Top billed cast

1. 

   Alec Guinness

   Captain Crawford

2. 

   Dirk Bogarde

   Lieut. Scott-Padget

3. 

   Anthony Quayle

   Vizard

4. 

   Maurice Denham

   Mr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon)

5. 

   Nigel Stock

   Senior Midshipman Kilpatrick

6. 

   Tom Bell

   Evans

7. 

   Richard Carpenter

   Lieut. Posonby

8. 

   Peter Gill

   Lieut. D'Arblay

9. 

   Ray Brooks

   Hayes

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2019-06-17

Spithead Mutiny Avast.

It is the Napoleonic Wars and Captain Crawford takes command of the H.M.S. Defiant and sets off with his orders to Corsica. His second in command is Lt. Scott-Paget, a vindictive and bullying man who has moved through the ranks on account of his higher echelon connections. The two men don't see eye to eye from the off, which only compounds the many problems that are reaching boiling point aboard the ship. Mutiny is afoot, just as the French forces are closing in.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• sea
• ship
• mutiny
• based on novel or book
• son
• royal navy
• napoleonic wars
• tall ship
• 18th century
• sea battle
• high seas
• press gang
• english navy