Damn the Defiant! (1962)
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100% of critics liked it
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(1,438 ratings)
Damn the Defiant! is an 18th-century seafaring drama from director Lewis Gilbert. Alec Guinness plays the stern but compassionate captain of a British warship, engaged in the Napoleonic wars. Guinness is popular with his men, which is more than can be said for his new second-in-command Dirk Bogarde.… More Damn the Defiant! is an 18th-century seafaring drama from director Lewis Gilbert. Alec Guinness plays the stern but compassionate captain of a British warship, engaged in the Napoleonic wars. Guinness is popular with his men, which is more than can be said for his new second-in-command Dirk Bogarde. When Guinness tries to modify Bogarde's sadistic adherence to discipline, Bogarde responds by mistreating Guinness' cabin-boy son, knowing that the captain cannot intervene under the edicts of British maritime law. During an incipient mutiny, Bogarde is accidently killed, and Guinness knows that the crewmen responsible must hang once they reach shore. But after these same men perform courageously in battle, Guinness suffers a crisis of conscience: How can he condemn these fearlessly patriotic men to death, as he knows he must? Based on the novel Mutiny by Frank Tilsley. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Frank Tilsley, Lewis Gilbert
- Written By
- Nigel Kneale, Edmund H. North
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1962 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Alec Guinness gives a dignified performance as the humanitarian captain.
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Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
colorful period piece with another strong performance from Alec Guinness.
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Cast
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Alec Guinness
as Capt. Crawford
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Dirk Bogarde
as Lt. Scott-Padget
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Anthony Quayle
as Vizard
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Tom Bell
as Evans
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Maurice Denham
as Surgeon Goss
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Walter Fitzgerald
as Adm. Jackson
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Victor Maddern
as Dawlish
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Murray Melvin
as Wagstaffe
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Nigel Stock
as Senior Midshipman Kilpatrick
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Johnny Briggs
as Wheatley
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Richard Carpenter
as Lt. Ponsonby
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Bryan Pringle
as Sgt. Kneebone
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Joy Shelton
as Mrs. Crawford
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David Robinson
as Harvey Crawford
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Ray Brooks
as Hayes
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Michael Coles
as Flag Lieutenant
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Ann Lynn
as Young Wife
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Andre Maranne
as Col. Giraud
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Declan Mulholland
as Morrison
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Russell Napier
as Flag Captain
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Brian Phelan
as Grimshaw
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Robin Stewart
as Pardoe
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Toke Townley
as "Silly Billy" Whiting
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Anthony Oliver
as Tavern Leader
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Peter Greenspan
as Johnson
- Peter Gill
