Maryk is acquitted (and Keith is never charged), but his and Queeg's naval careers are effectively over. Barney Greenwald, chooses to focus more on Queeg's actions than on Maryk's, eventually causing Queeg to break down on the stand. The next part of the book deals with Maryk's trial. Such an extreme act must be justified if Maryk (and Keith, who, as officer of the watch, supported him) is not to be found guilty of mutiny. Stephen 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. Phillip Queeg, a strict and unreasonably demanding man. When he receives a promotion, he is replaced by the mercurial Lt.
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Its first CO, Commander DeVriess, is uncouth and sloppy, but also an effective and well-respected commander. The film was produced by Stanley Kramer and directed by Edward Dmytryk, and stars Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Fred MacMurray, and Van Johnson.Ī young sailor, Ensign Willie Keith, graduates from Officer Candidate School and is immediately assigned to the destroyer-minesweeper USS Caine. He adapted the novel into a play called The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, which opened shortly before a film version of the novel, also titled The Caine Mutiny, was released in 1954. The 1951 Pulitzer Prize winner for Literature, The Caine Mutiny was written by Herman Wouk.