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Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
61 audience votes
Key crew
- Nigel KnealeScreenplay
- Edmund H. NorthScreenplay
- Lewis GilbertDirector
- Clifton ParkerOriginal Music Composer
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
- Victor MaddernDawlish
- David RobinsonHarvey Crawford
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Themes
seashipmutinybased on novel or booksonroyal navynapoleonic warstall ship18th centurysea battlehigh seaspress gang