Alec Guinness
Captain Crawford
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H.M.S. Defiant (released as Damn the Defiant! in the United States) is a British naval war CinemaScope and Technicolor film from 1962 starring Alec Guinness and Dirk Bogarde. It tells the story of a mutiny aboard the fictitious title ship at around the time of the Spithead mutiny in 1797.
- $2 million
- John Brabourne
With Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Maurice Denham, Nigel Stock. On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.
- (2.9K)
- Lewis Gilbert
- Approved
- Action, Drama, History
Overview. 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.
Oct 31, 2022 · HMS Defiant [Dirk Bogarde] [1962] by. Lunar Monkey. Publication date. 2022-10-31. Topics. British Film, Classic Film, HMS Defiant [Dirk Bogarde] [1962], Alec Guinness, Maurice Denham, Nigel Stock, Richard Carpenter, Peter Gill, Anthony Quayle. Language. English.
Sep 10, 2012 · As an evocation of class conflicts among the officers and bitter resentments among the press-ganged crew, the movie is tense and convincingly acted, with the traditional Mutiny on the Bounty roles...
