Mutiny

Mutiny is a 1952 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury and Patric Knowles. The picture was produced by the King Brothers Productions and based on a story by Hollister Noble; the two parties had previously collaborated on Drums in the Deep South. Plot As the War of 1812 breaks out between the United States and Britain, Captain James Marshall is asked to undertake a mission of running the blockade of the US coast being operated by the British, for the purpose of collecting a war loan in gold obtained from private citizens in France. The purpose of the loan is to assist a build up the fledgling US fleet against the mighty British Navy. Marshall asks Ben Waldridge, a former Royal Navy captain who was cashiered by the Navy, to be his First Officer on board the Concord which is purported to be fastest ship the United States has. Waldridge helps Marshall by pulling a crew together that consists mostly of his loyal former gun crew and is led by two men named Hook (has a hook for one of his hands) and Redlegs. They both make the assumption that Waldridge will be their captain and are a bit surprised and suspicious to learn that he won't be. The crew is not made aware of the true purpose of the mission. However, early on the journey to France, Redlegs lowers Hook over the side of the ship in order to eavesdrop outside the window of the Captain's quarters. He overhears Marshall and Waldridge talking details of the $10 million in gold they are to bring back to the US.