The Caine Mutiny (film)
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The Caine Mutiny is a 1954 American military trial film directed by Edward Dmytryk, produced by Stanley Kramer, and starring Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Robert Francis, and Fred MacMurray. It is based on Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1951 novel of the same name.
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Directed by | Edward Dmytryk |
Written by | Stanley Roberts Michael Blankfort[1] |
Based on | The Caine Mutiny (1951 novel) by Herman Wouk |
Produced by | Stanley Kramer |
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Cinematography | Franz Planer |
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Music by | Max Steiner |
Production company | Stanley Kramer Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2 million[2] |
Box office | $21.8 million[3] |
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Set in the Pacific theatre of World War II, the film depicts the events on board a fictitious U.S. Navy destroyer-minesweeper and the subsequent court-martial of its executive officer for mutiny.
The film was well received by critics and was the second highest-grossing film in the United States in 1954.[4]