From Library Journal
This compelling account of a mutiny at sea, when performed on stage or screen, seems real. It is fiction, from Wouk's own Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Caine Mutiny, which focuses on a 1945 U.S. Naval court-martial. Edgy, duplicitous Lt. Commander Queeg (portrayed by David Selby) testifies against honest if misguided Lt. Meryk (David Fendig), who deposed him to save a ship in a typhoon. The skilled cast of nine men, including Dan Lauria and Josh Stamberg, tend to speak rapidly when tension builds. In some brief instances, that may make if difficult to identify the speaker. The recording has studio clarity; recommended for students and enthusiasts of mid-20th-century classic drama. Gordon Blackwell, Eastchester, NY
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As a Pulitzer-winning novel, Broadway hit, and film, this account of a mutiny aboard a Navy minesweeper in WWII and the ensuing court-martial enjoyed immense popularity in the early 1950s. Deservedly so, as the writing of all three versions exemplifies considerable craftsmanship. And the performances! Lloyd Nolan on stage and Humphrey Bogart on screen as the commander with a screw loose--who could forget them? This audio production, taped before a studio audience, is a taut, absorbing version of the stage play. All the performers are thorough professionals, and the director has admirably caught all the tensions. However, the style is on the level of TV melodramas such as "JAG," whereas a bit more attention to characterizations would have served the play better. Y.R. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine--
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