42-455: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial may refer to: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (play) , a play by Herman Wouk, adapted from his novel The Caine Mutiny The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1955 film) , a TV play based on the play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023 film) , an American film based on the play See also [ edit ] The Caine Mutiny (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
84-608: A bar of soap." He points out to Maryk, "Steve, this dinner's a phony. You're guilty. 'Course you're only half guilty. There's another guy who's stayed very neatly out of the picture." Greenwald feels sorry for Queeg, because he sees that Queeg was not wrong about being surrounded by disloyal officers. Greenwald believes that Tom Keefer is the guiltiest party in the whole affair. Maryk, after all, really knew very little about psychology or psychiatry, so where would he have obtained any of his half-formed ideas about paranoia and mental illness, if not from Keefer? Greenwald had defended Maryk to
126-500: A land of sowbelly and segregation," which offended Southern audiences. Douglas claimed that he was misquoted. Douglas was originally cast in the 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone called " The Mighty Casey ", a role written for him by Rod Serling based on Douglas's character in Angels in the Outfield . Douglas died the day after production of the episode had been completed. He had been in
168-497: A measure of comic relief, as he is poorly educated, extremely nervous, and confused about exactly what happened. His testimony tells the jury very little, but on cross-examination he lets slip that Queeg was "a nut" on numerous small matters of discipline and tidiness. Captain Randolph Southard, an experienced naval officer called as an expert on destroyer ship-handling, testifies that, under the weather circumstances described on
210-484: A novel about the war, titled Multitudes, Multitudes, and even though it is still not finished, he has received an advance of one thousand dollars from a publisher.) Greenwald looks dejected and far from triumphant, but he reluctantly agrees to attend the party. At the party, Keefer, Keith, Maryk and their friends are celebrating both Maryk's acquittal and the large advance that Keefer has received on Multitudes, Multitudes, when Greenwald walks in, heavily intoxicated from
252-542: A number of drinks he and Challee had shared before he showed up to the party, over which they had discussed details Greenwald had left out of the case at the end of the trial. (The two men had been law-school classmates, and good friends, before both had enlisted. Challee had accused Greenwald, during the trial, of "shyster tactics," and Greenwald had invited Challee for drinks after the trial to smooth things over and to provide such details. These had resulted in Challee understanding
294-468: A petty, vindictive, isolated, and paranoid commanding officer Queeg was. In particular, Maryk dwells on "The Strawberry Incident," which convinced much of the crew that Queeg was insane. Shortly after the Caine had received a shipment of strawberries from another ship, a large portion went missing. Because the circumstances were superficially similar to another incident that had occurred during peacetime when Queeg
336-485: Is a fisherman's son, and has been around boats his whole life. However, Maryk confesses that he was only an average student in high school and a poor student in college. It becomes clear in Challee's cross-examination that, while Maryk uses words like "paranoid," he really knows little about psychology, and was not truly qualified to judge anyone's mental health. At this point, Greenwald calls Queeg as his second and final defense witness. Under intense cross-examination, Queeg
378-412: Is a much less helpful witness from the defense standpoint. Keefer, an intellectual who was a writer in civilian life, having published some of his short stories in national magazines, indicates that Queeg was not insane, and that Maryk was ill-advised to relieve him of command. Maryk is stunned by Keefer's betrayal, since to a large extent, Keefer was the one who convinced Maryk that Queeg might be insane in
420-415: Is asked to justify each and every one of his questionable actions as commanding officer of Caine. He becomes nervous and testy, and starts playing with a pair of steel balls that he uses to control his nerves. He tells a few small lies to cover up petty offenses. When his lies are revealed, his demeanor changes, and he becomes angry and combative. When asked about Maryk's charge that Queeg had wanted to alter
462-464: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (play) The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial is a two-act play , of the courtroom drama type, that was dramatized for the stage by Herman Wouk , who adapted it from his own 1951 novel , The Caine Mutiny . Wouk's novel covered a long stretch of time aboard United States Navy destroyer minesweeper USS Caine in
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#1732904846403504-432: Is far from being an ideal officer, in that he can be arrogant, overly defensive, nervous, and a bit of a bully, he is not mentally ill. Under cross-examination from Greenwald, however, each of them, Dr. Lundeen in particular, acknowledges that some of Queeg's traits do come close to the textbook definition of paranoia . Willis Keith, a friend of Maryk's, testifies as to the events leading to the mutiny. Keith says that Queeg
546-448: Is guilty. Even if Queeg was far from an ideal officer, Greenwald believes, Maryk's first duty was to carry on fighting the war, and doing his best to keep Caine in action. All authority figures tend to look like irrational tyrants to their subordinates, Greenwald says, whether they are or not. As Greenwald begins his defense the following morning, he calls Steve Maryk as the first of his two witnesses. Maryk explains in great detail what
588-474: The Pacific . It begins with Willis Keith's assignment to Caine , chronicles the mismanagement of the ship under Philip Francis Queeg , explains how Steve Maryk relieved Queeg of command, gives an account of Maryk's court-martial , and describes the aftermath of the mutiny for all involved. The play covers only the court-martial itself. Like jurors at a trial, the audience knows only what various witnesses tell of
630-687: The Twelfth Naval District , San Francisco and in the banquet room of the Fairmont Hotel , San Francisco in February, 1945. Lieutenant Stephen Maryk of the United States Naval Reserve is on trial for mutiny, because he relieved Lt. Commander Philip Francis Queeg of duty as captain of USS Caine during a typhoon on December 18, 1944 . Maryk insists that Queeg had gone over the edge mentally, and that his paranoid delusions were putting
672-837: The Outfield (1951). He also played Richard Widmark 's police partner in the 1950 thriller Panic in the Streets , frustrated newlywed Porter Hollingsway in A Letter to Three Wives (1949), Sgt. Kowalski in The Big Lift (1950), a con man-turned-monk in When in Rome (1952), businessman Calvin B. Marshall in The Maggie (1954) and businessman Josiah Walter Dudley in Executive Suite (1954). He starred in Clash by Night in 1952 with Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas
714-436: The accused mutineer's defense attorney, and John Hodiak as the accused, Steve Maryk; Lloyd Nolan played Queeg. Herbert Anderson played Dr. Bird (he would later go on to play Ensign Rabbit in the 1954 film version of the novel). James Garner appeared in a non speaking role as a court martial panelist . It ran for 415 performances. In 1955, actor Paul Douglas was placed on probation by Actors Equity while appearing in
756-454: The best of his abilities, which had led him to destroy Queeg on the witness stand, because he had seen that Maryk was essentially a decent man trying to do the right thing. He views Keefer, on the other hand, as an upper-class intellectual snob who had regarded himself as superior to Queeg, the career military man, and had helped turn Maryk and the rest of the crew against him. Greenwald suggests that Maryk could even have reasoned with Queeg during
798-407: The court-martial, Queeg seems like a typical tough military disciplinarian—perhaps a bit too tough, but giving no good reason to believe he has psychological problems. He is confident and articulate, and seems to be in full possession of his faculties. A young signalman, Junius Urban, who was present on the bridge at the time Maryk took control, is called to testify about what happened. Urban provides
840-404: The court-martial, was guilty. But he is determined to offer a strong defense nonetheless. Philip Francis Queeg is the first witness for the prosecution, being conducted by Lt. Commander John Challee. Queeg states that, while Caine was going through a typhoon, Steve Maryk, a disloyal and disgruntled officer, rebelled against him and relieved him of command without justification. At this stage of
882-601: The events aboard Caine . The play was first presented by Paul Gregory in the Granada Theatre , Santa Barbara, California , on October 13, 1953, and then went on tour across the United States before being given its first performance on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre on January 20, 1954 in a production directed by Charles Laughton and produced by Paul Gregory. The play starred Henry Fonda as Barney Greenwald,
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#1732904846403924-433: The first place, and Maryk wants Greenwald to cross-examine him vigorously. Instead, Greenwald has no questions for Keefer, explaining to Maryk, "Implicating Keefer harms you." He wants one hero, not two mutineers. As the trial adjourns for the day, Maryk expresses dissatisfaction with Greenwald's defense. Greenwald explains that he has good reasons for not asking Keefer any questions, and states once again that he thinks Maryk
966-525: The last stages of illness during filming, and his severe physical state was apparent on film; the crew incorrectly assumed that his condition was the result of heavy drinking. The comedic episode was deemed unfit for broadcast, but it was resurrected some months later with Douglas's scenes reshot with Jack Warden . Billy Wilder , who had directed Douglas's wife Jan Sterling in Ace in the Hole (1951), had cast Douglas in
1008-547: The night of the mutiny, Queeg took all the proper measures, and did exactly what a commanding officer should have done. Thus, in Southard's view, Maryk's actions were completely unjustified. However, under cross examination from Greenwald, Southard concedes that there are rare, extreme circumstances under which sailing directly into the storm would be the only way to avoid sinking. Two psychiatrists who have examined Queeg, Dr. Forrest Lundeen and Dr. Allen Bird, testify that, while Queeg
1050-513: The ones putting their lives on the line to defend America – something none of the others were doing because they knew they could never truly enrich themselves financially in the armed forces. Greenwald, who is Jewish, understands what the consequences would have been had the Axis won World War II. He refers to Nazi atrocities, declaring, at one point, that it is men like Queeg who have saved his own mother, Mrs. Greenwald, from having been "melted down to
1092-742: The play for allegedly saying, "The South stinks. It's a land of sowbelly and segregation," which offended Southern audiences. Douglas claimed that he was misquoted. It was revived in 1983 at the Stamford Center for the Arts , Stamford, Connecticut and then at the Circle in the Square Theatre in a production directed by Arthur Sherman with John Rubinstein and Michael Moriarty , with Jay O. Sanders as Maryk. Former New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath (widely known as "Broadway Joe") replaced Sanders during
1134-572: The radio announcer in Doty Hobart and Tom McKnight's Double Dummy at the John Golden Theatre . In 1946, he won both a Theatre World Award and a Clarence Derwent Award for his portrayal of Harry Brock in Garson Kanin 's Born Yesterday . Douglas began appearing in films in 1949 . He may be best remembered for two baseball comedy movies, It Happens Every Spring (1949) and Angels in
1176-430: The reasons for Greenwald's trial strategy, and the two had once again parted as friends.) Greenwald proposes a toast to "Old Yellowstain." Unlike Caine ' s junior officers, Greenwald feels deep regret over what he did to Queeg on the witness stand. To Greenwald, though Phil Queeg was a weak man, perhaps he was still an admirable one, and Queeg and career military men like him are actually heroic figures, since they were
1218-482: The role of Mr. Sheldrake, the boss of the character played by Jack Lemmon and the lover of the character played by Shirley MacLaine , in The Apartment (1960). After Douglas's death, the role was recast with Fred MacMurray . Douglas was married five times and divorced four times. His first wife was Susie Wells and he married his second wife Elizabeth Farnum in 1931. His third marriage to Geraldine "Gerri" Higgins
1260-665: The run of the show, marking his only appearance on Broadway. Charlton Heston directed a critically acclaimed production in Los Angeles and London in 1984 in which he starred as Queeg. Heston later brought the production to the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater , where it again garnered critical acclaim. The play was first presented on television live in 1955, with Lloyd Nolan and Robert Gist repeating their stage roles as Queeg and Lt. Keefer, respectively, but with Barry Sullivan as Greenwald and Frank Lovejoy as Lt. Maryk. It
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1344-427: The ship in danger. Maryk took command, applying Article 184 of Navy Regulations, and steered Caine directly into the storm—the opposite in what Queeg had wanted. Caine and her entire crew survived, and rescued survivors from a capsized navy vessel, which Maryk thinks is proof that he acted appropriately. Maryk's lawyer, Lt. Barney Greenwald, indicates that he thinks Maryk, whom he would much rather have prosecuted in
1386-433: The ship's log, an enraged Queeg rants that he was surrounded by disloyal officers, and he looks exactly like the panicky paranoid that Maryk had described. By the time the defense rests, Queeg is a broken man, and everyone else present knows that Maryk will be acquitted. Maryk is relieved, if not totally ecstatic, and he invites Greenwald to a celebration party that Tom Keefer is hosting later that evening. (Keefer has written
1428-418: The strawberries from the icebox, and eaten them, before the icebox was padlocked, and that no duplicate key existed, Queeg's refusal to accept their confession and dedication to proving his theory convinces the officers that Queeg is trying to reenact the circumstances of his prior success against all evidence to the contrary. Finally, Maryk describes the events of the night of the mutiny itself. Maryk says Caine
1470-434: The typhoon had Keefer not poisoned the atmosphere in the first place. Greenwald denounces Keefer, and throws a glassful of yellow wine into his face (echoing the insulting nickname of "Old Yellowstain" the crew members had given to Queeg), before walking out of the party, an act which ruins it. Paul Douglas (actor) Paul Douglas Fleischer (April 11, 1907 − September 11, 1959), known professionally as Paul Douglas ,
1512-409: Was a coward, that he was giving panicky, conflicting orders during the typhoon, requiring Maryk to take action. During cross-examination, Greenwald gets Keith to tell numerous stories of Queeg's ineptitude, vanity, dishonesty, pettiness and seeming cowardice; indeed, one such incident led Caine ' s officers to give Queeg the nickname "Old Yellowstain." Lt. Thomas Keefer, another friend of Maryk's,
1554-519: Was an American actor. Douglas was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, the son of Margaret (Douglas) and William Paul Fleischer. He attended Yale University and participated in dramatics as a student there. Before becoming an actor, Douglas spent 20 years in the 20th Century-Fox newsreel department as a narrator and writer of captions. He had also been a narrator for several Vitaphone short films . Douglas made his Broadway debut in 1936 as
1596-432: Was an ensign, he drew the same conclusion: someone must have stolen them from the wardroom icebox, using a copy of the original key to its padlock. Queeg's steadfast belief that this was a repeat of the same MO as the first thief led him to divert extraordinary amounts of manpower to search the ship thoroughly for a copy of the icebox-padlock key. When several of the enlisted men confessed to Maryk that they had simply stolen
1638-549: Was first broadcast on May 8, 1988 and was subsequently released on VHS , LaserDisc , and DVD . The play was again revived on Broadway in 2006 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in a production directed by Jerry Zaks , starring Željko Ivanek as Queeg, Timothy Daly as prosecutor Lt. Cmdr. John Challee and David Schwimmer as Greenwald. The action takes place in The General Court-Martial Room of
1680-607: Was foundering, on the verge of sinking, and that Queeg was too frightened and paranoid to take the proper steps to save the ship. Only at this most desperate moment did Maryk see fit to take command. After the ship was out of danger, Maryk wrote a full account of his actions in the ship's log. He claims that Queeg came to him and proposed erasing this embarrassing incident from the log--a serious breach of Naval ethics. Maryk refused to do so, electing instead to take full responsibility for his actions. The prosecuting attorney, John Challee, asks Maryk about his background. Maryk answers that he
1722-571: Was staged as an episode of the anthology series Ford Star Jubilee . In 1988, Robert Altman directed another made-for-television version of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial for Columbia Pictures Television (CPT) . The cast included Eric Bogosian as Barney Greenwald, Jeff Daniels as Steve Maryk, Brad Davis as Philip Francis Queeg, Peter Gallagher as John Challee, Kevin J. O'Connor as Tom Keefer, Daniel Jenkins as Willie Keith, and Altman regular Michael Murphy as Captain Blakely. The production
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1764-574: Was the host of the 22nd annual Academy Awards in March 1950. Continuing in radio, he was the announcer for The Ed Wynn Show and the first host of NBC Radio's The Horn & Hardart Children's Hour . In April 1959, Douglas appeared on The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show as Lucy Ricardo's television morning show cohost in the episode "Lucy Wants a Career." In 1955, Douglas appeared in the play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial , but his union placed him on probation for allegedly saying "The South stinks. It's
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