranoia set in when Greenwald poked a hole in Queeg's adamantly believing a key existed. You then see him catch himself realizing he just torpedoed himself in the worst possible setting, and then you feel sympathy and pity seeing a broken man sitting in the chair. His career is OVER. Sadly if the officers had tried helping him instead of shunning him (thanks to Keefer) none of this would have happened which is why Greenwald felt so horrible at what he had to do.
Yes his acting was great, but the idea that if the officers had acted differently would have somehow cured him was ridiculous. Merrick never turned on him until he had to save the ship. In a stressful situation Queeg was not able to function.
In the book the Captain is given a dry land paper command. As an enlisted men (or woman now) it is always wise to do your best at your work and say "Yes Sir and No Sir" and steer clear of the officers - at least on the Caine. `The first Captain inadvertently set the tone for a lot of the discontent.
There's more to the scenario. True, the situation might have been better if the Captain had received some support from his officers when he tried to clear the air with them, BUT-- The Captain was in a bad place psychologically. His officers probably wouldn't have been able to carry him forever. Sooner or later he probably would have cracked up anyway. It was a bad situation that would have ended up with the Captain being relieved eventually, one way or another.
@@williamanthony9090 I find good movies, and good stories in general makes the audience ask 'what if?' and how it would affect the conclusion. You're probably right-Queeg would have eventually been relieved. But I like thinking if Keefer wasn't on board, a good leader like Mr. Maryk would have come around to Queeg's veiled pleas for help. With the right support and Queeg learning that yes, he can trust Maryk and probably other officers in his circle he might have been salvageable and turned into a very good captain. Sadly he was simply too tired from one too many U-boat encounters.
Queeg was broken before before he got to the Caine. He was probably never a good officer but he should not have been given another Sea Command. The idea that this wouldn't have happened had not Keefer caused it - is over blown. His officers attitude towards him was one thing but - his fitness for command is another. Whatever Keefer did - Queeg himself created, through his behavior, a lack of confidence in him among his officers. I can't say how he was before - but - on the Caine he would become focused on some trivial detail and lose track of what was important. Becoming obsessed with dressing down an enlisted man for having his shirt un-tucked while the ship was in a turn ... shouldn't have happened. The whole thing with the key ... he became obsessed with the trivial loss of some strawberries and disrupted the ship over them. Then there was the yellow stain. The Caine was supposed to escort these landing craft farther in than it did and ... I guess the strain was to much for him. This could be a result of his prior combat but is in fact inexcusable. Then in the storm - he became obsessed with following what he perceived to be his last order to maintain a course - which was going to get the ship sunk. The XO _had_ to take control of the ship here - otherwise it would have been lost - like several others were. Yes - a Captain is supposed to obey orders from his superiors - but - he is also supposed to exercise his own good judgment .... Queeg didn't have any good judgment left. We never see what he was like before his prior combat experience but ... he seriously never should have been given another sea command. Queeg was very much a casualty of the war. .
Wow! Bogart was absolutely fantastic! Everything from his tone of voice, the twitching, all the amazing gestures, and my favorite when he puts the metal balls in his hands. Brilliant!
Yet he also had the face of one completely confident in his position. We know he is having a paranoid breakdown but he knows he is right, in control, and will surely vindicate himself. Then ship forward to 2:37 when he realizes what everyone else has already seen. The disintegration of his confidence and realization that he has been had is amazingly conveyed. Such a masterwork of acting.
If you've ever seen his movie 'Dark Passage', at one point his face is totally bound by bandages, except for his eyes, and you realise how powerful Bogie's eyes were. Great acting isn't just delivering the lines, but a whole immersion in the character - and this was before Method became fashionable. A true master of his craft.
@@kennethfharkin And yet the men in that room look none of them happy but rather with pity and compassion at the revelation of his vulnerability. Some of the best acting EVER
By any measure, this was an extraordinary performance. A seasoned old salt, Queeg's descent into defensive anger is superbly acted. From 1:45 to 2:40, Bogart portrays a proud man disintegrating into naked confusion. Masterful!
Caine Mutiny is a wonderfully cast movie. Every actor does their character perfectly. For me, the real assessment of a great movie comes from how many times I can re-watch it. Well, Caine Mutiny, I have seen several times, and would love to see it again.
I watched the "Caine Mutiny Court martial" play at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in Los Angeles in the mid 1970's. Hume Cronin was one of the stars. My date was bored silly but I was totally engrossed in that fine drama.
@@brucetucker4847 Willie Keith is a shallow callow sheltered over-privileged kid who gains experience through real-life work and love, and gradually matures, during the course of the novel and film. As Wouk says in a foreword, "The story begins with Willie Keith because the event turned on his personality as the massive door of a vault turns on a small jewel bearing." (I just recently saw the 1959 movie _Operation Petticoat_, where Tony Curtis's character undergoes a similar growth.)
Oh my goodness this guy was so good. So good. A lost era. I saw this as a teenager in the 80s and I was blown away. 40 years later nothing has changed. Great script and direction. Great ensemble acting
It's no wonder Ferrer's character is disgusted with himself afterward. He hates that the only way he could get his client acquitted was to do this to Queeg.
It breaks my heart to see a good man pushed past his limits. This is one truly powerful performance, and it's a pity they don't know how to make movies like this anymore.
Jose Ferrer as Barney, (Maryk's defence attorney) knew he would crack up during testimony and highlights this knowledge later at the hotel where the "mutineers" are celebrating. This story seems like a doco when viewed, but of course is Herman Wouk's perfect fiction.
@@docmalthus yes, it was an all-star cast, but Bogey was at his best. There will never be another actor like him. All the other actors were brilliant too, particularly Jose Ferrer and Van Johnson. Robert Francis' career was too short as he died very young. What can be said too about Fred MacMurray? Such a rat in this movie, but was great and usually playing the "good guy" in other productions....think My Three Sons!
@@mattsantos4799 MacMurray mostly played rotters, total sh**s, in his most famous movies up until the early '60s, when his persona was retooled as the all-American good guy, the widower raising three male offspring in the anodyne sitcom "My Three Sons." If you want to see him as a total slimebag, watch him in 1960's "The Apartment," in which he plays Jeff Sheldrake, director of Personnel (which would now be called "Human Resources") at the (fictional) New York-based Consolidated Life Insurance Co., a selfish, adulterous, lying, treacherous jerk with a sadistic cruel streak who plays everyone around him, driving his extramarital girlfriend Fran (Shirley MacLaine) to a serious suicide attempt before she wises up to him. That film, like "Double Indemnity," was directed by Billy Wilder. MacMurray was magnificent in the role, almost overshadowing the two leads (MacLaine and Jack Lemmon, who were both excellent). The film was released just months before the series debut of "My Three Sons." Soon after, MacMurray appeared in "Flubber" and its sequels and "Follow Me, Boys!" and other saccharine Disney film comedies, all of which solidified MacMurray's new persona as Middle America's nice-guy dad-figure.
When my father was growing up, kids played marbles a lot. The metallic marbles were called "steelies." His grammar school teacher had banned the kids from bringing out their marbles in the classroom. One day, the teacher heard the sound of metallic rattling. She called out "Who's got steel balls?" One of the boys was quick to shout: "Superman!" I am sure he got detention. I am also sure he felt it was worth it.
This really reminds me of the scene in the series Better Call Saul where at Jimmy's disciplinary hearing he questions the mental competency of his brother Chuck who is seated in a position almost identical to Queeg.
@@thesoultwins72 Yes, that's true ... my understanding is that he actually cut way down on his drinking in the last 10 years of his life (after marriage to Lauren Bacall), but the smoking continued, plus whatever damage he did to himself during his heavy-drinking days was already accrued ... all adds up to a shorter life and career than it should have been. I think he would have been wonderful at "old man" characters in the 1970s but of course we'll never know.
@@VandelayIndustries61 .....Hmm, sorry - but I beg to differ. Bogart knew he was dying for some time and resigned himself to the fact. He regularly invited friends around to his house or on his beloved yacht ['Santana'] for drinks parties. Yes he may have cut down his intake slightly - but Betty never had the 'influence' to make him stop. [despite their 'happily married couple' image - theirs was a rocky relationship at times due to Bogart's drinking and the vast difference in ages]. In fact, during the filming of the 'African Queen' in 1951 - less than 6 years before Bogart's death - most of the cast and crew came down with dysentery as a result of drinking the local tap water. Bogart's solution was to fill the canteen that he is seen regularly sipping from in the film with neat whiskey! The same with cigarettes and he was a hardened smoker until the day he died. But that was how Bogart was. Totally comfortable in his own skin and a man who knew what he wanted and more often than not - got it. The rare thing about 'Caine Mutiny' is that it was possibly one of the only films he ever made that wasn't Bogart playing Bogart. Yes, it might have been interesting to see what he may have achieved if he had lived longer. But I am just grateful that we have so many wonderful memories of him while he was here.
It pisses me off when people say that Bogart was just "Bogart" when he acted, because he truly really was an amazing fascinating actor with an incredible hability to showcase emotion
I just watched this movie on TCM, all alone for the very 1st time an hour ago.. I literally, and in out of character, said out loud, ‘Wow’ when I saw that scene. The emotion and close up camera work was impeccable.I had to find it on you tube and watch it again
@@ECO473 Amazing how an actor can convey so much with just a look and zero dialogue. A look of complete shock and 'how did 3 psychiatrists miss this one!?'
I just got the metaphor. When someone is going crazy they are referred to as losing their marbles. And here is Bogart carefully controlling and rolling them in his hand. Amazing metaphor for someone trying desperately to show that he still has a grip, literally on his marbles. This movie is entertaining as hell to watch!
@@karguy1720 Years later, in a Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine", William Windom (Commadore Decker) pays homage to the ball bearings with a couple of computer tapes.
This was one of great performances I have ever seen. Bogart was under appreciated in my opinion. His ability to convey the characters paranoia was classic.
Such a great movie....I've watched it over a dozen times over the years, just got done watching it again on cable today.....this movie is so good that it's one of the few movies I'll watch on cable all the way through without changing the channel even once.....I've always wondered what a modern version remake of the movie would be like and who would play Cpt Queeg, XO Merrick, and Ensign Keith.
The cast of this superb motion picture is excellent, every character collaborated to make this film what it is ...a masterpiece, naming one actor in particular would be an injustice to the rest of them, I have watched it many times and I'd watch it again.
Yes. This is the difference between films of the ilk of Caine Mutiny compared to the formulaic nonsense of today....I think. Today's films cannot stand up to the scrutiny unlike the "....Mutiny" I truly did not intend that rhyme! Cheers from Sunny Australia.
In the story, Captain Queeg is a graduate of USNA class of 1936. In real life, my father was a graduate of USNA class of 1936 and in 1943-4 was a LTCDR and supply officer in USS Baltimore in the SW Pacific. The author Herman Wouk served with the USNR achieving the rank of LT during the war. My father died before I found out that Wouk created LTCDR Queeg as a fictional classmate of my father but given what I now know about my father's class many of its members served with distinction and given that most of them had achieved the rank of LTCDR they were in many ways the backbone of the navy holding many commands in destroyers and XO positions in bigger ships as well as many being outstanding aviators. Following the war many went on to senior command positions in the 1950s and some achieved flag rang in the 1960s. What threw me when I first saw the film was that when it was made Bogey was 55 years old and obviously so, whereas during the time covered in the story my father was about 29 years old and it would have been 4 years before I would be born.
“I am not crazy! I know there was a second key! As if I could ever make such a mistake-never! He covered his tracks, he got those mess ball boys to lie for him!”
Exactly. My father had two half brothers, almost 20 years his senior, who served in the navy in WWII. Both came back broken men who could never maintain a stable life until they died around 1980. He would get calls from bars to come pick one or the other up and we would find one of the uncles in the house the next morning. They were never a problem in the house, they simply went out to drink themselves into numbness whenever they were haunted. I didn't understand at the time but my father explained to me me there was little we could do for them but to take care of them as best we could. This was in the 1970s and the idea of PTSD had only started to get exposure while it had been shredding these men to pieces for thirty years.
Not much to add to the other comments. I just love seeing a story/film that can captivate and entertain us with well-written dialog and great acting alone...no need for spectacle, or silly outbursts..even the hearing room looks exactly like it should...without the stylish lighting and over the top set design. Two things I wanted to point out that maybe others already have: 2:55 when Capt Queeg realizes his own condition and regains his composure with dignity. And of course the incredible cross-examination performance of Jose Ferrer...no histrionics, concise use of language, using subtle inflection in his voice to ask questions....This is real acting and real storytelling here.
Bogie was 55 (much older than Queeg is supposed to be), and he looked every minute of it. It really helped sell the idea that Queeg's been on active duty too long, and that his insanity is something that could have happened to anyone under those circumstances.
After watching the several clips from this movie on RUclips, I find myself wanting to see the movie in its entirety. Bogart was great in this, and he deserved an Oscar for his performance, regardless of the competition. It's a shame that great performances have to compete with each other for the one prize, especially when each of the nominees is worth of the Oscar.
Years ago, I came home late from work. This movie was just coming on American movie channel. My mom was leaving the room, but she turned to me and told me that I should watch this movie. Knowing she never made such recommendations lightly, I took her advice. She was correct! Jose Ferrer does an excellent turn here, also.
It's a shame that there is only one "the best" in anything you can name. I think it is a bunch of horseshit, a product of our competitive culture that we need to lose, speaking of winning and losing.
@Will Kelly Then you must know that the novel's main character is Ensign (later Lieutenant) Keith, NOT Queeg ; and Queeg is not mentioned for at least several chapters. At the end, Keith is "the Last Captain of the Caine", and compared to the 3 captains before him, he was the best.
@@bobbyfrancis8957 Willie Keith is the POV character, but I don't think that he can fairly be described as "the novel's main character." As Wouk says in a foreword, "The story begins with Willie Keith because the event turned on his personality as the massive door of a vault turns on a small jewel bearing. "
Fred C. Dobbs is his character in ‘Treasure of the Sierra Madre’. The little ‘Mexican’ boy that sells him a winning lottery ticket is a young Robert Blake.
@@thesoultwins72 No I did not forget , they are worthy of honorable mention. Sam Spade particularly. However IF i were to admit to leaving anyone out, it would be Rick of Casablanca. Not over dramatic but the cynically world weary, reluctant hero stands the test of time. I still clinch up every time Louie says " Major Strahsa has been shot" and then the pause that seems like an eternity as he says " round up the usual suspects . Have seen it a 100 times and don't mind seeing it 100 more
the pressure that character would have felt when his officers turned on him, leaving him alone without the support he should have been able to rely on, would be enough to send any one who cared about their job mad too, such a sad sad story,
Ironically, the actors playing junior officers were far too old for their parts. Fred MacMurray, for example, was 46. The actors in "A Few Good Men" were age appropriate.
Imagine having the plum role in this movie, thinking you just nailed an Oscar, only to find out the *other* movie that got nominated up against you (in both Best Actor and Best Picture) was "On the Waterfront" starring Marlon Brando.
I'm sure he would have liked an Oscar for this, but he probably consoled himself knowing that he got beaten out by a masterpiece performance in a masterpiece of a movie.
We all know how good Humphrey and this scene is, but please notice one other thing: The RESTORATION!! This film would look shot by now without the modern tech to restore it. I actually bought this on Bluray, was not expecting much in terms of fidelity, and was SHOCKED out of my mind when I saw it! I am old enough to remember the broadcasts of it on TV and they looked BAD. This looks like the whole WONDERFUL film was shot three weeks ago!!
Agreed. Also bought the Blu-Ray. There's a short documentary on the restoration of this film. (I think they also restored The African Queen.) This movie looks beautiful on BD.
The crew's Narcissism prevented that happening. If all the executive crew had been as level headed as Maryk (although Steve Maryk was too easily swayed into believing Keefer's diagnosis eventually) the captain would have had good support and would have reacted far more favourably to suggestions from executive officers. This may have made the bridge more functional during the typhoon.
Wouk wrote a great novel of WWII. His service on Destroyer Minesweepers was still fresh in his mind. I like The Caine Mutiny better than his Winds of War.
"In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating - they’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”
This is very similar to a great scene in Better call Saul where Chuck goes on an insane rant while testifying. They were clearly inspired by this scene.
I like how their attorney said, if you had helped him. But if you watch threw the movie they did. When told of them in a circle he told him to shut up or go on report. He refused to listen. When told no key and who ate it he refused to listen. When the sailor said he had a rash he refused to listen always cutting people off. Plus lied on the report of what happend on the toe line. He was an incompetent
They were bound by their service to give all professional assistance to the Captain. But, as referred to by lawyer Greenwald, Queeg at one time dropped his 'attitude' and asked them for what was essentially private assistance to help him manage his personal difficulties, which they silently refused. From there on, Queeg lost all trust in his subordinates, believing they were conspiring against him. He was suffering battle fatigue after standing-guard over the US while everyone else was pursuing better paying careers.
Bogie will always be remembered as a tough guy but he also excelled in roles as borderline psychos- see Conflict & The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. My favorite actor.
Incredibly powerful acting. Mr. Bogart was before my time but he was still a legend during my childhood. I can see why. Thanks for posting this. I may rent the movie.
One of the truly great performances on screen. I read where this scene is often taught in law school when you want to bait a person to take the stand - only to showcase them hanging themselves.
This movie is one of my favorites of all time. Superb acting by the entire cast. Great, great stuff. The scene which follows this one, where Barney Greenwald, (Jose Ferrer), comes down to the victory party drunk and let's them all have it, especially Keefer, (Fred McMurray), is beautiful. That line Greenwald delivers to Keefer after he throws the champagne in his face was perfect. "If you want to do something about it I'll be outside. I'm drunk, so it'll be a fair fight." Damn good stuff.
This is a master class in acting and in my view made Bogart a legend. His subtle mannerisms and quirks and shaking but commanding voice was astonishing.
This is what i liked of these film. At the end we realized that Queeg wasn`t a plain villain but an ill soldier. We get to have empaty with him. In a Few Good men, everybody just hates Jessup (a character and a court room drama obviously inspired in The Caine Mutiny)
We will never see the likes of this again. Hollywood today has neither the writers nor the actors to make the classics of the past. Bogart, Cagney, Robinson and so many others who were not selected because they were 'pretty boys' but because they had actual talent and could convey strong emotions with just a look.
This could well be my favorite film of all time. This scene highlights how good Bogart really was...not an easy role as Capt. Queeg. His eyes appear to moisten throughout the scene. Actors today just don't have it...only my opinion people.
The whole courtroom drama plays to perfection in Herman Wouk’s novel-the words and dialogue literally fly off the page. Very little needed to be altered in the screenplay, that’s just how perfect the scene unfolds within the pages of the book.
The unsure look on his face when he conjured the term 'geometric logic' was brilliant acting.
When I was a senior in high school, our physics teacher was a retired naval officer. One day, he did a demonstration with an apparatus that showed the trajectory of steel balls. Before starting, he rolled a couple of balls together in his hand and said, "By my calculations, gentlemen, there should still be a pint of strawberries left." I was the only one who got the joke, because I had seen this movie.
It's very gratifying when a kid gets one of your obsolete jokes . . . .
I LOVE IT I WISH ID BEEN THERE LOL WE COULD HAVE TRADED LINES BACK AND FORTH ALL DAY
The guy is telling the truth!!!
did you told him?
What year was this? Not long after the movie or long after?
Bogart had a face that made you empathize with his characters. There was a sadness in his eyes that he conveyed so well.
"And he gets to be a naval officer?! What a sick joke!"
Too good!!
Not our Captain Queeg! Couldn't be him!
I think in the book, it's a little clearer that he's suffering from P.T.S.D.
I should have stopped him when I had the chance.
@@BoomiestBomb And you, you have to stop.....
One of the great pieces of acting I have ever seen. Bogart was superb in many roles. This one was no exception.
What makes it so moving is that Bogart realizes he's cracking up but still can't stop himself. Everyone thinks of Bogart as the romantic tough guy hero but he really did have range. His performance in Huston's Treasure of the Sierra Madre is also outstanding.
His performance as Dix Steele in the film In A Lonely Place is arguably his best though. Another role where he is teetering on the brink...
personally, i liked him in the boxing movie, "The harder they fall", with rod steiger, where he played a news reporter working for a corrupt boxing promoter.; but i loved treasure of sierra madre
@@davidr5961 Steiger said that a lot of scenes had to be re done as Bogart had tears in his eyes...poor devil was in pain from the cancer that killed him mere months later...
@@philiphalpenny3783 Yes, was a shame we lost him so young
His work in Sabrina and We’re No Angels showed his comedy chops, too.
That look in Queeg's eyes when he realises he's just made himself look utterly insane, doing more to undermine his case than any defence lawyer ever could... THAT right there is acting my friends. Everyone in this film was brilliant but Bogart was beyond impeccable.
Indeed. It's an incredible piece of work, even by today's highly refined acting.
The actor played Tom was also good.
That’s Captain Queeg! That’s two demerits and no liberty for 5 weekends. Now swab those decks.
That's the horror of mental illness: the point you really know you've lost it. Bogart's look at that point was perfectly heartbreaking. All the years, the work, the service, the achievement, just gone, replaced by humiliation. He's helpless inside his own mind and a pitiable wreck in the eyes of all those around him, and he finally feels the entire weight of the loss.
absolutely. very realistic and plausible. l watched this film in my teens and went back about 4 times since. Bogie truly was and made the Golden Age
I understand that after this scene the entire cast and crew of the movie stood and gave Bogart a round of applause.
It is brilliant.👍
Bogart was way too old for Queeq but the studio insisted on casting him instead of Richard Widmark, who had already signed on for the film. However, Bogart was phenomenal in the role. This scene is one of the finest of his career.
Is that right!? Wow!!! I'm telling you, the movies back in the day were the best.
@@douglaslally156 One of the few times the studio got it right then haha
That's interesting because Bogart was one of the first Hollywood stars who took control of his career. He carefullly saved his money. If he thought a project wasn't for him, he'd hand the script back.
So everyone was in agreement on this one.
This is such an incredible piece of acting that shows bogart would’ve held up just fine against todays best actors. The talking so fast he runs out of breath, the stammering to get the words out, and the completely empty, glazed over look in his eyes is outstanding. This is one of the few times he got to step out of the tough guy role and it’s an absolute gem.
Little Shirly Temple's acting would have stood up fine against today's actors. Simply due to the fact that today's actors don't act. They don''t project any personality or emotion. They just talk. Even in intense or violent scenes they just talk.
@@kurtb8474 You need to watch better movies
Jesus, Bogart was fantastic. They don't make 'em like that anymore. The camera angle during his dialogue is brilliant.
`Bogart makes himself look crazy. That's acting.
Amen!
The reaction shots were brilliant. They cut back and forth between Bogarts animated fact to everyone else being totally stone-faced.
It almost made me cry.
The shots of the clicking bearing balls, so telling, so brilliant.
Check out Michael McKean's performance in Better Call Saul's "Chicanery" episode. It's basically this.
One of the best movie scenes of all time.
Better Call Saul's episode "Chicanery" was inspired by this movie, which is one of Vince Gilligan's favorites. Chuck's breakdown was an amazing homage to Queeg's
I thought so! First things I thought of when I watched that episode...
And Mike has this movie on his tv in one episode of better call Saul
Couldn't keep his hands out of the strawberry can!
The funny thing is both Chuck and Queeg were right.
go to the doctor. i saw ist again and say : boring, lousy story , horrible music and a senseless breake after the trial
RIP Humphrey Bogart (December 25, 1899 - January 14, 1957), aged 57
And
RIP José Ferrer (January 8, 1912 - January 26, 1992), aged 80
You both will be remembered as legends.
Wow! Didn't know that BogeyBaby was born on Xmas Day! No wonder he became a Hollywood star!❤ May he continue to RIHP!❤❤❤
Humphrey Bogart was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for the Caine Mutiny. He later said that it was his easiest role, "Everybody knows I'm crazy."
anyone that smoked as much as he did had to be crazy...
Thank you
@@mikepatrick5909Smoking was promoted as "healthy" back then, even though medical research showed the relationship to cancer and heart disease in the 1930's.
this was his finest role. he disappears into the character
@@richardm3023 Cigarette commercials back in the day actually would say "this brand is recommended by doctors". Can you believe that? My mother remembers the the doctor smoking in the delivery room when I was born in 1955.
One of the finest actors of all time, doing what he does so well.
That moment when Queeq catches himself rambling and spouting gibberish nonsense was played masterfully by Bogart. Queeq was a deeply complex character who probably knew he had psychological problems but tried to bury them. This moment in the film is when he comes to terms with all it. A sad moment handled deftly by a master actor.
Beautifully stated Douglas....as a paralegal I find this court room scene pure gold as well as the sensible pre-Judge Advocate work...
Queeq was a true warrior. As an officer seeing combat he paid a mental price for making life or death decisions. Sad, so very sad.
I've sailed with a couple of Captain's like that...Brilliant yet sometimes very bizarre.
@@vincentfisher1603 you're absolutely right! Good chances are he sailed in the 2nd World War where life and death at sea depended on what decision you'd make. I once sailed with a Captain who was a real son of a gun . Very tough , strong on discipline and worked the officer's and crew hard...But everyone said that if we had to go to war he would be the Commanding officer they would want to sail with.
When you are in command of anything, you have no one to support you, psychologically. You are the one giving the support or discipline etc.
When crisis hit, it's a test in itself to stay calm and competent while others are falling apart all around you.
The character in this scene (Bogart) has reached the point where his "neurosis" gets the best of him, and is revealed in public.
He can no longer control the outcome once it's seen.
(The brain has a mind of its own, huh?)
It's like his true self found its way out of the "ship." Finally.
His own Mutiny.........is revealed.
It's himself. Lol
Beautifully played by a sensational actor and talented man.
RIP Mr. Bogart. ❤
Thanks for this video.
That scene alone was worth an academy award. It’s probably one of the greatest scenes in movie history. Queeg breaking down and realizing he’s lost it. Nothing like it.
This is the single greatest acted scene ever filmed. Not just Bogart, who is phenomenal, but everybody. The eyes of each actor are amazing. Bogart - first, confidence, then confusion, then insanity, then sadness. Ferrer - determination, then regret that he had to destroy this man. Marshal - anger at Greenwald's questioning, then shock at Queeg's breakdown. Johnson - pity. The men on the board - disbelief and concern.
Bogart was not just a gigantic movie star but also an incredibly gifted actor. Anyone who doubts it needs only to watch this scene. Breathtakingly good.
Bogart was a master of the screen. He totally immersed himself in this role and proved he was not a one dimensional actor.
He was the consummate professional and made all those around him better
You cannot help but compare this scene to the courtroom seen from A Few Good Men. Of the two this plays out so much more authentically. There is no theatrical pounding on the table, shouting, and violent confrontation. There is simply an exchange as a prosecutor feeds rope, almost pitifully, to a man who hangs himself. Bogart's mania starts subtly and builds. Finally at 2:37 you see the realization cross his face, his eyes twitch and look aside and you can literally see every line in his face betray the knowledge that he has slid into the mania he worked so hard to control. The Nicholson outburst may be more quotable and meme worthy. It may give more visceral excitement in watching the performance but Bogart's performant soaks into every crevice of your being with the emotional content in its masterful understatement. Damn this is fantastic.
You nailed it with this post. Bogart and Nicholson, to me, are the most iconic actors of their generations and these scenes show their range and depth.
Even the set design...the outer hallway waiting area, the minimalistic furnishings in the room, the somewhat harsh lighting..this is very typical of what a conference room in the military looks like and I can attest to that from personal experience. Most courtroom dramas get the actual appearance of the courtroom wrong, this one nailed it. Little things like this add to the overall realism of the scene and the movie in general.
Both are great scenes, but there is something so sad and pathetic when you see Queeg have his little epiphany. Bogey really nailed this.
Why would Jack says he's guilty? Good acting but not happening in real life.
@@bachtobebop Did you watch the whole movie? Nicholson was doing a job and being looked down on for it. He was considered a relic and dinosaur yet he is consistently disrespected by the cocktail party crowd. While those high society officers and such pat each other on the back and talk policy he has to get the real job done and he resents it. He has resented it for years that he has had to operate outside the rules established by those he perceives as having no idea what the job is or entails. Cruise's character played on his ego and resentment. He fed him rope until he said EXACTLY what he had always wanted to say.
This can and does happen, where a person's resentments and weaknesses are used to goad them into statements.
Paranoid acting at its finest. "The Caine Mutiny" is beyond the shadow of a doubt one of my favorite movies ever.
It's on my top five GOAT. It must be because I have returned to this YT page many times over three years to comment and read others' discovery of this great film. Cheers from Sunny Australia.
I wouldn't call it a top five favorite of mine but definitely a top twenty. It's always nice to meet another fan of a great movie most people haven't seen.
It's only real flaw is the tacked-on love story which has nothing to do with the plot of the film between two really bad actors we can't begin to care about. Their scenes are detours we just want to get through to get back to the actual story.
This is acting that can’t be taught. Only experience with excellence around you do you develop this way. Such talent is impossible except on stage at this point.
Bogart nailed it. When watching you can see the paranoia set in when Greenwald poked a hole in Queeg's adamantly believing a key existed. You then see him catch himself realizing he just torpedoed himself in the worst possible setting, and then you feel sympathy and pity seeing a broken man sitting in the chair. His career is OVER. Sadly if the officers had tried helping him instead of shunning him (thanks to Keefer) none of this would have happened which is why Greenwald felt so horrible at what he had to do.
Yes his acting was great, but the idea that if the officers had acted differently would have somehow cured him was
ridiculous. Merrick never turned on him until he had to save the ship. In a stressful situation Queeg was not able to function.
In the book the Captain is given a dry land paper command. As an enlisted men (or woman now) it is always wise to do your best at your work and say "Yes Sir and No Sir" and steer clear of the officers - at least on the Caine. `The first Captain inadvertently set the tone for a lot of the discontent.
There's more to the scenario. True, the situation might have been better if the Captain had received some support from his officers when he tried to clear the air with them, BUT-- The Captain was in a bad place psychologically. His officers probably wouldn't have been able to carry him forever. Sooner or later he probably would have cracked up anyway. It was a bad situation that would have ended up with the Captain being relieved eventually, one way or another.
@@williamanthony9090 I find good movies, and good stories in general makes the audience ask 'what if?' and how it would affect the conclusion. You're probably right-Queeg would have eventually been relieved. But I like thinking if Keefer wasn't on board, a good leader like Mr. Maryk would have come around to Queeg's veiled pleas for help. With the right support and Queeg learning that yes, he can trust Maryk and probably other officers in his circle he might have been salvageable and turned into a very good captain. Sadly he was simply too tired from one too many U-boat encounters.
Queeg was broken before before he got to the Caine. He was probably never a good officer but he should not have been given another Sea Command. The idea that this wouldn't have happened had not Keefer caused it - is over blown. His officers attitude towards him was one thing but - his fitness for command is another. Whatever Keefer did - Queeg himself created, through his behavior, a lack of confidence in him among his officers.
I can't say how he was before - but - on the Caine he would become focused on some trivial detail and lose track of what was important. Becoming obsessed with dressing down an enlisted man for having his shirt un-tucked while the ship was in a turn ... shouldn't have happened. The whole thing with the key ... he became obsessed with the trivial loss of some strawberries and disrupted the ship over them.
Then there was the yellow stain. The Caine was supposed to escort these landing craft farther in than it did and ... I guess the strain was to much for him. This could be a result of his prior combat but is in fact inexcusable.
Then in the storm - he became obsessed with following what he perceived to be his last order to maintain a course - which was going to get the ship sunk. The XO _had_ to take control of the ship here - otherwise it would have been lost - like several others were. Yes - a Captain is supposed to obey orders from his superiors - but - he is also supposed to exercise his own good judgment .... Queeg didn't have any good judgment left.
We never see what he was like before his prior combat experience but ... he seriously never should have been given another sea command.
Queeg was very much a casualty of the war.
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Wow! Bogart was absolutely fantastic! Everything from his tone of voice, the twitching, all the amazing gestures, and my favorite when he puts the metal balls in his hands. Brilliant!
1:46 - look at his face and eyes. He really does look like a man on the verge of a paranoid breakdown.
Excellent acting.
Yet he also had the face of one completely confident in his position. We know he is having a paranoid breakdown but he knows he is right, in control, and will surely vindicate himself. Then ship forward to 2:37 when he realizes what everyone else has already seen. The disintegration of his confidence and realization that he has been had is amazingly conveyed. Such a masterwork of acting.
If you've ever seen his movie 'Dark Passage', at one point his face is totally bound by bandages, except for his eyes, and you realise how powerful Bogie's eyes were. Great acting isn't just delivering the lines, but a whole immersion in the character - and this was before Method became fashionable. A true master of his craft.
@@kennethfharkin And yet the men in that room look none of them happy but rather with pity and compassion at the revelation of his vulnerability. Some of the best acting EVER
By any measure, this was an extraordinary performance. A seasoned old salt, Queeg's descent into defensive anger is superbly acted. From 1:45 to 2:40, Bogart portrays a proud man disintegrating into naked confusion. Masterful!
Caine Mutiny is a wonderfully cast movie. Every actor does their character perfectly.
For me, the real assessment of a great movie comes from how many times I can re-watch it.
Well, Caine Mutiny, I have seen several times, and would love to see it again.
I watched the "Caine Mutiny Court martial" play at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in Los Angeles in the mid 1970's. Hume Cronin was one of the stars. My date was bored silly but I was totally engrossed in that fine drama.
Should be a requirement in acting schools.
I dislike the actor playing Ensign Keith intensely. Do you think his character was intended to be so irritating?
@@brucetucker4847 If the character was supposed to be irritating, then the actor succeeded.
@@brucetucker4847 Willie Keith is a shallow callow sheltered over-privileged kid who gains experience through real-life work and love, and gradually matures, during the course of the novel and film. As Wouk says in a foreword, "The story begins with Willie Keith because the event turned on his personality as the massive door of a vault turns on a small jewel bearing."
(I just recently saw the 1959 movie _Operation Petticoat_, where Tony Curtis's character undergoes a similar growth.)
what a joy it must have been to watch this film being made. what an all-star cast!!
all star ? die waren alle schlecht- bis auf macmurray
Oh my goodness this guy was so good. So good. A lost era. I saw this as a teenager in the 80s and I was blown away. 40 years later nothing has changed. Great script and direction. Great ensemble acting
After Bogart's diatribe, the subtle look of empathy on José Ferrer's is priceless
Ferrer was perfect!
It's no wonder Ferrer's character is disgusted with himself afterward. He hates that the only way he could get his client acquitted was to do this to Queeg.
It breaks my heart to see a good man pushed past his limits.
This is one truly powerful performance, and it's a pity they don't know how to make movies like this anymore.
He was already passed that limit before stepping aboard the Caine.
@@patrickradcliffe3837 When they're so desperate for qualified captains, they send broken men back to sea.
War, damn it.
That look on E.G. Marshall's face: You just saw your client torpedo himself.
Everyone was in pain watching him torpedo himself. Even Maryk.
Jose Ferrer as Barney, (Maryk's defence attorney) knew he would crack up during testimony and highlights this knowledge later at the hotel where the "mutineers" are celebrating. This story seems like a doco when viewed, but of course is Herman Wouk's perfect fiction.
@@Warpedsmac Same look EG Marshall had on his face when Orson Welles finished his closing statement in the movie: Compulsion.
Bogie so excellent; Jose Ferrer as Lt. Greenwald also magnificent.
Fred MacMurray was great too.
@@docmalthus yes, it was an all-star cast, but Bogey was at his best. There will never be another actor like him. All the other actors were brilliant too, particularly Jose Ferrer and Van Johnson. Robert Francis' career was too short as he died very young. What can be said too about Fred MacMurray? Such a rat in this movie, but was great and usually playing the "good guy" in other productions....think My Three Sons!
@@erinserb check Fred out in Double Indemnity, with Barbara Stannwyck and Edward G Robinson. Another departure from the good guy role.
@@erinserb True as can be. An epic film.
@@mattsantos4799 MacMurray mostly played rotters, total sh**s, in his most famous movies up until the early '60s, when his persona was retooled as the all-American good guy, the widower raising three male offspring in the anodyne sitcom "My Three Sons." If you want to see him as a total slimebag, watch him in 1960's "The Apartment," in which he plays Jeff Sheldrake, director of Personnel (which would now be called "Human Resources") at the (fictional) New York-based Consolidated Life Insurance Co., a selfish, adulterous, lying, treacherous jerk with a sadistic cruel streak who plays everyone around him, driving his extramarital girlfriend Fran (Shirley MacLaine) to a serious suicide attempt before she wises up to him. That film, like "Double Indemnity," was directed by Billy Wilder. MacMurray was magnificent in the role, almost overshadowing the two leads (MacLaine and Jack Lemmon, who were both excellent). The film was released just months before the series debut of "My Three Sons." Soon after, MacMurray appeared in "Flubber" and its sequels and "Follow Me, Boys!" and other saccharine Disney film comedies, all of which solidified MacMurray's new persona as Middle America's nice-guy dad-figure.
When my father was growing up, kids played marbles a lot. The metallic marbles were called "steelies." His grammar school teacher had banned the kids from bringing out their marbles in the classroom. One day, the teacher heard the sound of metallic rattling. She called out "Who's got steel balls?" One of the boys was quick to shout: "Superman!" I am sure he got detention. I am also sure he felt it was worth it.
This made my day! or maybe my week! Vielen Dank!!!
This really reminds me of the scene in the series Better Call Saul where at Jimmy's disciplinary hearing he questions the mental competency of his brother Chuck who is seated in a position almost identical to Queeg.
My thoughts exactly.
The scene in "Chicanery" BCS was inspired by this.
HE DEFECATED THROUGH A SUNROOF
@@mr.anitabonghit Yeah what was that called again? The Chicago something..
So glad we have that in colour.
Also Miguel Ferrer is brilliant in this scene. Doing his duty and yet visibly hating every minute of it.
Masterclass.
What a deep, articulate voice Ferrer had too (passed it on to his son as well).
Actually, as @T Demo sorta notes, Lt Greenwald is played by José Ferrer, Miguel's father. I liked Miguel as well, in _Twin Peaks_ and _Broken Badges_.
Howard Cherniack
Crapola! My bad. 😳😳😳
Jose is great though. You’re right. It’s an amazing performance by two top actors.
Bogart was a blessing. We were lucky to have him as long as we did.
Ronald Bittner.....considering he was such a hard-drinking, heavy smoker - you're probably right.
@@thesoultwins72 Yes, that's true ... my understanding is that he actually cut way down on his drinking in the last 10 years of his life (after marriage to Lauren Bacall), but the smoking continued, plus whatever damage he did to himself during his heavy-drinking days was already accrued ... all adds up to a shorter life and career than it should have been. I think he would have been wonderful at "old man" characters in the 1970s but of course we'll never know.
@@VandelayIndustries61 .....Hmm, sorry - but I beg to differ. Bogart knew he was dying for some time and resigned himself to the fact. He regularly invited friends around to his house or on his beloved yacht ['Santana'] for drinks parties. Yes he may have cut down his intake slightly - but Betty never had the 'influence' to make him stop. [despite their 'happily married couple' image - theirs was a rocky relationship at times due to Bogart's drinking and the vast difference in ages].
In fact, during the filming of the 'African Queen' in 1951 - less than 6 years before Bogart's death - most of the cast and crew came down with dysentery as a result of drinking the local tap water. Bogart's solution was to fill the canteen that he is seen regularly sipping from in the film with neat whiskey!
The same with cigarettes and he was a hardened smoker until the day he died. But that was how Bogart was. Totally comfortable in his own skin and a man who knew what he wanted and more often than not - got it. The rare thing about 'Caine Mutiny' is that it was possibly one of the only films he ever made that wasn't Bogart playing Bogart.
Yes, it might have been interesting to see what he may have achieved if he had lived longer. But I am just grateful that we have so many wonderful memories of him while he was here.
"My disloyal officers failed me"... my favorite line from the Caine Mutiny.
I cannot believe I waited so long to start watching Humphrey Bogart Movies! What an actor! His range is spectacular!
If you haven't yet, watch The Big Sleep; he's perfect as Philip Marlowe.
Key Largo and Dark Passage.
The Enforcer from the early 50s. Overlooked masterpiece!
It pisses me off when people say that Bogart was just "Bogart" when he acted, because he truly really was an amazing fascinating actor with an incredible hability to showcase emotion
He was fantastic in this movie
Maybe they've only seen him play private eye type characters, where the classic Bogart persona came from.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
and The Barefoot Contessa
(1954) were also among the superlatives of his acting abilities!.. 🤩🤗😎😍
I just watched this movie on TCM, all alone for the very 1st time an hour ago.. I literally, and in out of character, said out loud, ‘Wow’ when I saw that scene. The emotion and close up camera work was impeccable.I had to find it on you tube and watch it again
The look on EG Marshal’s face is priceless. What a great movie
Cracks me up every time. It's like he's saying, "Oh My God.....this guy IS nuts." 😆
@@Swlabr61 he always had the best facial expressions!
"Capt Queig is nuts. But sane." What a look.
Quint: That's the look of a lawyer who just saw his case get sunk by his star witness.
@@ECO473 Amazing how an actor can convey so much with just a look and zero dialogue. A look of complete shock and 'how did 3 psychiatrists miss this one!?'
Forget Casablanca. This was Bogart's best performance ever.
That was also a great movie!
I just got the metaphor. When someone is going crazy they are referred to as losing their marbles. And here is Bogart carefully controlling and rolling them in his hand. Amazing metaphor for someone trying desperately to show that he still has a grip, literally on his marbles. This movie is entertaining as hell to watch!
They're not marbles, they're ball bearings.
@@karguy1720 Years later, in a Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine", William Windom (Commadore Decker) pays homage to the ball bearings with a couple of computer tapes.
@@WayneKeen Another impressive performance that unfortunately is often derided by critics. I think it stands up to Bogie's.
In the close up the genius of his acting, the dissection and clear communication of each beat, is so clear. Amazing.
IMO this is the best scene Bogey ever did. It seemed totally believable, drew you in, and made you feel for the guy. Good camera work and editing too.
Humphrey Bogart a terrific actor
This was one of great performances I have ever seen. Bogart was under appreciated in my opinion. His ability to convey the characters paranoia was classic.
Such a great movie....I've watched it over a dozen times over the years, just got done watching it again on cable today.....this movie is so good that it's one of the few movies I'll watch on cable all the way through without changing the channel even once.....I've always wondered what a modern version remake of the movie would be like and who would play Cpt Queeg, XO Merrick, and Ensign Keith.
The cast of this superb motion picture is excellent, every character collaborated to make this film what it is ...a masterpiece, naming one actor in particular would be an injustice to the rest of them, I have watched it many times and I'd watch it again.
These older movies were so much better then what they make today.
We're still breaking down this scene and the acting decades later. Awesome.
Yes. This is the difference between films of the ilk of Caine Mutiny compared to the formulaic nonsense of today....I think. Today's films cannot stand up to the scrutiny unlike the "....Mutiny" I truly did not intend that rhyme! Cheers from Sunny Australia.
In the story, Captain Queeg is a graduate of USNA class of 1936. In real life, my father was a graduate of USNA class of 1936 and in 1943-4 was a LTCDR and supply officer in USS Baltimore in the SW Pacific. The author Herman Wouk served with the USNR achieving the rank of LT during the war. My father died before I found out that Wouk created LTCDR Queeg as a fictional classmate of my father but given what I now know about my father's class many of its members served with distinction and given that most of them had achieved the rank of LTCDR they were in many ways the backbone of the navy holding many commands in destroyers and XO positions in bigger ships as well as many being outstanding aviators. Following the war many went on to senior command positions in the 1950s and some achieved flag rang in the 1960s. What threw me when I first saw the film was that when it was made Bogey was 55 years old and obviously so, whereas during the time covered in the story my father was about 29 years old and it would have been 4 years before I would be born.
What made Bogart a true legend was his willingness to lay himself open to the bone!
“I am not crazy! I know there was a second key! As if I could ever make such a mistake-never! He covered his tracks, he got those mess ball boys to lie for him!”
This movie is better than most viewers today realize. PTSD wasn't known at the time. ;-)
Exactly. My father had two half brothers, almost 20 years his senior, who served in the navy in WWII. Both came back broken men who could never maintain a stable life until they died around 1980. He would get calls from bars to come pick one or the other up and we would find one of the uncles in the house the next morning. They were never a problem in the house, they simply went out to drink themselves into numbness whenever they were haunted. I didn't understand at the time but my father explained to me me there was little we could do for them but to take care of them as best we could. This was in the 1970s and the idea of PTSD had only started to get exposure while it had been shredding these men to pieces for thirty years.
PTSD has always been known. Just by different names and acronyms
In wwi it was known as “shell shock “. Also a lot of young men had their hair permanently turned white while serving in the trenches.
Only by the people who were going through it.
Not much to add to the other comments. I just love seeing a story/film that can captivate and entertain us with well-written dialog and great acting alone...no need for spectacle, or silly outbursts..even the hearing room looks exactly like it should...without the stylish lighting and over the top set design.
Two things I wanted to point out that maybe others already have: 2:55 when Capt Queeg realizes his own condition and regains his composure with dignity. And of course the incredible cross-examination performance of Jose Ferrer...no histrionics, concise use of language, using subtle inflection in his voice to ask questions....This is real acting and real storytelling here.
I read that the film crew was so awestruck by Bogart's performance in this scene, they broke out in thunderous applause after it was over.
I never watched this movie on anything other than 70s TV screens. That craggly face is amazing.
Bogie was 55 (much older than Queeg is supposed to be), and he looked every minute of it. It really helped sell the idea that Queeg's been on active duty too long, and that his insanity is something that could have happened to anyone under those circumstances.
After watching the several clips from this movie on RUclips, I find myself wanting to see the movie in its entirety. Bogart was great in this, and he deserved an Oscar for his performance, regardless of the competition. It's a shame that great performances have to compete with each other for the one prize, especially when each of the nominees is worth of the Oscar.
Years ago, I came home late from work. This movie was just coming on American movie channel. My mom was leaving the room, but she turned to me and told me that I should watch this movie. Knowing she never made such recommendations lightly, I took her advice. She was correct! Jose Ferrer does an excellent turn here, also.
It's a shame that there is only one "the best" in anything you can name. I think it is a bunch of horseshit, a product of our competitive culture that we need to lose, speaking of winning and losing.
@Will Kelly Then you must know that the novel's main character is Ensign (later Lieutenant) Keith, NOT Queeg ; and Queeg is not mentioned for at least several chapters. At the end, Keith is "the Last Captain of the Caine", and compared to the 3 captains before him, he was the best.
@@bobbyfrancis8957 Willie Keith is the POV character, but I don't think that he can fairly be described as "the novel's main character." As Wouk says in a foreword, "The story begins with Willie Keith because the event turned
on his personality as the massive door of a vault turns on a small
jewel bearing. "
Aside of Bogart`s there were at least 2 other Oscar worthy performances that year: Brando for On the Waterfront and James Mason for a Star is Born.
I remember when Richie on Happy Days was put in charge of his ROTC platoon. He dreamed this scene. :)
Be it Rick, Captain Queeq, or Frack C Dobbs Bogart was one of the best.
Fred C. Dobbs is his character in ‘Treasure of the Sierra Madre’. The little ‘Mexican’ boy that sells him a winning lottery ticket is a young Robert Blake.
Brother Nkosi......you forgot his portrayal of the eponymous 'Private Eye' - Phillip Marlowe [The Big Sleep] and as Sam Spade [The Maltese Falcon]
@@thesoultwins72 No I did not forget , they are worthy of honorable mention. Sam Spade particularly. However IF i were to admit to leaving anyone out, it would be Rick of Casablanca. Not over dramatic but the cynically world weary, reluctant hero stands the test of time. I still clinch up every time Louie says " Major Strahsa has been shot" and then the pause that seems like an eternity as he says " round up the usual suspects . Have seen it a 100 times and don't mind seeing it 100 more
Don't forget about him as Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest " ok pal"
Ain’t that the truth! And Linus from ‘Sabrina’. He is my favorite actor of all time!
Bogey was a sailboat person. He loved this part!
To see the gradual disintegration of Queeg is one of the more heartbreaking scenes in movie history. Bogart pulled this scene off beautifully.
the pressure that character would have felt when his officers turned on him, leaving him alone without the support he should have been able to rely on, would be enough to send any one who cared about their job mad too, such a sad sad story,
The days of actors, and not just script readers.
One of the best movies ever made. Psychological stuff. Layered and terrific. Awesome performances all around
Memories of A Few Good Men. Acting is a state of mind. They were in it.
Ironically, the actors playing junior officers were far too old for their parts. Fred MacMurray, for example, was 46. The actors in "A Few Good Men" were age appropriate.
Imagine having the plum role in this movie, thinking you just nailed an Oscar, only to find out the *other* movie that got nominated up against you (in both Best Actor and Best Picture) was "On the Waterfront" starring Marlon Brando.
Such great movies.
didn't the same happen with "Gone With the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz"?
I'm sure he would have liked an Oscar for this, but he probably consoled himself knowing that he got beaten out by a masterpiece performance in a masterpiece of a movie.
There were a number of plum roles in that movie.
We all know how good Humphrey and this scene is, but please notice one other thing: The RESTORATION!! This film would look shot by now without the modern tech to restore it. I actually bought this on Bluray, was not expecting much in terms of fidelity, and was SHOCKED out of my mind when I saw it! I am old enough to remember the broadcasts of it on TV and they looked BAD. This looks like the whole WONDERFUL film was shot three weeks ago!!
Agreed. Also bought the Blu-Ray. There's a short documentary on the restoration of this film. (I think they also restored The African Queen.) This movie looks beautiful on BD.
ok, boomer
@@joegerbils8291 Well, you know what people like you do with Gerbils.
Great movie! Bogart was brilliant. I felt so sorry for his character. He was clearly asking for help but no one heard him
The crew's Narcissism prevented that happening. If all the executive crew had been as level headed as Maryk (although Steve Maryk was too easily swayed into believing Keefer's diagnosis eventually) the captain would have had good support and would have reacted far more favourably to suggestions from executive officers. This may have made the bridge more functional during the typhoon.
One of the best performance by an actor , EVER !!!!
complete nonsense
The book was awesome also. I've read it maybe 4 or 5 times, can't recommend it highly enough.
blockmasterscott me too! One of my favorites
Wouk wrote a great novel of WWII. His service on Destroyer Minesweepers was still fresh in his mind. I like The Caine Mutiny better than his Winds of War.
Agreed, a great book and equally great movie.
blockmasterscott .....Totally agree. excellent read - although Nicholas Monserrat's 'The Cruel Sea' is my all-time favourite war-time naval story.
You are so right. It's one of the best books I have ever read.
"In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating - they’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”
Hey 11/2 he is blowing the microphone!
This is very similar to a great scene in Better call Saul where Chuck goes on an insane rant while testifying. They were clearly inspired by this scene.
"Bogie" and Cagney were two of the best.⚓⚓⚓
They were the best mate.
Loved Cagney in Mr.Roberts.
It takes two great actors to make such a great scene.
The captain of a ship can never be seen as weak by his crew. That I learned from "Star Trek."
I like how their attorney said, if you had helped him. But if you watch threw the movie they did. When told of them in a circle he told him to shut up or go on report. He refused to listen. When told no key and who ate it he refused to listen. When the sailor said he had a rash he refused to listen always cutting people off. Plus lied on the report of what happend on the toe line. He was an incompetent
They were bound by their service to give all professional assistance to the Captain. But, as referred to by lawyer Greenwald, Queeg at one time dropped his 'attitude' and asked them for what was essentially private assistance to help him manage his personal difficulties, which they silently refused. From there on, Queeg lost all trust in his subordinates, believing they were conspiring against him. He was suffering battle fatigue after standing-guard over the US while everyone else was pursuing better paying careers.
@@electronwave4551 Queeg was asking them, in effect, to love him. But in order to be loved, you have to be lovable . . .
Daaaaaaamn right. "Incompetent" is too generous and too complicated. Simply put, he was an a$$hole.
Bogie will always be remembered as a tough guy but he also excelled in roles as borderline psychos- see Conflict & The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
My favorite actor.
Academy award scene, no one could act like him.
Incredibly powerful acting. Mr. Bogart was before my time but he was still a legend during my childhood. I can see why. Thanks for posting this. I may rent the movie.
One of my All-time favorite movies.
Oh my God, what a performance. The look in Bogart's eyes; I felt like I was witnessing a real breakdown.
One of the truly great performances on screen. I read where this scene is often taught in law school when you want to bait a person to take the stand - only to showcase them hanging themselves.
This movie is one of my favorites of all time. Superb acting by the entire cast. Great, great stuff. The scene which follows this one, where Barney Greenwald, (Jose Ferrer), comes down to the victory party drunk and let's them all have it, especially Keefer, (Fred McMurray), is beautiful. That line Greenwald delivers to Keefer after he throws the champagne in his face was perfect. "If you want to do something about it I'll be outside. I'm drunk, so it'll be a fair fight."
Damn good stuff.
You're right - the follow up scene had slipped my mind. Jeez this was - and remains - one of the best films.
Hard to believe that Jose Ferrer went from being a military attorney to Emperor of the Known Universe only 30 years later.
I heard he had to change his name to Shaddam IV when he entered the Witness Protection Program.
@@bujmoose3992 That's Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV to you!
This is a master class in acting and in my view made Bogart a legend. His subtle mannerisms and quirks and shaking but commanding voice was astonishing.
love this movie. He wasn’t a bad man he just was a broken man who truly got no support
in his mental struggles
This is what i liked of these film. At the end we realized that Queeg wasn`t a plain villain but an ill soldier. We get to have empaty with him. In a Few Good men, everybody just hates Jessup (a character and a court room drama obviously inspired in The Caine Mutiny)
He was the best! Miss him like crazy!
This scene inspired the end of the episode "Chicanery" in Better Call Saul.
What a great actor.
We will never see the likes of this again. Hollywood today has neither the writers nor the actors to make the classics of the past. Bogart, Cagney, Robinson and so many others who were not selected because they were 'pretty boys' but because they had actual talent and could convey strong emotions with just a look.
No cgi needed here. There are few in film today that can act like any in this clip. RIP
the original "Fidget Spinner"!
2.38. Suddenly Bogart stopped talking and the scene fell into silent … brilliant scene
This could well be my favorite film of all time. This scene highlights how good Bogart really was...not an easy role as Capt. Queeg. His eyes appear to moisten throughout the scene. Actors today just don't have it...only my opinion people.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
and The Barefoot Contessa
(1954) were also among the superlatives of his acting abilities!.. 🤩🤗😎😍
What a great book and great movie.
The whole courtroom drama plays to perfection in Herman Wouk’s novel-the words and dialogue literally fly off the page. Very little needed to be altered in the screenplay, that’s just how perfect the scene unfolds within the pages of the book.
This is a classic movie and the meltdown scene where they are looking for strawberries is a classic in management breakdown