The story of hms defiant, otherwise known as damn the defiant for us viewers who may not have understood the three letter suffix, is based very loosely on various mutinies. With alec guinness, dirk bogarde, maurice denham, nigel stock. Defiant is ready to leave england after acquiring some new hands on a mission to protect a convoy of timber ships from. Music from the original 1962 motion picture soundtrack.
Defiant s crew is part of a fleetwide movement to present a petition of grievances to the admiralty. Most of these shortlived rebellions were about spreading french revolutionary spirit, a thing that needed fullon quoshing at the time, but which is displayed in. Oct 10, 2000 sony pictures home entertainment damn the defiant. Alec guinness stars as captain crawford, an 18thcentury ships captain. Nov 06, 2014 provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises damn the defiant. The film was directed by lewis gilbert, now mostly remembered for his contributions to the james bond series of movies but who also directed a host of classic british films between 1944 and 1995. Set about the time of the spithead mutiny, the defiant is sent to the mediterranean with a crew who are aware that the mutiny is about to take place and with officers in conflict.
Defiant, during the french revolutionary war, fair. Jerry stiller, veteran comic and bens father, has died at 92. Alec guinness dirk bogarde maurice denham 1962 the 18thcentury captain alec guinness of the h. It is the height of the napoleonic wars and, at sea, capt. Crawfords crew, led by vizard, is driven to mutiny by the viciousness of one of his officers, lieutenant scottpadget, despite the dangers of invasion by the french. The captain is wounded in the arm and has to be taken down below. When he awakens he hears french voices and wonders if the defiant has been captured by the french. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises damn the defiant. Volume one 19621976 george duning don ellis jerry fielding billy goldenberg jerry goldsmith dave grusin gil melle john parker george romanis leonard rosenman lalo schifrin harry sukman john williams. Spain 5 november 1962 madrid mexico december 1962. Usa 19 september 1962 new york city, new york denmark 6 october 1962.
Defiants crew is part of a fleetwide movement to present a petition of grievances to the admiralty. Sir alec guinness and sir anthony quayle made this movie during the two month break in the shooting of lawrence of arabia 1962, when the production moved from jordan to spain. Wellliked by his crew, crawford clashes with the newest man on board, lt. Defiant is a british naval war cinemascope and technicolor film from 1962 starring alec guinness and dirk bogarde.
As tensions on the vessel mount, crawford must keep. There are currently two videos available for the film, of which one and only one is. Foresters hornblower and alexander kents captain bolitho books i. Scottpadget thinks crawford is soft on the men and uses crawfords son, who is aboard, to manipulate the ships leader. These are the damned 1962 fantasy, horror, macdonald carey, shirley anne field, viveca lindfors. The freelance career began with dirk playing the sadistic lt scottpadget opposite alec guinness as the patient ships captain. It was directed by lewis gilbert, with a screenplay by nigel kneale from frank tilsleys novel mutiny 1958. That said, i have a weakness for the subject matter since i grew up on c. It tells the story of a mutiny aboard the fictitious ship of the title at around the time of the spithead mutiny.
Guinness is popular with his men, which is more than can be said for his new secondincommand dirk bogarde. Upon finishing this movie, both returned to lawrence of arabia 1962. The lead ship of her class and one of the federations first purposebuilt warships, the defiant first appears in the thirdseason ds9 episode the search, part i, after which it plays a significant role throughout the series in the ensuing. There are currently two videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Original trailer mutiny threatens his majestys warship during the war against napoleon in damn the defiant. Defiant, the humane crawford guinness strives to maintain order throughout the ship against the ceaseless brutality of sadistic first mate scottpadget dirk bogarde. Hms defiant vs master and commander damn the defiant. Deep space nine ds9 and the feature film star trek. The continual sadism of defiant s first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases. Scottpadget dirk bogarde is a ruthless career opportunistand borderline torturerwhom the captain is at pains to keep at bay. Defiant finds the mate has driven the men to mutiny.
It clearly doesnt compare with the other 1962 movie that featured alec guinness and anthony quayle thatd be lawrence of arabia. Alec guinness must battle a mutinous crew and napoleons fleet in the rousing, historical adventure damn the defiant. Trailer for damn the defiant defiants crew is part of a fleetwide movement to present a petition of grievances to the admiralty. After crawford is injured in a fiery battle with a french treasure ship, angry seaman vizard anthony quayle leads the crew to mutiny when scottpadget takes. The commander alec guinness of a british warship must battle napoleons fleet and his own mutinous crew. A captains alec guinness mate dirk bogarde drives his men to mutiny. It is primarily a great study of alec guinness in his preobi wan days, as the steady yet intimidated captain crawford of hms defiant, whose control over his ship is under the sway of his disobedient second.
Master and commander isnt a patch on the butt of damn the defiant or, horatio hornblower. The continual sadism of defiants first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases. Dthdf1962 scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. Alec guinness plays the stern but compassionate captain of a british warship, engaged in the napoleonic wars. Damn the defiant is a reasonably welldone motion picture about a british frigate deployed in the mediterranean during the napoleanic war. The dvd provides very mediocre and flawed picture and sound plus no significant extras. When guinness tries to modify bogardes sadistic adherence to discipline, bogarde responds by. This is an older film and looks like it, but the transfer still turns out to be of passing grades. Defiant finds the mate dirk bogarde has driven the men to mutiny. It is primarily a great study of alec guinness in his preobi wan days, as the steady yet intimidated captain crawford of hms defiant, whose control over his ship is under the sway of his disobedient second officer, played by the seldom seen dirk bogarde as. The captain calls for the ship to identify itself, but its all a trick.