Maryk, relieves him, citing mental illness, and brings the ship safely through the storm. After he becomes so obsessed with a missing quart of strawberries that he begins to ignore his other duties, some of his officers begin to suspect that he is insane.Įverything comes to a head when the Caine is caught in a typhoon, during which Queeg becomes paralyzed by indecision. During its voyage, Queeg gradually loses the respect of his crew through various instances of incompetence, bullying, paranoia, and perceived cowardice. The story follows the Caine's tour of duty through the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Queeg, a strict and unreasonably demanding man. When he receives a promotion, he is replaced by the mercurial Lt. Its first CO, Commander DeVriess, is uncouth and sloppy, but also an effective and well-respected commander. Keith, graduates from Officer Candidate school and is immediately assigned to the destroyer-minesweeper Caine. He adapted the novel into a play, "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial", which opened shortly before a film version of the novel, also titled The Caine Mutiny, was released in 1954 starring Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, and Fred MacMurray.Ī young sailor, Lt. The 1951 Pulitzer-Prize winner for Literature, The Caine Mutiny was written by Herman Wouk. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace.
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After the trial Greenwald confronts Keefer and blames him for inciting the mutiny while throwing a drink in his face to humiliate him. Both Maryk and Keith are found not guilty of mutiny. The trial goes poorly for the defendants until Queeg is called to testify an and breaks down mentally under Greenwald's questioning. Keefer refuses to testify on behalf Maryk and Keith to protect himself. Maryk and Keith are subsequently tried under court martial and are reluctantly defended by Lt.
Maryk and Ensign Keith are forced to relieve Queeg of his command fearing the ship will sink.
After Queeg becomes mentally paralyzed during a typhoon Lt. Keith and Maryk are convinced by Keefer to see Admiral Halsey but back out when Keefer chickens out. Queeg then conducts an elaborate investigation of stolen mess strawberries prompting the officers to suspect that he might be mentally unfit to command. In the next mission the ship is assigned is to escort an amphibious landing force into battle but Queeg pulls the ship out too soon much to the chagrin of the crew who suspect cowardice on Queeg's part. Bogart is called on the carpet and has to lie to cover himself. While berating a crewman the ship botches a target practice assignment by cutting their own towline. Queeg is appalled by the shabbiness of the crew and immediately sets out to straighten them up. Keefer (Fred MacMurray) the sarcastic communications officer who is writing a novel. Maryk (Van Johnson) a by the book executive officer and Lt. He bumps heads with the former apparently lax captain and welcomes Queeg's strictness.
William Keith (Robert Francis) is a newly minted ensign out of Princeton University whose family is wealthy and connected but he welcomes the chance to make it on his own and prove himself as an officer.
Commander Phillip Queeg assigned to take over a WW II naval ship whose former captain has allowed discipline to dissolve while still maintaining a good record for the ship. The synopsis below may give away important plot points.
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