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H.M.S. Defiant

The cry was MUTINY... and the decks ran red!...

1962 · 1h 41m

Directed by Lewis Gilbert

6.6

TMDB audience score
63 votes, out of 10

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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.

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Cast

  • Alec Guinness
    Captain Crawford

  • Dirk Bogarde
    Lieut. Scott-Padget

  • Anthony Quayle
    Vizard

  • Maurice Denham
    Mr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon)

  • Nigel Stock
    Senior Midshipman Kilpatrick

  • Tom Bell
    Evans

  • Richard Carpenter
    Lieut. Posonby

  • Ray Brooks
    Hayes

  • Robin Stewart
    Pardoe

  • Murray Melvin
    Wagstaffe

  • Victor Maddern
    Dawlish

  • David Robinson
    Harvey Crawford

  • Bryan Pringle
    Sgt Kneebone

  • Johnny Briggs
    Wheatley

  • Toke Townley
    Silly Billy

  • Declan Mulholland
    Morrison

  • Peter Greenspan
    Johnson

  • Brian Phelan
    Grimshaw