The cry was MUTINY... and the decks ran red!...
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Alec GuinnessCaptain Crawford
- Dirk BogardeLieut. Scott-Padget
- Anthony QuayleVizard
- Maurice DenhamMr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon)
- Nigel StockSenior Midshipman Kilpatrick
- Tom BellEvans
- Richard CarpenterLieut. Posonby
- Ray BrooksHayes
- Robin StewartPardoe
- Murray MelvinWagstaffe
Crew
- Lewis GilbertDirector
- Nigel KnealeScreenplay
- Edmund H. NorthScreenplay
- Frank TilsleyNovel
- Christopher ChallisDirector of Photography
- Clifton ParkerOriginal Music Composer
- Peter R. HuntEditor
- John BrabourneProducer
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