I think the individual expressions after his meltdown are priceless: the prosecutor, disbelief, the judge, embarassment, van johnson, pity and greenwald, regret. Such a great scene. Actually very poignent.
Yes. The compassion on Jose Ferrer's face at 0:51 is beautiful. Also fine editing to give us time to register all this without breaking the flow or the focus on Queeg's meltdown.
This is a truly great scene. Bogart just nails it! But watch the faces of the others after Bogart catches himself and his voice trails off. The expressions are classic. Van Johnson's face shows pity, in spite of his taking over the ship from Queeq; the prosecutor looks stunned; the judge lowers his eyes in embarrassment and Greenwald stares with total regret and sadness, as he later tells the other officers "it was like shooting fish in a barrel". Just a great scene.
The book also continues past the trial. And shows the mutineers cracking under the strain of command as well. Movie does a disservice to that part of the story
This is the scene from which all famous actors from that point in time forward learned to lose it on the stand from the master Bogart, i.e.Jack Nicholson in "A few Good Men", which takes a lot from this movie with respect to how characters behave in court rooms.
Not a big deal, but Bogart made several films after Caine. His last film, another great performance, was The Harder The Fall. He never spoke of his health, from what I can tell from reading different things, and after he died Rod Steiger, among others who were in that movie, realized Bogart was literally in the process of dying while they were filming.
@@MarcusAurelius21 He was an amazing actor . In "The Treasure of Sierra Madre", he played a deranged and paranoid prospector to perfection, and the part had similarities to the role of Captain Queeg.
@@russellbrown7028 i totally agree but it's a shame he wasn't even nominated for an oscar for treasure of sierra madre. anyway he was an amazing actor ,one of the greatest of all time. He'll always be a legend.
One of the ten greatest scenes in film history. This one coupled with the next celebration scene are perhaps the best final two ever in American film. These scenes alone, make this movie a great one. Could be Bogart's finest performance among many great ones, in which he created more memorable characters than any other film actor.
I saw this when it came out. Great Movie. I always squirmed at the mother of the officer who was dating the singer. Bogie was a classic. Remember 'The African Queen' with Katie and Robert Morley.
i can't recall how old Quegg was in the book but Bogart's age I think worked well here--it emphasized that Queeq had been passed up over and over again--for obvious reasons we learn.
When I first saw the movie as a young man, I thought Queeg was the bad guy. Having seen it several times since then, I realized he truly is a tragic character, and Tom Keefer is the true villain. Bogie should have won an Oscar for the role.
Yeah, I was reading the book while on my first, old, Destroyer. The CO was a lot like Queeg, except he was an excellent ship handler. The XO was the worst, a bully. But, also an excellent ship handler. I learned from both of them.
extremely powerful scene. incredible acting by Bogey and all of the others. takes your breath away when you have seen the entire movie. look at the faces of the actors starting at 1:18. simply incredible acting, direction and filming.
This quality of acting is what helps give this classic movie 4 out of 4 stars. He loses it long enough to incriminate himself and then as he gets insight on his own behavior, he has nowhere left to go. After this, however, it becomes also clear that even though he may have been a flawed man, his subordinates still could have come to his aid and help him more, instead of just waiting for him to make more and more bad mistakes in judgment, obviously in hopes of getting rid of him.
Face in the Crowd was Great. You're Right about Fred,He was underrated here and overall. He was in many great movies,playing various roles to greatness!
Unlike some, I thought Brando played his part to perfection when he lost his temper against Capt Bligh and then instantly knew his career was over because he had struck a superior officer. Bligh was very competent and survived to try and track down the mutineers.
On this night, June 17, 2017, PBS ran this movie. I learn something more about it, each time I watch. As it is shown in the movie, when the typhoon was in force, Queeg was dangerously and stubbornly, mishandling the ship, and as Bogart's effective acting shows, frightened and paralyzed down to his toenails, about the ship's peril. A perfectionist-seaman would steer into the wind. He, meaning Queeg, was no perfectionist in that situation. Johnson ( Maryk) was right to relieve him. The problem was that Queeg, who had balls of steel, which he normally kept in his pocket, could not find his balls when he needed them the most.
When I was a kid and Jose Ferrer was guest starring on "Newhart" as Stephanie's father, my dad said Jose Ferrer had been quite the ladies' man in his day, my sister and I would laugh. It was hard for us to believe he had ever been handsome.
I agree!! He was great in a 'weasely' way. My then wife said she felt sorry for him when Greenwald thru the drink in his face. (She would!!! ) If anybody ever had it coming.,It was Keifer!!!
@JuanMacready I disagree. Remember, Queeg is a flawed man which might account for his slower rise in rank, and therefore his command of a lowly DMS. However, if you want to read a fantastic book, get "Halsey's Typhoon" by Drury & Clavin. It's a true account of the actual typoon the "Caine" was in. Also, in it you will meet the real Captain Queeg, that is the naval officer on whom the character was based.
First rate acting by Bogart. The ones that had the most character (Queeg and Maryk) you felt the sorriest for. BTW Jose Ferrar was very good as the defense lawyer Barney Greenwald. He had the most insight of all involved.
@JuanMacready Not really;He was in his 50's when he palyed the part & his 'aged look' in the movie role could be a result of the years at combat. Remember,Tom Tully didn't look all that young either. I do agree with you about Jose Ferrer. As soon as he showed up I could tell something was going to happen
People who do not regard Humphrey Bogart as a great actor should review this. To this point, Queeg has been a black-hearted, two-dimensional villain. But watching his pathetic meltdown, can you not feel the deepest sympathy for the man?
"We have a situation where we're looking very strongly at sinks and showers, and other elements of bathrooms ... You turn on the faucet and you don't get any water … People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times."
Um, how? Yes, he was supposed to be in his 30s in the original novel. And they changed it to his 50s. Wherein lies the problem? I think his acting was absolutely first-rate in this movie.
@loufalce ...Likely he was, but he always had a bad reputation. The Hopkins-Gibson version is probably the most accurate,but my favorite version is the Gable-Laughton version. Was Bligh really this mean? I wouldn`t want to be on the HMS Bounty!
yeah I think people have teneded to over look FM in this movie--it isn't easy playing the back stabing creep but he did it to perfection. Interesting some actors from that era who ended up i.d. with good guy or postivie roles in their career run like FM started out playing creepy types like FM here or the recently departed Andy Grffith in Face in the Crowd etc. Anyways yeah FM turned in an under rated performance here.
Never have understood how a Lt. Commander (Queeg’s rank) could be Captain. After all, a Captain of a ship is by definition Captain of a ship... Some former Naval officer please explain...
Bogart was way too old to play Queeg. He was 55 when the film was made. The character of Queeg was a 1936 graduate of Annapolis. The mutiny took place in '44 so that would have made Queeg 30 years old.
that's like someone saying James Stewart was too old to play Charles Lindbergh in the 1957 Spirit of St. Louis. both statements are laughable. have to remember that the character of Queeg had been passed over for command before and only the war brought him a ship so he WOULD be old for a Lieutenant Commander.
@ShareTheMike My intention was to sat that Bogart was way older than how the character was written . . .in the book. It was in no way a comment on his performance which, in my opinion, was outstanding but not quite as good as Jose Ferrer.
Captain Queeg rates FAR higher on the intelligence scale than Biden does. Biden would have already long forgotten about towlines, keys, strawberries and ocean dye markers on a witness stand.
After rewatching the scene after many, many years, I contend, Bogart's performance is better than Nicholson's "you can't handle the truth" in A Few Good Men.
I think the individual expressions after his meltdown are priceless: the prosecutor, disbelief, the judge, embarassment, van johnson, pity and greenwald, regret. Such a great scene. Actually very poignent.
Yes. The compassion on Jose Ferrer's face at 0:51 is beautiful. Also fine editing to give us time to register all this without breaking the flow or the focus on Queeg's meltdown.
That turning point at 0:42 when Queeg himself suddenly realizes that he has lost it -- what a powerful change of emotion.
the man should have had three oscars instead of just one.
And the one they gave him was a forgery made of lead!
This is a truly great scene. Bogart just nails it! But watch the faces of the others after Bogart catches himself and his voice trails off. The expressions are classic. Van Johnson's face shows pity, in spite of his taking over the ship from Queeq; the prosecutor looks stunned; the judge lowers his eyes in embarrassment and Greenwald stares with total regret and sadness, as he later tells the other officers "it was like shooting fish in a barrel". Just a great scene.
They do not make actors or movies
like this anymore.
Yes they do Donald Trump.
The book also continues past the trial. And shows the mutineers cracking under the strain of command as well. Movie does a disservice to that part of the story
This is one of the greatest performances by one of the greatest film actors in history!
"Mr. President, exactly what did you know, and *WHEN DID YOU STOP* knowing it?"
Holy moly, Bogart was an AMAZING actor!
Yes, I read that he was in much pain during production though - this is his last film.
This is the scene from which all famous actors from that point in time forward learned to lose it on the stand from the master Bogart, i.e.Jack Nicholson in "A few Good Men", which takes a lot from this movie with respect to how characters behave in court rooms.
Not a big deal, but Bogart made several films after Caine. His last film, another great performance, was The Harder The Fall. He never spoke of his health, from what I can tell from reading different things, and after he died Rod Steiger, among others who were in that movie, realized Bogart was literally in the process of dying while they were filming.
Possibly his finest performance.
Possibly Humphrey Bogart's masterpiece performance, and unlike any of his usual film roles. A great film from a great book.
The treasure of sierra madre is my favourite performance from him. This the second.
@@MarcusAurelius21 He was an amazing actor . In "The Treasure of Sierra Madre", he played a deranged and paranoid prospector to perfection, and the part had similarities to the role of Captain Queeg.
@@russellbrown7028 i totally agree but it's a shame he wasn't even nominated for an oscar for treasure of sierra madre. anyway he was an amazing actor ,one of the greatest of all time. He'll always be a legend.
One of the ten greatest scenes in film history. This one coupled with the next celebration scene are perhaps the best final two ever in American film. These scenes alone, make this movie a great one. Could be Bogart's finest performance among many great ones, in which he created more memorable characters than any other film actor.
I saw this when it came out. Great Movie. I always squirmed at the mother of the officer who was dating the singer.
Bogie was a classic. Remember 'The African Queen' with Katie and Robert Morley.
the timing is perfect great movie
In his later years particularly Bogart was a truly fine actor. RIP Bogy.
i can't recall how old Quegg was in the book but Bogart's age I think worked well here--it emphasized that Queeq had been passed up over and over again--for obvious reasons we learn.
They just don't make great movies and actors like this anymore. Absolutely love Bogie's acting. Still one of the coolest guys in the business.
When I first saw the movie as a young man, I thought Queeg was the bad guy. Having seen it several times since then, I realized he truly is a tragic character, and Tom Keefer is the true villain. Bogie should have won an Oscar for the role.
PlasmaCoolantLeak You're absolutely on point, and the original novel makes this very clear indeed.
John Resler So true. What branch were you in?
Yeah, I was reading the book while on my first, old, Destroyer. The CO was a lot like Queeg, except he was an excellent ship handler. The XO was the worst, a bully. But, also an excellent ship handler. I learned from both of them.
Agree
An amazing actor. I've treated many schizophrenics and this is spot on.
Excellent performances by the cast all the way around.
Crisp no nonsense script delivered with style.
Good ol' geometric logic.
extremely powerful scene. incredible acting by Bogey and all of the others. takes your breath away when you have seen the entire movie. look at the faces of the actors starting at 1:18. simply incredible acting, direction and filming.
Rich Little's impression (done on the Tonight Show) of this is spot on!! 😃
Bogart’s nervous rolling of the marbles, showed up in a Star Trek episode, with a traumatized captain fidgeting with floppy disks.
This is one of the greatest performances in film history.
Dwight Schultz does a great recreation of this scene as Murdock in an episode of The A-Team.
"Well, he`s real navy", "Yeah,so was Captain Bligh"-Fred Mac Murray to the officers after Queeg takes command.
George Conway sent me.
Same
This quality of acting is what helps give this classic movie 4 out of 4 stars. He loses it long enough to incriminate himself and then as he gets insight on his own behavior, he has nowhere left to go. After this, however, it becomes also clear that even though he may have been a flawed man, his subordinates still could have come to his aid and help him more, instead of just waiting for him to make more and more bad mistakes in judgment, obviously in hopes of getting rid of him.
Rich Little used to do a pretty good impression of this scene.
Weather-gate reminded me of this....
Face in the Crowd was Great. You're Right about Fred,He was underrated here and overall. He was in many great movies,playing various roles to greatness!
Not to be redundant but this is a classic scene beyond compare. The way the movie moves up to it has yet to be repeated
Old Yellow stain.............. Opie and Anthony brought me here.....
Unlike some, I thought Brando played his part to perfection when he lost his temper against Capt Bligh and then instantly knew his career was over because he had struck a superior officer. Bligh was very competent and survived to try and track down the mutineers.
Great movie! Been thinking about this a lot since I've currently got a bad boss and I'm in the military
On this night, June 17, 2017, PBS ran this movie. I learn something more about it, each time I watch.
As it is shown in the movie, when the typhoon was in force, Queeg was dangerously and stubbornly, mishandling the ship, and as Bogart's effective acting shows, frightened and paralyzed down to his toenails, about the ship's peril. A perfectionist-seaman would steer into the wind. He, meaning Queeg, was no perfectionist in that situation. Johnson ( Maryk) was right to relieve him.
The problem was that Queeg, who had balls of steel, which he normally kept in his pocket, could not find his balls when he needed them the most.
@skypack Actually Queeg had not had a long career in the Navy. He was a 1936 graduate of Annapolis.
Great acting!
entire cast was in peak form!
i need to rewatch this movie haha
Very powerful scene, Very well done 👍
When I was a kid and Jose Ferrer was guest starring on "Newhart" as Stephanie's father, my dad said Jose Ferrer had been quite the ladies' man in his day, my sister and I would laugh. It was hard for us to believe he had ever been handsome.
Awesome bloody movie i will see it again!
Humpfrey Bogarts best filmact!
6 people steamed over the Tow Line.
And one threw over a dye marker.
I agree!! He was great in a 'weasely' way. My then wife said she felt sorry for him when Greenwald thru the drink in his face. (She would!!! ) If anybody ever had it coming.,It was Keifer!!!
Just like watching a press conference with Donald Trump.
Nolan Dalla It was the Russians, no it was the Chinese, no it was CNN, they're all against me
What inspired me to look this up today.
his recent press conference outdid Bogey
If I had the skill, I would take this scene and insert it with cuts from Trump and demonstrate just that point. Alas, there is much I need to learn.
That what I keep saying. Any day now, trump will be asking, who ate the strawberries?'
A real favorite film of mine!
Ahhhh the sthrawberries!
Ah, but the strawberries....
That is superb acting
@JuanMacready I disagree. Remember, Queeg is a flawed man which might account for his slower rise in rank, and therefore his command of a lowly DMS. However, if you want to read a fantastic book, get "Halsey's Typhoon" by Drury & Clavin. It's a true account of the actual typoon the "Caine" was in. Also, in it you will meet the real Captain Queeg, that is the naval officer on whom the character was based.
First rate acting by Bogart. The ones that had the most character (Queeg and Maryk) you felt the sorriest for. BTW Jose Ferrar was very good as the defense lawyer Barney Greenwald. He had the most insight of all involved.
Opie and Anthony rules!
Incredible acting.
Fred MacMurray should get some credit here--he was a great slim ball bad guy...
@JuanMacready Not really;He was in his 50's when he palyed the part & his 'aged look' in the movie role could be a result of the years at combat. Remember,Tom Tully didn't look all that young either. I do agree with you about Jose Ferrer. As soon as he showed up I could tell something was going to happen
I proved it with geometric logic
Is this Robert Mueller ?
Humphrey Bogart.
People who do not regard Humphrey Bogart as a great actor should review this. To this point, Queeg has been a black-hearted, two-dimensional villain. But watching his pathetic meltdown, can you not feel the deepest sympathy for the man?
Blue bloods brought me here
Anyone else see #Trump in Bogart's character Captain Queeg?
"We have a situation where we're looking very strongly at sinks and showers, and other elements of bathrooms ... You turn on the faucet and you don't get any water … People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times."
definitely with today's demand for review of water problem for flushing toilets and the light bulb crisis
Said President Queeg "I knew Obama was bugging Trump Tower."
@Paul Barte He wasn't right...unless you listen to the Faux Newz, Breitbart, NewsMax, InfoWars versions of alternate facts. #MAGAt alert!
But we know now that Obama WAS bugging the Trump campaign...
Um, how? Yes, he was supposed to be in his 30s in the original novel. And they changed it to his 50s. Wherein lies the problem? I think his acting was absolutely first-rate in this movie.
The best Navy movie
What a sick joke.
@loufalce ...Likely he was, but he always had a bad reputation. The Hopkins-Gibson version is probably the most accurate,but my favorite version is the Gable-Laughton version. Was Bligh really this mean? I wouldn`t want to be on the HMS Bounty!
Best turkey ever and the STRAWBERRIES !!!!
yeah I think people have teneded to over look FM in this movie--it isn't easy playing the back stabing creep but he did it to perfection. Interesting some actors from that era who ended up i.d. with good guy or postivie roles in their career run like FM started out playing creepy types like FM here or the recently departed Andy Grffith in Face in the Crowd etc. Anyways yeah FM turned in an under rated performance here.
Never have understood how a Lt. Commander (Queeg’s rank) could be Captain. After all, a Captain of a ship is by definition Captain of a ship... Some former Naval officer please explain...
@MrCombat1965 Thanx for the Heads Up!!!
Bogart was way too old to play Queeg. He was 55 when the film was made. The character of Queeg was a 1936 graduate of Annapolis. The mutiny took place in '44 so that would have made Queeg 30 years old.
that's like someone saying James Stewart was too old to play Charles Lindbergh in the 1957 Spirit of St. Louis. both statements are laughable.
have to remember that the character of Queeg had been passed over for command before and only the war brought him a ship so he WOULD be old for a Lieutenant Commander.
I got here from Blue Bloods.
LOL! Reminds me of Trump meltdown today at the press conference.
More like Schiff continuing to lie about having evidence of collusion and now lying about his fellow Congressman
I have called Trump 'Queeg since day 1. He is a lunatic.
Well said!!
Came here directly from watching Brett Kavanaugh testify.
2 seconds and I lost it
@ShareTheMike My intention was to sat that Bogart was way older than how the character was written . . .in the book. It was in no way a comment on his performance which, in my opinion, was outstanding but not quite as good as Jose Ferrer.
Charles Nelson Reilly as Captain Queeg! "Ah, but the strawberries! HUL-HULL!!"
Never tried the steel balls, does it really help with stress?
I changed it to quarters..more mechanical..try it..
When I see this I think of Joe Biden.....
George Conway sent me
Same
Trump's latest rants brought me here.
He riminds me of Richard Nixon
His speech to the Boy Scouts was pretty similar. Without the self-awareness at the end.
now i know why jimmy laughed so hard hahah
Anthony is the best.
Reminds me of President Biden.
Captain Queeg rates FAR higher on the intelligence scale than Biden does. Biden would have already long forgotten about towlines, keys, strawberries and ocean dye markers on a witness stand.
@@historybuff66 I have no argument with that :)
After rewatching the scene after many, many years, I contend, Bogart's performance is better than Nicholson's "you can't handle the truth" in A Few Good Men.
slippin jimmy
This is what I see happening if Trump is ever questioned by Mueller.
Chicanery
Charles Johnson
It took 8 hours.
Better Call Saul 3/5 ?
My mother made the best turkey.
Reminds me of Hillary Clinton.
I missed the point......
Flash forward to the 2020s and it's Donald J. Trump, fantasizing about his ... um, crowd sizes.
This was a great era. No one blamed politicians for their own shortcomings. Pass the buck poor scapegoat, mentality.
I thought it was Mitt Romney trying to explain his "47%" comments. LOL!!!
Sad!
Donald Trump being interviewed by Robert Mueller?
Did you miss a dose of your meds??