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TODAY'S MOVIE

THE CAINE MUTINY (1954) NYTimes1176BestFilm:

Herman Wouk novel turned into film which was later turned into play (the court martial part) which itseslf was turned into a film. Our neighbor Herman made a bundle out of all this. The play still runs.

This is the first full-story film and it holds up very well. I saw it when it was out; a senior in high school.

There are some solid performances from real stars who acted! Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Jose Ferrer, E.G. Marshall. An amazing turn by Humphrey Bogart turns the evil Captain Queeg into a sympathetic character just at the last minute. It is something to behold.

There is a love interest that intrudes and the court martial was pretty fast but we enjoyed it. It gets a 4 out of Netflix5.