Mutiny (1952)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Writers:

Hollister Noble (story)
Philip Yordan (writer) ...

Release Date:

19 March 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France...

Plot Keywords:

Mutiny | War Of 1812 | British Navy | Sea | U Boat

Cast

Mark Stevens	...	Capt. James Marshall
Angela Lansbury	...	Leslie
Patric Knowles	...	Capt. Ben Waldridge
Gene Evans	...	Hook
Rhys Williams	...	Redlegs
Robert Osterloh	...	Feversham, gunner
Peter Brocco	...	Sykes, gunner
Emerson Treacy	...	Council Speaker
Morris Ankrum	...	Capt. Radford
Todd Karns	...	Andrews (as Todd Karnes)

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved | West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

Company:

King Brothers Productions

Trivia:

Shot in 18 days.

Quotes:

Chairman Caleb Parsons: Colonel Rogers rode all the way from New York.
Col. Rogers: Rode? I flew! There was daylight between me and that saddle most of the way!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Biography: Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Sailor's Holiday

Watch it for Angela but hope you get a better print

Watch this for Angela Lansbury burning up the screen. Mark Stevens and Patric Knowles are fine but once she appears the film takes off. Dymytryk's direction whips along and the narrative is sufficiently novel to hold the attention. Lansbury is really a noir villainess on the high seas - using her man to get to the cash. One warning - the print shown on Matinée movies is grim - scratched, out of focus and the technicolor down to almost two strip. The film is an independent production - King Brothers - which means that it is a bit of a rarity and may account for the quality of the print. Is there a decent neg or print anywhere or is this it?