I saw this in my "Dirk Bogarde crush phase" (that only needs a nudge to be reawakened ... some things you never grow out of) and thought it was a superior film, more restrained than Paths of Glory... shall we say British? ... but as effective ... I might also go watch The Caine Mutiny again, does it cont as a court martial?
I would also add The Caine Mutiny to the list of Courts Martial films...and my favourite, A Few Good Men...Aaron Sorkin flexing his fingers some ten years before the genius of West Wing
Thanks. Yes, I was really trying to lead into specific films with court martials. But there may well be some I've left out. But these were the ones that immediately came to mind...
John Ford also sets much of his cavalry film Sergeant Rutledge in a courtroom as the Sergeant is facing a court martial for the alleged murders of his colonel’s daughter and the colonel. Defended in court by his own white officer played by Jeffrey Hunter and prosecuted by an officer from a nearby infantry regiment played by Carleton Young (a member of the Ford Stock Company who appeared as the determined and defiant Confederate officer in Horse Soldiers). Proper courtroom theatrics are blended with vintage Ford western scenes and “injun fighting” - in many ways this is Ford’s (belated?) contribution to the nation’s dialogue on racial equality.
I saw this in my "Dirk Bogarde crush phase" (that only needs a nudge to be reawakened ... some things you never grow out of) and thought it was a superior film, more restrained than Paths of Glory... shall we say British? ... but as effective ... I might also go watch The Caine Mutiny again, does it cont as a court martial?
I would also add The Caine Mutiny to the list of Courts Martial films...and my favourite, A Few Good Men...Aaron Sorkin flexing his fingers some ten years before the genius of West Wing
No anatomy of a murder? Surely a candidate for being Preminger's best film?
But, er... I'm listing films with court martials?
Sorry, I got stuck on 'courtroom dramas' !
Thanks. Yes, I was really trying to lead into specific films with court martials. But there may well be some I've left out. But these were the ones that immediately came to mind...
John Ford also sets much of his cavalry film Sergeant Rutledge in a courtroom as the Sergeant is facing a court martial for the alleged murders of his colonel’s daughter and the colonel. Defended in court by his own white officer played by Jeffrey Hunter and prosecuted by an officer from a nearby infantry regiment played by Carleton Young (a member of the Ford Stock Company who appeared as the determined and defiant Confederate officer in Horse Soldiers). Proper courtroom theatrics are blended with vintage Ford western scenes and “injun fighting” - in many ways this is Ford’s (belated?) contribution to the nation’s dialogue on racial equality.