H.M.S. Defiant (Original title)The Mutineers (Working title)Damn the Defiant! (Alternative title)HMS Defiant (Help search title)

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Dates: 1962 (Copyright), 16 April 1962 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Lewis Gilbert

Synopsis: Seaborne melodrama about discontent aboard an 18th century British ship.

Genre: Period drama

Subjects: Mutiny, 18th century

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©: G.W. Films, Presents: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Produced by: John Brabourne, [Columbia Pictures Representative]: Douglas Peirce, Production Manager: Richard Goodwin, [Production Accountant]: Archie Holley, [Accountant]: Max Standish, [Assistant Accountant]: Doreen Wood, Location Manager: Robert Porter, [Secretary to Producer]: Julie Wadman, [Production Secretary]: Marguerite Green, [Secretary to Director]: Tessa Hodgson, Assistant Director: Jack Causey, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Claude Watson, Jim Brennan, [Assistant Editor (3rd)]: Jeremy Saunders, [Assistant Director]: John Gilbert, Continuity: Shirley Barnes, [Casting Adviser]: John Bird, Screenplay by: Nigel Kneale, Edmund H. North, Based upon the book 'Mutiny' by: Frank Tilsley, Director of Photography: Christopher Challis, Camera Operator: Austin Dempster, [Focus Puller]: John Jordan, Roy Ford, [Focus Puller (2nd Camera)]: Ronnie Fox-Rogers, [Clapper Loader]: Robin Browne, [Chargehand Electrician]: Jack Sullivan, [Camera Grip]: Jack Roche, [Stills]: Bert Cann, Special Effects Supervisor: Howard Lydecker, [Special Effects Technician]: Ernie Sullivan, [Special Effects Props]: James Ryan, [Model Photography]: Skeets Kelly, Editor: Peter Hunt, [Assistant Editor]: Norman Wanstall, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: Gerald Arbeid, Art Director: Arthur Lawson, [Scenic Artist]: Ted Barnes, [Draughtsman]: Ted Tester, Bill Bennison, [Prop Buyer]: Percy Godbold, [Construction Manager]: Bill Maclaren, [Wardrobe Supervisor]: Jean Fairlie, [Wardrobe Assistant]: Duncan McPhee, Make-up: Fred Williamson, [Make-up]: Mickey Morris, Hairdresser: Gordon Bond, Music Composed by: Clifton Parker, [Music] Conducted by: Muir Mathieson, Sound Recordist: H.L. Bird, Red Law, [Sound Camera Operator]: Sandy Fairlie, [Boom Operator]: Ken Ritchie, [Sound Maintenance]: George Widdows, Dubbing Editor: Win Ryder, Fight Arranger: William Hobbs, [Technical Adviser]: D.H. Angel, [Ship's Captain]: Alan Villiers, [Publicist]: Enid Jones, Made at: Shepperton Studios

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Alec Guinness (Captain Crawford), Dirk Bogarde (Lieutenant Scott-Padget), Maurice Denham (Mr Goss, ship's surgeon), Nigel Stock (Senior Midshipman Kilpatrick), Richard Carpenter (Lt Ponsonby), Peter Gill (Lt d'Arblay), David Robinson (Harvey Crawford), Robin Stewart (Pardoe), Ray Brooks (Hayes), Peter Greenspan (Johnson), Anthony Quayle (Vizard), Tom Bell (Evans), Murray Melvin (Wagstaffe), Victor Maddern (Richard Dawlish), Bryan Pringle (Sergeant Kneebone), Johnny Briggs (Wheatley), Brian Phelan (Grimshaw), Toke Townley ('Silly Billy' Whiting), Declan Mulholland (Morrison), Walter Fitzgerald (Admiral Jackson), Joy Shelton (Mrs Crawford), Anthony Oliver (tavern leader), Russell Napier (flag captain), Michael Coles (flag lieutenant), André Maranne (Colonel Giraud), Tom Bowman ([bosun]), James Bolam ([armourer]), Endre Muller ([French captain]), James Sharkey ([Venetian captain]), Ann Lynn ([young wife]), Dick Gregory ([purser]), Harry Webster ([flagship sailor]), Vera Tilsley ([girl in inn]), Emilio Scala ([pirate])

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In: Sight and Sound v12 n6 June 2002  Page: 60
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: WALTERS, Ben Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Annunciation v7 n4 April 1962  Page: 17
Title: [Annunciation - v7 n4 April 1962: no known title]Language: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v171 n24 6 Aug 1962  Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v171 n24 6 Aug 1962: no known title]Language: English

In: Kine Weekly n2838 22 Feb 1962  Page: 9
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2838 22 Feb 1962: no known title]Language: English

In: Variety 4 Apr 1962
Title: [Variety - 4 Apr 1962: no known title]Language: English

In: The Daily Cinema n8577 23 Feb 1962  Page: 10
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8577 23 Feb 1962: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v29 n339 April 1962  Page: 46
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v29 n339 April 1962: no known title]Language: English
Description: 29.

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Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9066 FeetStock date: 1962BFI identifier: C-78774
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Film materials(9)
Description: PositiveBFI identifier: C-78775
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status

Description: PositiveBFI identifier: C-78776
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status

Description: 35mm Base: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9089 FeetStock date: 1962BFI identifier: C-78777
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film

Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 5138 FeetStock date: 1962BFI identifier: C-78772
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film

Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 6568 FeetStock date: 1962BFI identifier: C-1132411
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film

Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1220980
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film

Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9066 FeetStock date: 1962BFI identifier: C-78774
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)

Description: 35mm PositiveSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-78771
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status

Description: 35mm PositiveSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-78773
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status

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