Damn the Defiant Movie Review 1962

Adventure abounds when Guinness, as captain of the HMS Defiant during the Napoleonic wars, finds himself up against not only the French but his cruel second-in-command (Bogarde) and a mutinous crew as well. In the end, both a fleet-wide mutiny and a French invasion of England are avoided. Much attention is paid to period detail in this well-crafted film.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 101 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 19th Century, Sail Away

Screenplay

Nigel Kneale, Edmund H. North

Cast

Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Maurice Denham, Anthony Quayle

Cinematography

Christopher Challis

Director

Lewis Gilbert

Music

Clifton Parker

Other

Peter R. Hunt

Producer

Columbia Pictures