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
Network & Production Companies

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

Tom Bell
Evans

Richard Carpenter
Lieut. Posonby

Peter Gill
Lieut. D'Arblay

Ray Brooks
Hayes

Robin Stewart
Pardoe

Murray Melvin
Wagstaffe

Victor Maddern
Dawlish

David Robinson
Harvey Crawford

Bryan Pringle
Sgt Kneebone

Johnny Briggs
Wheatley

Toke Townley
Silly Billy

Declan Mulholland
Morrison

Peter Greenspan
Johnson

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)

Dick Gregory
Purser (uncredited)

Patrick Halpin
Crewman (uncredited)

Walter Henry
Pressed Crewman (uncredited)

Ann Lynn
Young Wife of Pressed Crewman (uncredited)

Alf Mangan
Sailor (uncredited)

Endre Muller
French Captain (uncredited)

Roger Mutton
Sailor (uncredited)

Emilio Scala
Pirate (uncredited)

Arnold Schulkes
Crewman (uncredited)

James Sharkey
Venetian Captain (uncredited)

Vera Tilsley
Girl in Inn (uncredited)

Harry Webster
Flagship Sailor (uncredited)

Fred Wood
French Sailor (uncredited)

Nigel Kneale
Screenplay

Edmund H. North
Screenplay

Lewis Gilbert
Director
Media.













Details.
Release DateApril 15, 1962
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
sea
based on novel or book
mutiny
ship
son
royal navy
napoleonic wars
tall ship
18th century
sea battle
high seas
press gang
english navy
Wiki.
H.M.S. Defiant (released as Damn the Defiant! in the United States) is a 1962 British naval war film directed by Lewis Gilbert with a screenplay by Nigel Kneale from Frank Tilsley's 1958 novel Mutiny, and starring Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Quayle, Maurice Denham, and Nigel Stock. Shot in both CinemaScope and Technicolor, the plot concerns a mutiny aboard the fictitious title ship at around the time of the Spithead mutiny in 1797.
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