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Damn The Defiant!
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Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic) / Standard 1.33:1 Color / Production Year: 1962 / Region 1
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Current Sales Rank: 1627
All-Time Sales Rank: 5246
| Overall Rating:   3.25 out of 5, including 2 reviews
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They were shipmates at war...with each other.
Alec Guinness must battle a mutinous crew and Napoleon's fleet in the rousing, historical adventure Damn The Defiant! As commander of the British warship H.M.S. Defiant, the humane Crawford (Guinness) strives to maintain order throughout the ship against the ceaseless brutality of sadistic first mate Scott-Padget (Dirk Bogarde).
After Crawford is injured in a fiery battle with a French treasure ship, angry seamen Vizard (Anthony Quayle) leads the crew to mutiny when Scott-Padget takes over. Now with Vizard in command, Crawford persuades him to join the British fleet to help fight against France's planned invasion of England in hopes for a mutiny pardon. But when a vengeful sailor murders Scott-Padget, the Defiant crew must decide between saving their country or their own lives.
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Features:
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Production Notes
| Video:
| Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Standard 1.33:1 Color | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
| Subtitles:
| | English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai
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| Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Production Year: 1962
Release Date: 10/10/2000
Length: 101 mins
Rating: NR
Chapters: 28
| Packaging: Keep Case
Number of Discs: 1
Disc: DS-SL
Item Code: 08259
UPC Code: 043396082595
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Overall Rating: 3.25 out of 5, including 2 reviews
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Empire Review
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DAMN THE DEFIANT - 2 out of 5 (10/23/2001)
In an attempt to have a film similar to M-G-M's mega-remake of MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY in 1962, Columbia Picture and producer John Bradbourne came up with DAMN THE DEFIANT, which happens to be based on the book "Mutiny" by Frank Tilsey. both the book and the film, however, do not tell an alternate version of the Bly/Christian conflict, but instead involves events on the 18th Century British vessel the title refers to.
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Intrigue and Adventure on the High Seas - 4.5 out of 5 (4/17/2001)
Dirk Bogarde is superbly villianous as the ultra-disciplinarian Scott-Piaget in this "ripping sea-yarn" about the degrading conditions in His Majestys 18th century Navy. The scenes on the high seas are breathtaking in their beauty and superbly shot and edited. Alec Guinness is utterly convinving in his role as the humane Captain Crawford. The two clash in the foreground of a mutinous rebellion, led by Anthony Quayle. The suspenseful conclusion had me on the edge of my seat. This movie is a
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