The Caine Mutiny is a 1954 American drama film set during World War II, directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Stanley Kramer. It stars Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson and Fred MacMurray, and is based on the 1951 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Herman Wouk The Caine Mutiny. The film depicts a mutiny aboard a fictitious World War II U.S. Navy destroyer minesweeper, the USS Caine , and the subsequent court-martial of two officers. Callow, rich Ensign Willis Seward "Willie" Keith reports for duty aboard the Caine, his first assignment. Homeported in Pearl Harbor, he is... disappointed to find the Caine to be a small, battle-scarred destroyer-minesweeper. Its gruff captain, Lieutenant Commander William H. DeVriess , has almost completely discarded discipline, and the crew has become slovenly and superficially undisciplined – although their performance is, in fact, excellent. Keith has already met the executive officer, Lieutenant Stephen Maryk , and is introduced to the cynical communications officer, novelist Lieutenant Thomas Keefer .
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| Release date: | 1954 |
| Directed by: | Edward Dmytryk |
| Runtime: | 124 Minutes |
| Producer: | Stanley Kramer |
| Editor: | William Lyon |
| Music by: | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography: | Franz Planer |
| Screenplay by: | Herman Wouk, Stanley Roberts, Michael Blankfort |
| Estimated budget: | $2,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Caine Mutiny |