"Damn the Defiant!" quotes
On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Writer: Nigel Kneale, Edmund H. North, Frank Tilsley
Production: N/A
Year: 1962
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.1
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 15 Apr 1962
Awards: N/A
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Cast
Captain Crawford - Alec Guinness
Lieut. Scott-Padget - Dirk Bogarde
Mr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon) - Maurice Denham
Senior Midshipman Kilpatrick - Nigel Stock
Lieut. Ponsonby - Richard Carpenter
Lieut. D'Arblay - Peter Gill
Harvey Crawford - David Robinson
Pardoe - Robin Stewart
Hayes - Ray Brooks
Johnson - Peter Greenspan
Vizard - Anthony Quayle
Evans - Tom Bell
Wagstaffe - Murray Melvin
Dawlish - Victor Maddern
Sgt. Kneebone - Bryan Pringle
Wheatley - Johnny Briggs
Grimshaw - Brian Phelan
Silly Billy - Toke Townley
Morrison - Declan Mulholland
Admiral Jackson - Walter Fitzgerald
Mrs. Crawford - Joy Shelton
Tavern Leader - Anthony Oliver
Flag Captain - Russell Napier
Flag Lieutenant - Michael Coles
Colonel Giraud - André Maranne
Marine officer - Del Baker
Crewman - Joe Beckett
Midshipman Assisting in Operation - James Bolam
Bosun - Tom Bowman
Crewman - Vic Chapman
Defiant Crewman With Lamp - Maxwell Craig
Purser - Dick Gregory
Crewman - Patrick Halpin
Press Ganged Crewman - Walter Henry
Young wife whose husband is pressed - Ann Lynn
Sailor - Alf Mangan
French Captain - Endre Muller
Seaman - Roger Mutton
Member of Press Gang - Jim O'Brady
Pirate - Emilio Scala
Crewman - Arnold Schulkes
Venetian Captain - James Sharkey
Girl in inn - Vera Tilsley
Flagship Sailor - Harry Webster
French Sailor - Fred Wood