While the drama of the 1954 film hinged on the high stakes of the Pacific theater during World War II, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial involves an all-volunteer navy and no sea battles.
Mounted as the filmed version of a stage play, “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” has more in common with “A Few Good Men” than the 1954 movie starring Humphrey Bogart, and might be as notable for its credit list as this sturdy but unspectacular production – marking, as it does, the final film from director William Friedkin as well as co-star Lance Reddick, both of whom died earlier this year.
The strawberries are still missing; the steel balls continue rolling nervously around in Captain Queeg’s sea-weathered mitts. And Showtime’s “The Caine Mutiny…