Defiant shipmate receives 24 lashes with the cat o. When guinness tries to modify bogardes sadistic adherence to discipline. 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. With alec guinness, dirk bogarde, maurice denham, nigel stock. These are the damned 1962 fantasy, horror, macdonald carey, shirley anne field, viveca lindfors. That said, i have a weakness for the subject matter since i grew up on c. Alec guinness must battle a mutinous crew and napoleons fleet in the rousing, historical adventuredamn the defiant. Director lewis gilbert delivers a captivating drama, damn the defiant.
A captains alec guinness mate dirk bogarde drives his men to mutiny. Defiant, the humane crawford guinness strives to maintain order throughout the ship against the ceaseless brutality of sadistic first mate scottpadget dirk bogarde. The continual sadism of defiant s first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases. 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. There are currently two videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. The continual sadism of defiants first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases. Defiant is ready to leave england after acquiring some new hands on a mission to protect a convoy of timber ships from. It clearly doesnt compare with the other 1962 movie that featured alec guinness and anthony quayle thatd be lawrence of arabia.
The interrogator from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. Defiants crew is part of a fleetwide movement to present a petition of grievances to the admiralty. Scottpadget thinks crawford is soft on the men and uses crawfords son, who is aboard, to manipulate the ships leader. Dthdf1962 scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. Crawfords crew, led by vizard, is driven to mutiny by the viciousness of one of his officers, lieutenant scottpadget, despite the dangers of. It was directed by lewis gilbert, with a screenplay by nigel kneale from frank tilsleys novel. Sleepers west lloyd nolan, lynn bari, mary beth hughes. Although this is a hollywood depiction it is nevertheless true. Master and commander is infinitely more rewarding to watch if you have read the novels it is based on, but aside from that, while hms defiantdamn the defiant is a good movie in its own right, the two films are sufficiently different to make comparisons difficult. Alec guinness plays the stern but compassionate captain of a british warship, engaged in the napoleonic wars. 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.
Alec guinness must battle a mutinous crew and napoleons fleet in the rousing, historical adventure damn the defiant. The dvd provides very mediocre and flawed picture and sound plus no significant extras. Mutiny on the bounty 1962 original theatrical trailer. 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. British naval protocol during this period was harsh.
Find out when and where you can watch damn the defiant. Hms defiant vs master and commander damn the defiant. The warship hms defiant is under the able leadership of captain crawford during its battles with napoleon and his french navy. 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. 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 freelance career began with dirk playing the sadistic lt scottpadget opposite alec guinness as the patient ships captain. Alec guinness dirk bogarde maurice denham 1962 the 18thcentury captain alec guinness of the h.
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. Defiant s crew is part of a fleetwide movement to present a petition of grievances to the admiralty. Baseball player found out on facebook his family was dead. Foresters hornblower and alexander kents captain bolitho books i. Alec guinness stars as captain crawford, an 18thcentury ships captain. Venezuela says 2 americans arrested over plot to topple leader. Guinness is popular with his men, which is more than can be said for his new secondincommand dirk bogarde. North based on the novel mutiny by frank tilsley role. Trailer for damn the defiant defiants crew is part of a fleetwide movement to present a petition of grievances to the admiralty. Crawfords ambitious first mate has thoughts of mutiny when his own counsel is overlooked. It was directed by lewis gilbert, with a screenplay by nigel kneale from frank tilsleys novel mutiny 1958. 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.