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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

  • TV Movie
  • 19881988
  • PGPG
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
620
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POPULARITY
29,460
1,868
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
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A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
620
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
29,460
1,868
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    • Director
      • Robert Altman
    • Writer
      • Herman Wouk(play)
    • Stars
      • Eric Bogosian
      • Jeff Daniels
      • Brad Davis
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Robert Altman
    • Writer
      • Herman Wouk(play)
    • Stars
      • Eric Bogosian
      • Jeff Daniels
      • Brad Davis
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    • 19User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
    The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
    The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
    Jeff Daniels and Eric Bogosian in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
    Jeff Daniels, Brad Davis, Peter Gallagher, Eric Bogosian, and Michael Murphy in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)

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    Eric Bogosian
    Eric Bogosian
    • Lt. Barney Greenwald
    Jeff Daniels
    Jeff Daniels
    • Lt. Stephen Maryk
    Brad Davis
    Brad Davis
    • Lt. Com. Phillip Francis Queeg
    Peter Gallagher
    Peter Gallagher
    • Lt. Com. John Challee
    Michael Murphy
    Michael Murphy
    • Captain Blakely
    Kevin J. O'Connor
    Kevin J. O'Connor
    • Lt. Thomas Keefer
    Daniel Jenkins
    Daniel Jenkins
    • Lt. (Jr. Grade) Willis Seward Keith
    Danny Darst
    • Captain Randolph Southard
    Laurence Ballard
    Laurence Ballard
    • Dr. Forrest Lundeen
    Ken Michels
    • Dr. Bird
    Ronald Lynch
    • Signalman Third Class Junius Urban
    David Miller
    • Stenographer
    Matt Malloy
    Matt Malloy
    • Legal Assistant
    David Barnett
    • Legal Assistant
    Brian Haley
    Brian Haley
    • Party Guest
    Matt Smith
    • Party Guest
    L.W. Wyman
    • Party Guest
    Kenneth V. Jones
    • Legal Assistant
    • Director
      • Robert Altman
    • Writer
      • Herman Wouk(play)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Keith Carradine was offered the role of Queeg, and it would have reunited him with director Robert Altman for the first time since Nashville (1975). Carradine turned it down due to a conflict with another movie starting Glenn Close. Carradine later regretted it, and Altman never reached out to him again for another role.
    • Goofs
      The gymnasium floor where trial is held has modern basketball court markings.
    • Quotes

      Lt. Barney Greenwald: Forget it! I don't take on a case just to lose it!

    • Connections
      Featured in Altman (2014)

    User reviews19

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    faithfully prosaic
    Overall, this is an entertaining, if not instructive, rendition of what Wouk got onto paper. It's well worth watching for everyone who loved Wouk's novel. The richness of what he wrote has led us to the world of private imagination, and films can seldom satisfy the complexity here. The problem seems to be miscasting in several directions. One is expecting a little more gray and perhaps a bit more subtlety in Davis's performance of the paranoid Queeg; this constant rolling of steel balls is probably overdone. That is to say, perhaps, there is only one Bogart, but there is a certain plausibility missing here. Bogosian makes a capable Greenwald, but once more, there is no solid grounding here of a wounded flier -- and so we also have a puny Keifer and a Maryk without the hue of seamanship. The callow Willie, however, fits the bill, as does Ken Michels as Dr. Bird, the smug psychiatrist. That, we found entertaining. We agree with the first reviewer that the director stepped on some lines with background noise, and we'll never understand why Greenwald had to fight to be heard at the party. In addition, everyone seems about the same age in this movie, like a fraternity costume party. Wouk's work has much to tell us about our own times. We'd like to see someone do this again, with a deeper commitment than what Robert Altman has provided.
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    • Jan 24, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 8, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
    • Filming locations
      • Fort Worden State Park - 200 Battery Way, Port Townsend, Washington, USA
    • Production companies
      • The Maltese Companies
      • Wouk / Ware Productions
      • Sandcastle 5 Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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