H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
1h 41m
Running Time
April 15, 1962Release Date
H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
1h 41m
Running Time
April 15, 1962Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Alec Guinness
Captain Crawford
Dirk Bogarde
Lieut. Scott-Padget
Anthony Quayle
Vizard
Maurice Denham
Mr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon)
Nigel Stock
Senior Midshipman Kilpatrick
Richard Carpenter
Lieut. Ponsonby
Tom Bell
Evans
Peter Gill
Lieut. D'Arblay
David Robinson
Harvey Crawford
Robin Stewart
Pardoe
Ray Brooks
Hayes
Peter Greenspan
Johnson
Murray Melvin
Wagstaffe
Victor Maddern
Dawlish
Lewis Gilbert
Director
Nigel Kneale
Writer
Bryan Pringle
Sgt Kneebone
Edmund H. North
Writer
Johnny Briggs
Wheatley
Frank Tilsley
Writer
Toke Townley
Silly Billy
John Brabourne
Producer
Clifton Parker
Composer
Declan Mulholland
Morrison
Christopher Challis
Cinematographer
Peter R. Hunt
Editor
Brian Phelan
Grimshaw
Walter Fitzgerald
Admiral Jackson
Joy Shelton
Mrs Crawford
Anthony Oliver
Tavern Leader
Russell Napier
Flag Captain
Michael Coles
Flag Lieutenant
André Maranne
Col. Giraud
Del Baker
Marine Captain (uncredited)
Joe Beckett
Crewman (uncredited)
James Bolam
Midshipman (uncredited)
Tom Bowman
Bosun (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Press Gang (uncredited)
Vic Chapman
Crewman (uncredited)
Maxwell Craig
Crewman (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 15, 1962
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Genres
Wiki.
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. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert with a screenplay by Nigel Kneale from Frank Tilsley's novel Mutiny (1958). The film's world premiere occurred at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End on 22 February 1962.