A Navy veteran I work with told me at this time minesweepers had wooden hulls-as mines were magnetically detonated. Steaming across the cable could have done some serious damage. Poor Queeg-it was just another mark against him going into denial and blaming 'defective equipment'. He needed help, tried asking for it but events all lined up against the poor guy who was probably a first rate captain, but tired oh so tired from a little too much U-boat action in the Atlantic.
@@druisteen Is it an old WW1 4 stacker? Need to watch the entire movie again. That would explain why they escorted landing craft. Plus a destroyer is a very small crew by Navy standards. It's how Keefer was able to poison the entire crew.
Would cutting a towline, in itself, have been enough to get a captain relieved of command during WW2? With Queeg, there is also the dye marker drop, and, of course, the strawberries.
@@WilliamSmith-vo8zu He also forbids contacting HQ about instructions in the typhoon, which was, no doubt, against regulations, and would get him canned.
They always leave the best part out. The Captain talks to the Ensign on a human level, about the importance of regulations and leadership, and then takes him off report. It's a poignant moment that always seems to get missed by the people uploading these clips.
As a commander, Queeg is not a full-fledged paranoiac, although he certainly demonstrates paranoid tendencies. He is an honorable man (although quick to avoid blame by labelling equipment "defective"). But he cannot prioritize; he cannot distinguish between degrees of importance. And it is wartime. He berates Keith over a shirttail while the ship steams in a circle and cuts through a towline. And, maybe worse, he loses nerve (although he doesn't completely panic) in the typhoon.
Herman Wouk was a writer in radio series before his own service in WW2. In The Caine Mutiny he seems to be saying that, in the final stages of the war, the quality of ship commanders, at least among lesser vessels, was running pretty low (although Greenwald sticks up for Queeg). Maryk is hung out to dry. All Keefer (Fred MacMurray) cares about is his forthcoming novel (did Wouk unflatteringly base him on himself?) The Navy would not cooperate with the making of the film until it was agreed that the "no mutiny in history" disclaimer was included.
The recalcitrant sailor who dared to have his shirt tail out was Claude Akins who had a long career as a character actor. He can be seen in among other movies, "Inherit The Wind" from 1960 starring Spencer Tracy and Fredric March. Akins plays the religious zealot Rev. Jeremiah Brown.
A Navy veteran I work with told me at this time minesweepers had wooden hulls-as mines were magnetically detonated. Steaming across the cable could have done some serious damage. Poor Queeg-it was just another mark against him going into denial and blaming 'defective equipment'. He needed help, tried asking for it but events all lined up against the poor guy who was probably a first rate captain, but tired oh so tired from a little too much U-boat action in the Atlantic.
actually that an old destroyer converted into minesweeper
@@druisteen Is it an old WW1 4 stacker? Need to watch the entire movie again. That would explain why they escorted landing craft. Plus a destroyer is a very small crew by Navy standards. It's how Keefer was able to poison the entire crew.
@@tomservo5347 in the book ...yes
In the movie it's a gleave class , something built right before the fletcher
Would cutting a towline, in itself, have been enough to get a captain relieved of command during WW2? With Queeg, there is also the dye marker drop, and, of course, the strawberries.
@@WilliamSmith-vo8zu He also forbids contacting HQ about instructions in the typhoon, which was, no doubt, against regulations, and would get him canned.
The speed of playback too fast! About 115% of normal
They always leave the best part out. The Captain talks to the Ensign on a human level, about the importance of regulations and leadership, and then takes him off report. It's a poignant moment that always seems to get missed by the people uploading these clips.
As a commander, Queeg is not a full-fledged paranoiac, although he certainly demonstrates paranoid tendencies. He is an honorable man (although quick to avoid blame by labelling equipment "defective"). But he cannot prioritize; he cannot distinguish between degrees of importance. And it is wartime. He berates Keith over a shirttail while the ship steams in a circle and cuts through a towline. And, maybe worse, he loses nerve (although he doesn't completely panic) in the typhoon.
And, thanks to those who pointed it out, Queeg covers things up. So I would rethink "honorable".
Herman Wouk was a writer in radio series before his own service in WW2. In The Caine Mutiny he seems to be saying that, in the final stages of the war, the quality of ship commanders, at least among lesser vessels, was running pretty low (although Greenwald sticks up for Queeg). Maryk is hung out to dry. All Keefer (Fred MacMurray) cares about is his forthcoming novel (did Wouk unflatteringly base him on himself?) The Navy would not cooperate with the making of the film until it was agreed that the "no mutiny in history" disclaimer was included.
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Falsifying the log.
SOUND A BIT TOO SOFT.
aparently blygh wasn't that bad
The recalcitrant sailor who dared to have his shirt tail out was Claude Akins who had a long career as a character actor. He can be seen in among other movies, "Inherit The Wind" from 1960 starring Spencer Tracy and Fredric March. Akins plays the religious zealot Rev. Jeremiah Brown.
Was also great in the Devil's Brigade
Horrible audio and video quality. Audio sounds like Bogart inhaled helium, and the video is like watching through a screen door.