H.M.S. Defiant

Name: H.M.S. Defiant
Genre: Adventure, History, War
Released: 1962-04-15
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Quayle, Maurice Denham, Nigel Stock

The cry was MUTINY... and the decks ran red!...

H.M.S. Defiant (1962)

1:41 (101 min)

Adventure, History, War

United Kingdom

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Production

Columbia Pictures

Release date

15 April 1962

Director

Lewis Gilbert

Scenario

Frank Tilsley

Author

Composer

Clifton Parker

Producer

John Brabourne

Actors

Captain Crawford

Lieut. Scott-Padget

Vizard

Mr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon)

Nigel Stock

Senior Midshipman Kilpatrick

Tom Bell

Evans

Richard Carpenter

Lieut. Posonby

Ray Brooks

Hayes

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Short description

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.