Caine Mutiny Jose Ferrer Broken Arm

Prompting one to assume that ferrer s injury was real but had to be included due to the film s schedule.

Caine mutiny jose ferrer broken arm. The caine mutiny works well on so many levels. In the ww2 time frame it was rather common not just for the us but for other world navies to have certain communities within the service wear a ground establishment uniform as working service outfit. The story is told from the point of ensign willis seward keith robert francis newly graduated from officer candidate school at princeton university keith is assigned to the uss caine a tired 20 year old navy minesweeper. Over the years my wife and i have watched the caine mutiny at least a half dozen times and yet amazingly had never noticed that jose ferrer s right hand was bandaged.

In 1947 ferrer won the tony award for his theatrical performance of cyrano de bergerac and in. He was the first puerto rican born actor as well as the first hispanic actor to win an academy award in 1950 for cyrano de bergerac. Moviechat forums the caine mutiny 1954 discussion jose ferrer s bandaged right hand jose ferrer s bandaged right hand posted 12 years ago by jdmba23 5 replies jump to latest. A fictional navy drama set in the pacific during world war ii it was directed by edward dmytryk and produced by stanley kramer and stars humphrey bogart josé ferrer van johnson and fred macmurray the film is based on the caine mutiny the 1951 pulitzer prize winning novel written by herman wouk.

The caine mutiny was drawn directly from wouk s own experiences and other events while serving as a naval officer in the pacific war. 18 painted in white on both sides of the bow. José vicente ferrer de otero y cintrón january 8 1912 january 26 1992 known as josé ferrer was a puerto rican actor and theatre and film director. In the book lt.

In the scene where the caine is in a storm there is no number 18 on the side of the bow. The success of aurora dawn published in 1947 laid the pathway for wouk s second and markedly more successful novel the caine mutiny court martial which was published in 1951. Greenwald ferrer was a pilot who had crashed into a barrier suffering burns and had been recovering and was waiting to be called back to his squadron. In other shots of the real caine there is a very distinctive no.

Jose ferrer and fred macmurray are superb and indeed so is the entire cast but the film clearly belongs to humphrey bogart s captain queeg. It is a great insight into navy life a first rate legal drama and an unforgettable character study. The caine mutiny cafe society. When maryk and keith meet.

When lieutenant commander philip queeg humphrey bogart the new commanding officer shows signs of paranoia and mental instability the crew of the caine begin to doubt.