Defiant, the humane crawford guinness strives to maintain order throughout the ship against the ceaseless brutality of sadistic first mate scottpadget dirk bogarde. Crawfords crew, led by vizard, is driven to mutiny by the viciousness of one of his officers, lieutenant scottpadget, despite the dangers of. With alec guinness, dirk bogarde, maurice denham, nigel stock. It was directed by lewis gilbert, with a screenplay by nigel kneale from frank tilsleys novel mutiny 1958. Dthdf1962 scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. Defiants crew is part of a fleetwide movement to present a petition of grievances to the admiralty.
A captains alec guinness mate dirk bogarde drives his men to mutiny. In 1787, the hms bounty set out on a journey that took it through perilous seas to a tropical paradiseand into history as one of the most. That said, i have a weakness for the subject matter since i grew up on c. Alec guinness stars as captain crawford, an 18thcentury ships captain. Alec guinness must battle a mutinous crew and napoleons fleet in the rousing, historical adventuredamn the defiant. It is primarily a great study of alec guinness in his preobi wan days, as the steady yet intimidated captain crawford of hms defiant, whose control over his ship is under the sway of his disobedient second officer, played by the seldom seen dirk. Guinness is popular with his men, which is more than can be said for his new secondincommand dirk bogarde. The carol burnett show official recommended for you. A defiant dirk bogarde in 1962 there was a time for example when the subject of the press gang was presented fairly regularly, as it is in the opening scenes of hms defiant. The warship hms defiant is under the able leadership of captain crawford during its battles with napoleon and his french navy. It is the height of the napoleonic wars and, at sea, capt. North based on the novel mutiny by frank tilsley role.
Defiant shipmate receives 24 lashes with the cat o. Director lewis gilbert delivers a captivating drama, damn the defiant. The continual sadism of defiants first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases. It tells the story of a mutiny aboard the fictitious ship of the title at around the time of the spithead mutiny. The interrogator from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. Defiant is ready to leave england after acquiring some new hands on a mission to protect a convoy of timber ships from. Defiant, during the french revolutionary war, fair captain crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel secondincommand lieutenant scottpadget, whose heavyhanded command style pushes the crew to. Venezuela says 2 americans arrested over plot to topple leader. British naval protocol during this period was harsh. A parent s guide to oppositional defiant disorder full. Mutiny on the bounty 1962 original theatrical trailer. Defiant finds the mate dirk bogarde has driven the men to mutiny. Defiant, during the french revolutionary war, fair captain crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel secondincommand lieutenant scottpadget, whose heavyhanded command style pushes the crew to mutiny.
Sleepers west lloyd nolan, lynn bari, mary beth hughes. The dvd provides very mediocre and flawed picture and sound plus no significant extras. These are the damned 1962 fantasy, horror, macdonald carey, shirley anne field, viveca lindfors. Wellliked by his crew, crawford clashes with the newest man on board, lt. Find out when and where you can watch damn the defiant. Alec guinness plays the stern but compassionate captain of a british warship, engaged in the napoleonic wars. Baseball player found out on facebook his family was dead. Damn the defiant is a reasonably welldone motion picture about a british frigate deployed in the mediterranean during the napoleanic war. Alec guinness, dirk bogarde, anthony quayle is a british adventure cinemascope and technicolor film from 1962 starring alec guinness and dirk bogarde. Foresters hornblower and alexander kents captain bolitho books i. Alec guinness dirk bogarde maurice denham 1962 the 18thcentury captain alec guinness of the h.
Alec guinness must battle a mutinous crew and napoleons fleet in the rousing, historical adventure damn the defiant. The story of hms defiant, otherwise known as damn the defiant for us viewers who may not have understood the three letter suffix, is based very loosely on various mutinies. Scottpadget thinks crawford is soft on the men and uses crawfords son, who is aboard, to manipulate the ships leader. There are currently two videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Hms defiant vs master and commander damn the defiant. Crawfords ambitious first mate has thoughts of mutiny when his own counsel is overlooked. Although this is a hollywood depiction it is nevertheless true. Trailer for damn the defiant defiants crew is part of a fleetwide movement to present a petition of grievances to the admiralty. It clearly doesnt compare with the other 1962 movie that featured alec guinness and anthony quayle thatd be lawrence of arabia. It was directed by lewis gilbert, with a screenplay by nigel kneale from frank tilsleys novel. Defiant s crew is part of a fleetwide movement to present a petition of grievances to the admiralty. It is primarily a great study of alec guinness in his preobi wan days, as the steady yet intimidated captain crawford of hms defiant, whose control over his ship is under the sway of his disobedient second.
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