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What's going
-on, Steve?
-Oh, it's not good.
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What are they
doing in there?
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That is a hell
of a long recess.
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Longest recess yet.
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-I've seen longer.
-I thought the trial would
be over by now.
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All they do is
swear somebody in
and recess,
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and then look at a paper,
recess, look at a...
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You won't tell me
what you're doing,
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how you're gonna
conduct my case,
what I'm supposed to say.
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It would only
confuse you.
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I don't like the way
you're handling me.
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Good. That makes us even.
I don't like handling you.
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What? Well, then,
maybe I'd better just
go into court and...
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Maryk, I'd rather
be prosecuting you
than defending you.
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I told you that
the first time we met.
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Nevertheless,
I am defending you.
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If it is humanly
possible to win an
acquittal in this case
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I'm gonna win you
an acquittal.
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If you want a prediction,
I'm gonna get you off.
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But you can't help me,
so just leave me be.
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Hell of a thing to say,
you'd rather be prosecuting
me than defending me.
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How do you suppose
that makes me feel?
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-You're nervous.
-Oh, sure I am.
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I am too,
a bit. Sorry.
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I can ask the court
for a different counsel.
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Forget it.
I don't take on a case
just to lose it.
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You do think I was right
to relieve Captain Queeg?
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I can't say that.
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After everything I've
told you, you still do
not think he was nuts?
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No, I don't.
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Then I get hung.
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Not necessarily.
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Maybe I should
plead guilty.
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Eight legal officers
advised me...
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I don't care if every
legal officer in the
Navy says otherwise,
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I think I can
get you off.
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This is
a whole foul up.
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You'll do nobly.
You may come out of this
a great naval hero.
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Greenwald,
is something
eating at you?
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I used to daydream about
a court-martial coming up
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and some poor Joe
would be defending,
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and I'd step in, take over,
twist the Navy's arm,
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make it holler Uncle.
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Well, now here's
my dream come true.
You know something?
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I don't look forward
to twisting the Navy's arm.
Not one bit.
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-Scared of the brass, huh?
-Worse.
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-What?
-Respectful.
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Ah, look, I put in for
transfer to the regulars.
I respect the Navy, too.
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It's just...
I don't know, Maryk.
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I'm a damn good
lawyer and I'm
a pretty poor...
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We're spending
excessive time on
all these recesses.
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I appreciate
your wanting to have
the record letter perfect.
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I think there is
a big pile of foolishness
connected with the Navy.
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In fact, sometimes
I think that the Navy
is just a master plan
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designed by geniuses
for execution by idiots.
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You think what?
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That the Navy is
just a master plan
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designed by geniuses
for execution by idiots.
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Where'd
you hear that?
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Couldn't I have
just made it up?
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You could
have just made up the
Gettysburg address, too.
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Where'd you hear it?
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Well, as a matter of fact,
it's one of Tom Keefer's
favorite cracks.
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Ah, yes. You echo
your novelist friend
quite a bit, don't you?
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Well, let's get
on with the case,
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keep thetechnicalities to a minimum.
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Aye, aye, sir.
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Well, here we go.
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Better you did it
out of your own
noble judgment
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than you took
the advice of
a sensitive novelist.
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Attention!
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Court is in session.
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Court finds the charge and
specification in due form
and technically correct.
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Is the accused
-ready for trial?
-Yes, sir.
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"Charge. Conduct to
the prejudice of good
order and discipline.
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"Specification.
In that Lieutenant
Stephen Maryk, USNR,
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"did, on or about
18 December, 1944,
aboard the USS Caine,
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"willfully, without
proper authority and
without justifiable cause,
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"did relieve from his duty
as commanding officer,
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"Lieutenant Commander Philip
Francis Queeg, USN,
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"the duly assigned
commanding officer
of said ship,
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"who was then and there
in lawful exercise
of his command,
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"the United States then
being in a state of war."
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Stephen Maryk, Lieutenant,
United States Naval Reserve,
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you have heard the
charge and specification
preferred against you.
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-How say you?
-Not guilty.
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Guilty or not guilty?
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Not guilty.
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Judge advocate,
present your case.
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Call Lieutenant
Commander Queeg.
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Lieutenant Commander Queeg.
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This guy had a ship
we used to call
the USS Purgatory.
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You do solemnly swear
the evidence you shall
give in this court
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shall be the truth,
the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth,
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-so help you God?
-I do.
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State your name, rank
and present position.
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Philip Frances Queeg,
Lieutenant Commander,
United States Navy,
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temporarily assigned
to commandant,
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12th Naval District,
awaiting reassignment
by Bupers.
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If you recognize
the accused,
state as whom.
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Lieutenant Stephen Maryk,
USNR.
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Commander Queeg,
on December 18, 1944,
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were you in command
of the USS Caine?
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-I was.
-What type of
vessel is the Caine?
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Her official designation
is high-speed mine-sweeper.
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What she is,
is a four-piper,
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one of those flush deck,
1,200 ton destroyers
from World War One,
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fixed up with
-mine-sweeping gear.
An old ship, then?
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I guess about
the oldest type still
doing combat duty.
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What is her
primary mission?
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Well, that's a hard one.
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These old buckets
are regarded as
pretty expendable.
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By and large,
we were doing the
usual destroyer duty,
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anti-submarine screening,
also ran the mail,
transported marines,
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carried aviation gas
and torpedoes,
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gave fire support
in minor landings,
or what have you.
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Also swept mines
now and then.
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Commander,
on December 18, 1944,
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were you relieved of
command of the Caine?
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-Yes.
-By whom?
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-By the accused.
-Was this a regular relief?
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It was totally
irregular, sir.
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How would you describe it?
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The most charitable
description would be
that it was an incident,
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a regrettable incident of
temporary and total collapse
of military discipline.
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Commander, please
relate all the facts that bear
on this unauthorized relief.
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Okay.
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I'll try to do this
consecutively, here.
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We sortied, the Caine,
sortied, from Ulithi Atoll
on the 16th of December.
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I believe the
15th or the 16th.
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We were a screening vessel
with a group of fleet oilers.
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Our mission was to
rendezvous with and refuel
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Admiral Halsey's
fast carrier force
in the Philippine Sea.
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Okay. Well, we made
the rendezvous,
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and then this
typhoon came along.
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The fueling was broken off
and the fleet began to
maneuver to evade the storm.
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Now, the storm was
traveling due west,
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so Admiral Halsey
set fleet course due south,
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and we began to
make a run for the
safe semi-circle.
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What was
the date and time of
that course change?
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That would be the
morning of the 18th, sir.
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Well, uh, as I say,
visibility was almost zero.
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The storm was pretty
bad at this point.
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Couldn't see the guide
or even the next ship
in the screen.
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We were just steaming
blindly through
rain and spray.
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And, of course,
with the wind and
sea and all,
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we had to maneuver
pretty smartly
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with engines and
rudder to hold fleet
course and speed.
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But we were doing fine.
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My executive officer,
however, pretty early in
the game began to show
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unusual symptoms
of nervousness.
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What were
these symptoms
of nervousness?
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Well, for instance,
he began talking
very early,
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oh, it couldn't have been half
an hour after the fleet
started to run south,
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that we should operate
independently and
come around north.
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And why would
he want to do that?
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To give you
a picture on that.
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You see, the typhoon
was coming at us
from the east,
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and we were on
the western edge of it.
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Now, as you know, these
blows spin counter-clockwise
above the equator.
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That means where
we were, the wind was
coming from due north.
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Admiral Halsey, of course,
was running south,
with the wind,
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to get out of
the storm's path.
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Now this is in accordance
with all existing storm
doctrine from Bowditch on up.
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But my exec insisted
that the ship was
on the verge of foundering,
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and that we had
better come around
and head into the wind,
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that is, north,
if we were to survive.
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Of course we weren't in any
such bad shape at all.
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And that's what I mean
by nervousness.
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What was your objection
to coming north, as your
executive officer suggested?
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Why, everything was
wrong with that idea that
could be wrong with it, sir.
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In the first place,
my orders were
to proceed south.
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My mission was screening.
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My ship was in
no danger and was
functioning normally.
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Why, to drop out of station
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and act independently
under those conditions
was unthinkable.
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Coming around to north
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would have headed
the ship directly into
the heart of the typhoon.
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It was not only
a senseless suggestion,
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in the circumstances,
it was almost suicidal.
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And, I might add, I have
since checked my decisions
of December 18th
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with the finest
ship handlers I know,
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up to the rank
of rear admiral,
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and they've all
Commander...
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...that the only course
in that situation
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-was south!
-Your last remark...
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Commander, your last
remark was hearsay evidence.
That is not acceptable.
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I'm sorry, sir.
I'm not up on these
legal distinctions
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as much as I should
be, I guess.
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Perfectly all right.
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Does the defense counsel
move to strike out that
part of the testimony
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that was hearsay evidence?
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All right, sir,
-I so move.
-No objection.
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A ship-handling expert
will be called to testify
on that point, Commander.
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I see, and I'm very
glad to know that, sir.
Thank you.
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Proceed with
your description
of the relief.
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Okay.
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Well, it's just that
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Maryk kept insisting
on coming north,
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more and more stridently
as the weather deteriorated.
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Finally, I began
to be a little
concerned about him.
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Suddenly he walked up
to me out of the clear sky
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and told me
I was on the sick list
and he was relieving me.
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It was only when I heard
him shouting orders at
the officer of the deck
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[CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]and countermanding my
instructions to the helm
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that I began to realize
what was going on.
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Commander,
can you recall
anything at all
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in your own bearing
or manner that could
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have provoked your
executive officer's act?
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Well, truthfully,
sir, I cannot.
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Frankly, I don't think
my bearing or manner
had anything to do with it.
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It was a pretty
scary situation
at the wheelhouse.
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The wind was force 10 to 12,
screeching and all that.
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The waves were mountainous.
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The barometer was about
as low as it's ever been
in the US Navy history.
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We took one
very bad roll, and
I mean a bad one,
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and I've done a lot of
North Atlantic rolling, too.
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Well, I think Maryk
simply went into panic.
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Was the Cainein
grave danger at that moment?
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Oh, oh, no, I wouldn't
say that. No, sir.
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We righted very nicely
from that bad roll.
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He repeatedly tried to
order me off the bridge,
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but I stayed
right where I was.
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I only gave him orders
when it seemed necessary
for the safety of the ship.
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In the situation,
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I thought the chief hazard
was any further acts of
frenzy on his part.
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00:12:21,637 --> 00:12:25,745
And to the extent
that the Cainedid come
safely through the storm,
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00:12:25,779 --> 00:12:29,990
despite this
unprecedented running amuck
of my executive officer,
231
00:12:30,025 --> 00:12:32,613
I believe my handling
of the emergency
was the correct one.
232
00:12:34,512 --> 00:12:37,446
Did Mr. Maryk cite
any authority at all
when he relieved you?
233
00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,552
Oh, he mumbled
something about
Article 184.
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00:12:40,587 --> 00:12:42,796
I didn't even
catch it at the time.
235
00:12:42,831 --> 00:12:46,075
Later, he said his
authority came from
Articles 184, 185 and 186
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00:12:46,110 --> 00:12:47,767
of the Navy regulations.
237
00:12:47,801 --> 00:12:49,838
Are you familiar
-with these articles?
Certainly.
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00:12:49,872 --> 00:12:53,427
In substance,
what do they provide?
239
00:12:53,462 --> 00:12:56,465
Well, as I
understand it, they
make it possible for
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an executive officer to
take over in an emergency.
241
00:12:59,468 --> 00:13:03,127
A highly unusual emergency,
where the Captain is...
242
00:13:03,161 --> 00:13:07,821
Well, frankly, where the
Captain's gone absolutely
and hopelessly loony.
243
00:13:07,856 --> 00:13:11,618
Were these articles
properly invoked
in your situation?
244
00:13:11,652 --> 00:13:14,794
Well, I'm sort of an
interested party here.
245
00:13:14,828 --> 00:13:17,003
But you won't have to
take my word for it.
246
00:13:17,037 --> 00:13:20,040
I was successfully
conning my ship
through a typhoon.
247
00:13:20,075 --> 00:13:22,663
Fortunately, there are
130 witnesses to that fact,
248
00:13:22,698 --> 00:13:24,838
every man who was
aboard that ship.
249
00:13:24,873 --> 00:13:27,461
There, again, sir,
you're testifying to the
conclusions of others.
250
00:13:27,496 --> 00:13:29,670
Strike the last sentence of
-the answer from the record.
-I'm sorry.
251
00:13:29,705 --> 00:13:31,465
I'm obviously
no legal expert.
252
00:13:31,500 --> 00:13:32,881
I'll withdraw the sentence.
253
00:13:32,915 --> 00:13:34,641
Have you ever been
mentally ill, sir?
254
00:13:36,436 --> 00:13:38,024
No, sir.
255
00:13:38,058 --> 00:13:40,440
Were you ill
in any way when
Mr. Maryk relieved you?
256
00:13:40,474 --> 00:13:42,097
I was not.
257
00:13:42,131 --> 00:13:44,858
Did you warn your
executive officer of the
consequences of his act?
258
00:13:44,893 --> 00:13:47,171
I told him
he was performing
a mutinous act.
259
00:13:47,205 --> 00:13:48,413
What was his reply?
260
00:13:48,448 --> 00:13:50,588
That he expected
to be court-martialed,
261
00:13:50,622 --> 00:13:53,177
but was going to
retain command anyway.
262
00:13:53,211 --> 00:13:57,215
What was the attitude of
Lieutenant Junior Grade Keith,
the officer of the deck?
263
00:13:57,250 --> 00:13:58,976
He was in a state of panic
as bad as Maryk's.
264
00:13:59,010 --> 00:14:00,391
What was the attitude
of the helmsman?
265
00:14:00,425 --> 00:14:02,876
Stilwell was
emotionally unbalanced,
266
00:14:02,911 --> 00:14:06,362
and for some reason
was very devoted
to Mr. Keith.
267
00:14:06,397 --> 00:14:07,708
They both backed up Maryk.
268
00:14:07,743 --> 00:14:09,365
Is there anything
else you care to
state, Commander,
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00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,506
in connection with the
events of December 18
aboard the Caine?
270
00:14:14,129 --> 00:14:19,237
Well, I've thought a lot
about it all, of course.
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00:14:19,272 --> 00:14:21,722
It's the gravest
occurrence of my career,
272
00:14:21,757 --> 00:14:25,381
and the only
questionable one
that I'm aware of.
273
00:14:25,416 --> 00:14:28,764
It was an unfortunate
freak accident.
274
00:14:28,798 --> 00:14:33,803
If the OOD
had been anyone
but this immature Keith,
275
00:14:33,838 --> 00:14:36,116
and the helmsman
anyone but Stilwell,
276
00:14:36,151 --> 00:14:38,912
I don't think it
would have happened.
277
00:14:38,947 --> 00:14:42,329
A confident officer
of the deck would have
repudiated Maryk's orders.
278
00:14:42,364 --> 00:14:46,886
And a normal sailor at the
helm would have disregarded
both officers and obeyed me.
279
00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,959
It was just bad luck
that these three men,
Maryk, Keith and Stilwell
280
00:14:50,993 --> 00:14:53,375
were combined against me
at a crucial time.
281
00:14:53,409 --> 00:14:56,447
Bad luck for me,
and I'm afraid
worse luck for them.
282
00:14:59,450 --> 00:15:01,383
Court would like
to question the witness.
283
00:15:01,417 --> 00:15:04,593
Commander, you've taken
all the prescribed physical
and mental examinations
284
00:15:04,627 --> 00:15:07,113
incident to entrance
to the Academy,
285
00:15:07,147 --> 00:15:11,186
graduation, commissioning,
promotions and so forth?
286
00:15:11,220 --> 00:15:13,222
Yes, sir,
for 14 years.
287
00:15:13,257 --> 00:15:16,881
Does your medical record
contain any history of
illness, mental or physical?
288
00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:21,575
It does not, sir.
My tonsils were removed
in the fall of 1938.
289
00:15:21,610 --> 00:15:23,957
Have you ever had
an unsatisfactory fitness
report, Commander?
290
00:15:23,992 --> 00:15:27,961
Negative, sir.
I have one letter of
commendation in my jacket.
291
00:15:27,996 --> 00:15:30,205
Commander,
can you account for
Lieutenant Maryk's opinion
292
00:15:30,239 --> 00:15:31,931
that you were mentally ill?
293
00:15:37,005 --> 00:15:39,628
Well, sir, that's
rather a tough one.
294
00:15:39,662 --> 00:15:42,286
Well, I appreciate
that, but I think it
might be helpful.
295
00:15:43,701 --> 00:15:46,221
Well, sir,
296
00:15:46,255 --> 00:15:51,674
I will say that I did assume
command of an extremely
disorganized and dirty ship.
297
00:15:51,709 --> 00:15:54,850
Now that's no reflection
on the officer I relieved.
298
00:15:54,884 --> 00:15:57,473
The Cainehad had a year
and a half of the most
arduous combat duty
299
00:15:57,508 --> 00:15:59,441
and it was understandable.
300
00:15:59,475 --> 00:16:03,479
Still, the safety of that ship
and its crew demanded its
being brought up to snuff.
301
00:16:04,308 --> 00:16:07,138
I took many stern measures.
302
00:16:07,173 --> 00:16:09,589
Lieutenant Maryk,
I may say, from the first,
303
00:16:09,623 --> 00:16:12,281
never saw eye to eye
with me at all on the idea
304
00:16:12,316 --> 00:16:15,215
of making the Caine
a taut ship again.
305
00:16:15,250 --> 00:16:17,631
Maybe he thought I was
crazy to keep trying.
306
00:16:22,188 --> 00:16:23,948
I guess that's
the picture, sir.
307
00:16:25,363 --> 00:16:26,744
No more questions.
308
00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:37,168
Commander Queeg, I should
like to ask you whether
you have ever heard
309
00:16:37,203 --> 00:16:39,101
the expression
"Old Yellow Stain"?
310
00:16:40,275 --> 00:16:42,553
-In what connection?
-In any connection.
311
00:16:44,727 --> 00:16:46,557
Old Yellow Stone?
312
00:16:47,558 --> 00:16:49,905
Old Yellow Stain, sir.
313
00:16:50,733 --> 00:16:53,081
I have not.
314
00:16:53,115 --> 00:16:55,704
You are not aware,
then, that all the
officers of the Caine
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00:16:55,738 --> 00:16:57,947
habitually referred to
you as Old Yellow Stain?
316
00:16:57,982 --> 00:17:02,952
I object to the question.
This is impertinent
badgering of the witness.
317
00:17:05,369 --> 00:17:08,855
How does Defense Counsel
Greenwald justify this
line of questioning?
318
00:17:08,889 --> 00:17:11,858
If it please the court,
the nickname
Old Yellow Stain
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00:17:11,892 --> 00:17:14,102
used by the officers
of the Cainewill be
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00:17:14,136 --> 00:17:18,140
relevant to the issue
of mental competence, sir.
321
00:17:18,175 --> 00:17:21,557
Before ruling,
the court would like to
caution defense counsel.
322
00:17:21,592 --> 00:17:24,077
This is a most unusual
and delicate case.
323
00:17:24,112 --> 00:17:26,355
The honor and career
of an officer with
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00:17:26,390 --> 00:17:30,566
an unblemished record
of 14 years standing
is involved here.
325
00:17:30,601 --> 00:17:35,054
Defense counsel will have
to take full responsibility
for the conduct of this case.
326
00:17:35,088 --> 00:17:39,196
Subject to the foregoing
comment, the judge advocate's
objection is overruled.
327
00:17:39,230 --> 00:17:41,336
The stenographer will
repeat the question.
328
00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:48,550
"You are not aware,
then, that all the
officers of the Caine
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00:17:48,584 --> 00:17:52,140
"habitually referred to
you as Old Yellow Stain?"
330
00:17:55,626 --> 00:17:56,868
I'm not aware of it.
331
00:17:58,387 --> 00:18:00,700
No further questions
at this time.
332
00:18:00,734 --> 00:18:03,979
Is that the extent
of your cross-examination,
Lieutenant Greenwald?
333
00:18:04,013 --> 00:18:07,258
Commander Queeg
will be called as a witness
for the defense, sir.
334
00:18:07,293 --> 00:18:08,432
For the defense?
335
00:18:09,847 --> 00:18:11,193
Yes, sir.
336
00:18:13,471 --> 00:18:17,165
Commander, you will refrain
from conversing with
any person, whomsoever,
337
00:18:17,199 --> 00:18:18,959
regarding your
testimony here today.
338
00:18:18,994 --> 00:18:20,478
Aye, sir.
339
00:18:20,513 --> 00:18:21,893
You're excused,
and thank you.
340
00:18:22,860 --> 00:18:24,172
Thank you, Captain.
341
00:18:27,140 --> 00:18:29,556
Call Lieutenant
Thomas Keefer.
342
00:18:29,591 --> 00:18:31,248
Lieutenant Thomas Keefer.
343
00:18:32,835 --> 00:18:34,078
How do I look?
344
00:18:34,837 --> 00:18:36,322
Like an idiot.
345
00:18:37,495 --> 00:18:38,565
Give 'em hell, Tom.
346
00:19:02,417 --> 00:19:05,178
I'm glad he's
-here to testify.
You are?
347
00:19:05,213 --> 00:19:08,043
Hell, he knows
everything Captain Queeg did.
348
00:19:08,077 --> 00:19:10,079
You do solemnly swear
the evidence you shall
give in this court
349
00:19:10,114 --> 00:19:11,874
shall be the truth,
the whole truth and
nothing but the truth,
350
00:19:11,909 --> 00:19:13,669
-so help you God?
-I do so swear.
351
00:19:16,948 --> 00:19:19,537
Tom Keefer will tell
the things straight.
352
00:19:19,572 --> 00:19:21,160
If I had my way,
Lieutenant Thomas Keefer
353
00:19:21,194 --> 00:19:22,575
would never appear
in this courtroom.
354
00:19:22,609 --> 00:19:24,473
State your name,
rank and present station.
355
00:19:24,508 --> 00:19:26,648
Thomas Keefer,
Lieutenant USNR,
356
00:19:26,682 --> 00:19:28,822
communication officer
of the USS Caine.
357
00:19:28,857 --> 00:19:30,997
If you recognize
the accused, state as whom.
358
00:19:32,723 --> 00:19:34,932
Steve Maryk,
Lieutenant Stephen Maryk,
359
00:19:34,966 --> 00:19:37,452
executive officer
of the Caine.
360
00:19:37,486 --> 00:19:39,557
What is your occupation
in civilian life?
361
00:19:40,731 --> 00:19:42,146
I'm a writer.
362
00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:44,113
And has your work
been published?
363
00:19:44,148 --> 00:19:47,289
A number of my short
stories have been
published, yes, sir.
364
00:19:47,324 --> 00:19:49,084
In national magazines.
365
00:19:49,118 --> 00:19:52,087
Have you done any
writing in your spare time
while in service?
366
00:19:52,121 --> 00:19:54,365
I've completed
half a war novel.
367
00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,196
What is the title? Multitudes, Multitudes.
368
00:19:58,887 --> 00:20:02,615
What was that? Multitudes, Multitudes,sir.
369
00:20:02,649 --> 00:20:04,444
Oh, thank you.
370
00:20:04,479 --> 00:20:07,378
And has this novel
Multitudes, Multitudes,
though incomplete,
371
00:20:07,413 --> 00:20:09,553
recently been accepted
by a New York publisher?
372
00:20:09,587 --> 00:20:11,071
Yes.
373
00:20:11,106 --> 00:20:13,419
I'm asking these
questions to establish
your reliability
374
00:20:13,453 --> 00:20:15,283
as an observer
of personalities.
375
00:20:15,317 --> 00:20:17,285
I understand, sir.
376
00:20:17,319 --> 00:20:20,943
Now, Lieutenant Keefer,
were you serving aboard the
Caineon December 18, 1944,
377
00:20:20,978 --> 00:20:23,187
-in your present capacity?
Yes.
378
00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:25,845
Was Captain Queeg
relieved of command
on that date?
379
00:20:25,879 --> 00:20:27,398
-He was, sir.
-By whom?
380
00:20:28,917 --> 00:20:30,608
The accused.
381
00:20:30,643 --> 00:20:33,818
Describe how
you learned the
Captain had been relieved.
382
00:20:33,853 --> 00:20:37,097
Well, Mr. Maryk
passed over
the loudspeaker
383
00:20:37,132 --> 00:20:40,066
for all officers to
lay up to the wheelhouse.
384
00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:42,827
When we got there,
he told us that the
Captain was sick
385
00:20:42,862 --> 00:20:45,623
and that he had
assumed command.
386
00:20:45,658 --> 00:20:50,145
Did Captain Queeg
exhibit any external
signs of being sick?
387
00:20:50,179 --> 00:20:54,632
Well, at the height of
a typhoon nobody aboard
a four-piper looks very well.
388
00:20:56,185 --> 00:20:58,187
Was he raving,
-or foaming?
-No.
389
00:20:58,222 --> 00:21:01,398
Did he look any worse,
-say, than Lieutenant Keith?
-No.
390
00:21:01,432 --> 00:21:03,158
Or Maryk?
391
00:21:03,192 --> 00:21:08,577
Well, we were all tired
and dripping and
just knocked out.
392
00:21:08,612 --> 00:21:13,306
Mr. Keefer, did you make
any effort to persuade Maryk
to restore Queeg to command?
393
00:21:13,341 --> 00:21:15,964
I did not.
394
00:21:15,998 --> 00:21:18,656
Didn't you feel
the seriousness
of the situation?
395
00:21:18,691 --> 00:21:20,486
I certainly did, sir.
396
00:21:22,660 --> 00:21:25,284
Well, why'd you take
no remedial action?
397
00:21:25,318 --> 00:21:30,254
I wasn't present when the
Captain was relieved.
Maryk was in full command.
398
00:21:31,324 --> 00:21:33,222
The entire ship was
obeying his orders.
399
00:21:33,257 --> 00:21:36,398
I decided that
for the safety
of the entire ship
400
00:21:36,433 --> 00:21:40,091
my best course was
to obey his orders.
That was what I did.
401
00:21:40,126 --> 00:21:41,748
Now, Mr. Keefer,
were you aboard the Caine
402
00:21:41,783 --> 00:21:44,406
throughout the period
Captain Queeg was in command?
403
00:21:44,441 --> 00:21:45,890
I was.
404
00:21:45,925 --> 00:21:48,962
Did you ever
observe any evidence
of insanity in him?
405
00:21:48,997 --> 00:21:53,312
I don't... I can't
answer that question,
not being a psychiatrist.
406
00:21:53,346 --> 00:21:55,072
Well, surely now,
Mr. Keefer, as a writer,
407
00:21:55,106 --> 00:21:57,419
you're not
wholly ignorant
of such matters.
408
00:21:57,454 --> 00:22:00,353
Well, not wholly
ignorant, I hope not, sir.
409
00:22:00,388 --> 00:22:03,598
What, for example,
is a Rorschach Test?
410
00:22:03,632 --> 00:22:05,945
I believe that's
the inkblot test.
411
00:22:05,979 --> 00:22:10,018
The analyst detects
psychopathic tendencies
in a person
412
00:22:10,052 --> 00:22:12,123
by showing him inkblots
and getting the person
413
00:22:12,158 --> 00:22:14,160
to say what the
shapes resemble.
414
00:22:14,194 --> 00:22:16,300
And who's Alfred Adler?
415
00:22:16,335 --> 00:22:19,890
Well, these things
are very elementary.
Adler split from Freud.
416
00:22:19,924 --> 00:22:22,306
Any college man can
tell you that much, sir.
417
00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:25,551
A novelist, however,
is apt to understand and
appreciate these things
418
00:22:25,585 --> 00:22:29,002
more than the
average man.
419
00:22:29,037 --> 00:22:32,178
Well, our work
is in the narration
of human conduct.
420
00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:35,146
Naturally.
421
00:22:35,181 --> 00:22:37,114
Now, Mr. Keefer, with
your grasp of such matters,
422
00:22:37,148 --> 00:22:38,978
if you see a man
rushing up and
down passageways
423
00:22:39,012 --> 00:22:41,912
screaming that
a tiger is after him
when there is no tiger,
424
00:22:41,946 --> 00:22:45,053
would you venture
to say the man was
temporarily deranged?
425
00:22:45,674 --> 00:22:46,848
I would, sir.
426
00:22:46,882 --> 00:22:49,782
Did Captain Queeg ever
exhibit such behavior?
427
00:22:49,816 --> 00:22:52,716
No. Nothing like that.
428
00:22:52,750 --> 00:22:54,442
Did you ever think
he may be insane?
429
00:22:57,237 --> 00:22:58,963
Did you ever think
he might be insane?
430
00:22:58,998 --> 00:23:00,620
Objection. The witness
isn't an expert.
431
00:23:00,655 --> 00:23:02,104
I withdraw the question.
432
00:23:03,796 --> 00:23:07,282
Now, Mr. Keefer,
were you informed at any
time prior to December 18
433
00:23:07,316 --> 00:23:10,078
that Mr. Maryk
suspected Queeg
of being mentally ill?
434
00:23:10,112 --> 00:23:12,598
-Yes, sir.
-Describe how you
learned this fact.
435
00:23:14,220 --> 00:23:15,635
Now let me see.
436
00:23:15,670 --> 00:23:19,570
Two weeks before the typhoon,
Maryk showed me a medical log
437
00:23:19,605 --> 00:23:22,055
he'd kept on
Queeg's behavior.
438
00:23:22,090 --> 00:23:24,748
He asked me
to come with him
to the New Jersey
439
00:23:24,782 --> 00:23:27,682
to report the situation
to Admiral Halsey.
440
00:23:27,716 --> 00:23:29,960
Did you consent
-to go with him?
-Yes, I did.
441
00:23:33,895 --> 00:23:34,965
Why?
442
00:23:35,828 --> 00:23:39,590
He was my executive officer
443
00:23:39,625 --> 00:23:41,730
and my close friend.
444
00:23:46,494 --> 00:23:49,980
Did you believe
the log justified the
relief of Captain Queeg?
445
00:23:51,395 --> 00:23:53,880
No. No.
446
00:23:53,915 --> 00:23:56,469
When we arrived
aboard the New Jersey
447
00:23:57,505 --> 00:23:59,783
I told him as
forcibly as I could
448
00:23:59,817 --> 00:24:02,613
that the log would not
justify the action.
449
00:24:06,237 --> 00:24:07,618
What was
his response?
450
00:24:10,241 --> 00:24:12,934
Well, after a lot of arguing,
451
00:24:12,968 --> 00:24:17,663
he followed my advice.
We returned to the Caine.
452
00:24:17,697 --> 00:24:21,252
Were you surprised then
two weeks later when
he relieved the Captain?
453
00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:24,428
I was flabbergasted.
454
00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:26,948
Lieutenant,
speak up so the
court can hear you.
455
00:24:26,982 --> 00:24:29,260
I was flabbergasted, sir.
456
00:24:29,295 --> 00:24:31,159
Were you pleased,
Mr. Keefer?
457
00:24:32,988 --> 00:24:34,093
No.
458
00:24:35,094 --> 00:24:37,579
I was badly disturbed.
459
00:24:37,614 --> 00:24:39,132
We still can't
hear you, Lieutenant.
460
00:24:39,167 --> 00:24:41,272
I was badly disturbed, sir.
461
00:24:41,307 --> 00:24:45,656
I thought at best
he would be in
grave difficulties.
462
00:24:47,969 --> 00:24:49,833
It was a terrible situation.
463
00:24:54,182 --> 00:24:56,184
No further questions.
464
00:24:56,218 --> 00:24:58,635
No questions at this time.
465
00:24:58,669 --> 00:25:01,534
Does defense counsel
intend to recall this
witness at a later date?
466
00:25:01,569 --> 00:25:03,122
No, sir.
467
00:25:03,156 --> 00:25:05,158
No cross-examination of this
highly material witness?
468
00:25:05,193 --> 00:25:06,435
No, sir.
469
00:25:08,265 --> 00:25:11,233
The court will
question the witness.
470
00:25:11,268 --> 00:25:14,961
Now, Mr. Keefer,
as to this so-called
medical log,
471
00:25:14,996 --> 00:25:16,998
the facts are contained
which convinced
Lieutenant Maryk
472
00:25:17,032 --> 00:25:19,552
that he should
report the Captain
to Admiral Halsey,
473
00:25:19,587 --> 00:25:20,933
didn't convince you.
Is that right?
474
00:25:20,967 --> 00:25:22,313
-They did not, sir.
-Why not?
475
00:25:24,143 --> 00:25:29,113
Sir, speaking
from ignorance...
476
00:25:29,148 --> 00:25:34,809
It's always seemed to me
that mental disability was
a relative thing.
477
00:25:34,843 --> 00:25:38,467
Captain Queeg was
a very strict disciplinarian
478
00:25:38,502 --> 00:25:43,403
and extremely meticulous
at hunting down small matters.
479
00:25:43,438 --> 00:25:48,477
There were several
occasions where I thought
he bore down too hard
480
00:25:48,512 --> 00:25:51,722
and those were
the things that were
recorded in the medical log.
481
00:25:53,068 --> 00:25:55,450
They were very unpleasant.
482
00:25:55,484 --> 00:26:01,145
But to jump from them
to a conclusion that the
Captain was a maniac, no.
483
00:26:01,180 --> 00:26:05,667
No, in all honesty
I was against
Maryk doing that.
484
00:26:07,635 --> 00:26:09,119
No further questions.
485
00:26:09,153 --> 00:26:11,984
You'll not discuss your
testimony outside of
this courtroom.
486
00:26:12,018 --> 00:26:13,468
Witness excused.
487
00:26:19,647 --> 00:26:21,303
Why didn't you
cross-examine
Tom Keefer?
488
00:26:21,338 --> 00:26:22,719
Why'd you let him
off like that?
489
00:26:22,753 --> 00:26:25,135
Call Signalman
Third Class Urban.
490
00:26:29,380 --> 00:26:32,556
Signalman Third Class Urban.
491
00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:35,835
Just tell the truth,
the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.
492
00:26:35,870 --> 00:26:37,526
Excuse me, sir. Sir.
493
00:26:39,667 --> 00:26:41,496
Damn it,
he should have
talked himself.
494
00:26:41,530 --> 00:26:44,395
Sure he should.
You don't understand,
do you?
495
00:26:47,675 --> 00:26:49,504
Come up here and
be sworn in, son.
496
00:26:54,889 --> 00:26:56,891
You do solemnly swear
the evidence you shall
give in this court
497
00:26:56,925 --> 00:26:58,824
shall be the truth,
the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth,
498
00:26:58,858 --> 00:27:00,135
-so help you God?
-Aye, sir.
499
00:27:08,765 --> 00:27:11,664
State your name, rank
and present position.
500
00:27:11,699 --> 00:27:17,152
Junius Hannerford Urban,
Signalman, Third Class,
USN of the USS Caine,sir.
501
00:27:17,187 --> 00:27:19,258
If you recognize
the accused,
state as whom.
502
00:27:19,879 --> 00:27:20,984
Sir?
503
00:27:22,433 --> 00:27:24,159
Do you recognize the
officer at that table?
504
00:27:26,023 --> 00:27:27,784
Which one, sir?
There are four.
505
00:27:27,818 --> 00:27:29,613
Name the one you recognize.
506
00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:31,511
Well, that's
the exec, sir.
507
00:27:31,546 --> 00:27:32,685
His name?
508
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:33,824
He's Mr. Maryk.
509
00:27:33,859 --> 00:27:35,550
What's he the exec of?
510
00:27:35,584 --> 00:27:36,620
Well, the ship.
511
00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:37,656
Name the ship.
512
00:27:38,311 --> 00:27:39,416
The Caine.
513
00:27:39,450 --> 00:27:40,486
Thank you.
514
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,591
Sorry, sir.
515
00:27:42,626 --> 00:27:46,699
Urban, were you serving aboard
the Cainein your present
capacity on 18 December, 1944?
516
00:27:47,735 --> 00:27:49,944
Sure, I was aboard, sir.
517
00:27:49,978 --> 00:27:53,361
Were you in the pilot house
when Lieutenant Maryk
relieved Captain Queeg?
518
00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:55,328
Yes, sir.
519
00:27:55,363 --> 00:27:58,435
Who else was in the
wheelhouse at the time?
520
00:27:58,469 --> 00:28:00,851
Well,
there was the Captain
and Mr. Maryk, sir.
521
00:28:01,749 --> 00:28:03,095
Yes.
522
00:28:04,234 --> 00:28:05,545
And the helmsman.
523
00:28:05,580 --> 00:28:06,926
His name?
524
00:28:06,961 --> 00:28:07,996
Stilwell.
525
00:28:08,031 --> 00:28:09,032
Who else?
526
00:28:11,759 --> 00:28:13,761
-The OOD.
-His name?
527
00:28:13,795 --> 00:28:15,107
Mr. Keith.
528
00:28:15,141 --> 00:28:17,109
What were you doing
in the wheelhouse
at the time?
529
00:28:17,143 --> 00:28:19,456
Well, I had
the watch, sir.
530
00:28:19,490 --> 00:28:23,046
Urban, describe,
in your own words,
531
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:24,806
how Lieutenant Maryk
relieved Captain Queeg.
532
00:28:26,946 --> 00:28:29,880
Well, he said,
"I relieve you, sir."
533
00:28:33,056 --> 00:28:35,127
What was
happening at the time?
534
00:28:36,507 --> 00:28:39,752
Well, the ship was
rolling very bad.
535
00:28:39,787 --> 00:28:44,136
Urban, describe
everything that happened
536
00:28:44,170 --> 00:28:47,587
in the 10 minutes
before the Captain
was relieved.
537
00:28:47,622 --> 00:28:50,211
Well, like I say,
the ship was
rolling very bad.
538
00:28:54,318 --> 00:28:56,389
That's all?
539
00:28:56,424 --> 00:28:57,977
Did the exec
say anything?
540
00:28:59,634 --> 00:29:02,257
Did the Captain
say anything?
541
00:29:02,292 --> 00:29:04,087
Did the OOD
say anything?
542
00:29:06,675 --> 00:29:09,989
Did the ship just
roll in silence
for 10 minutes?
543
00:29:10,024 --> 00:29:11,439
Well...
544
00:29:12,923 --> 00:29:15,892
I think the Captain
wanted to come north
545
00:29:15,926 --> 00:29:18,998
and the exec wanted
to come south.
546
00:29:19,033 --> 00:29:21,518
Or the other way around
or something like that.
547
00:29:21,552 --> 00:29:23,831
Why did the Captain
want to come south?
548
00:29:23,865 --> 00:29:25,833
I don't know, sir.
549
00:29:25,867 --> 00:29:28,318
Why did the exec
want to come north?
550
00:29:28,352 --> 00:29:29,491
Sir, I'm a signalman.
551
00:29:29,526 --> 00:29:32,529
But the Captain did not
552
00:29:32,563 --> 00:29:36,636
act queer or crazy
in any way, at any time
that morning, correct?
553
00:29:36,671 --> 00:29:39,398
The Captain was the
same as always, sir.
554
00:29:40,261 --> 00:29:41,952
Crazy or sane, Urban?
555
00:29:41,987 --> 00:29:45,335
He was sane, sir.
As far as I knew.
556
00:29:45,369 --> 00:29:46,681
No further questions.
557
00:29:51,686 --> 00:29:54,240
Urban, were you aboard
when the Cainecut
its own tow cable
558
00:29:54,275 --> 00:29:56,449
the time it was towing targets
outside Pearl Harbor?
559
00:29:56,484 --> 00:29:58,831
Yes, sir.
-What were you doing at
the time that it happened?
560
00:29:58,866 --> 00:30:00,799
Well, I was...
561
00:30:00,833 --> 00:30:04,664
Well, that is,
the Captain was eating...
562
00:30:04,699 --> 00:30:07,184
He was balling me out
on the bridge, sir.
563
00:30:07,219 --> 00:30:08,668
What for?
564
00:30:08,703 --> 00:30:10,291
My shirt tails was out.
565
00:30:10,325 --> 00:30:12,707
Was the Captain
very strict on the
subject of shirt tails?
566
00:30:12,741 --> 00:30:15,192
Oh, he was nut...
567
00:30:15,227 --> 00:30:19,541
I mean, yes, sir.
He was very strict
on shirt tails, sir.
568
00:30:19,576 --> 00:30:22,096
So, while the
Captain was discussing
your shirt tails
569
00:30:22,130 --> 00:30:24,650
the ship went around in
a circle and steamed over
her own towline.
570
00:30:24,684 --> 00:30:26,755
I object
to the question.
571
00:30:26,790 --> 00:30:29,034
I object to the question.
Counsel has tricked
the witness
572
00:30:29,068 --> 00:30:32,071
with leading questions
into asserting as fact
the Cainecut a towline.
573
00:30:32,106 --> 00:30:35,557
A material point
not touched upon
in direct examination.
574
00:30:35,592 --> 00:30:37,318
If it please the court,
the witness stated
575
00:30:37,352 --> 00:30:38,664
he had never
seen the Captain
do anything crazy.
576
00:30:38,698 --> 00:30:40,562
I'm attempting
to refute this.
577
00:30:40,597 --> 00:30:44,083
Defense counsel have
the opportunity to
originate evidence later.
578
00:30:44,118 --> 00:30:45,947
Objection sustained.
579
00:30:45,982 --> 00:30:48,363
The cross-examination
thus far will be stricken
from the record.
580
00:30:50,814 --> 00:30:53,472
Urban, what is a
paranoid personality?
581
00:30:55,715 --> 00:30:56,855
Sir?
582
00:30:56,889 --> 00:30:59,581
Could you recognize
a psychotic person?
583
00:31:00,272 --> 00:31:01,756
Me?
584
00:31:03,068 --> 00:31:05,242
No further questions.
585
00:31:06,209 --> 00:31:08,383
Urban,
586
00:31:08,418 --> 00:31:11,317
you will not discuss your
testimony with anyone outside
this courtroom, understood?
587
00:31:11,352 --> 00:31:12,560
No, sir.
588
00:31:12,594 --> 00:31:13,941
Excused.
589
00:31:13,975 --> 00:31:15,597
Thank you, sir.
590
00:31:20,154 --> 00:31:21,741
Call Chief Watertender,
Bud.
591
00:31:21,776 --> 00:31:23,191
One moment.
592
00:31:23,226 --> 00:31:25,711
I understand that
the judge advocate
intends to call
593
00:31:25,745 --> 00:31:28,196
a dozen members of
the crew of the Caine.
594
00:31:28,231 --> 00:31:29,888
That's correct.
595
00:31:29,922 --> 00:31:31,924
Is the purpose to confirm
Urban's testimony
596
00:31:31,959 --> 00:31:34,375
that the Captain
was never seen to
do anything crazy?
597
00:31:34,409 --> 00:31:36,342
That's the purpose.
598
00:31:36,377 --> 00:31:37,965
Defense will concede
599
00:31:37,999 --> 00:31:41,002
that the testimony of
these witnesses will
corroborate Urban's,
600
00:31:41,037 --> 00:31:43,384
if the judge advocate
concedes that
601
00:31:43,418 --> 00:31:46,594
these 12 men don't know
anymore about a paranoid
than Urban.
602
00:31:48,389 --> 00:31:52,082
I'll gladly make
that concession, sir,
on those terms.
603
00:31:52,117 --> 00:31:54,464
Lieutenant Greenwald, you're making
a weighty concession.
604
00:31:54,498 --> 00:31:56,949
By your leave, sir,
I make that concession.
605
00:31:56,984 --> 00:31:59,055
Just don't record that.
606
00:31:59,089 --> 00:32:01,195
-Mr. Greenwald?
Yes, sir.
607
00:32:01,229 --> 00:32:06,441
The court understands that
you were appointed defense
counsel by the judge advocate.
608
00:32:06,476 --> 00:32:08,478
Is that right?
609
00:32:08,512 --> 00:32:10,652
-Yes, sir.
When were
you appointed?
610
00:32:10,687 --> 00:32:12,240
Four days ago, sir.
611
00:32:12,275 --> 00:32:14,449
Do you think
you've had time
to prepare your case?
612
00:32:14,484 --> 00:32:16,796
May it please the court,
Lieutenant Greenwald
accepted this assignment
613
00:32:16,831 --> 00:32:19,696
at my earnest request.
614
00:32:19,730 --> 00:32:22,388
I see by your uniform,
you're a flying officer.
615
00:32:22,423 --> 00:32:24,183
-Yes, sir.
What do you fly?
616
00:32:24,218 --> 00:32:25,702
-F6
-F's, sir.
617
00:32:25,736 --> 00:32:27,773
What're you doing
on the beach?
Were you grounded?
618
00:32:27,807 --> 00:32:30,638
Hospitalized for
third degree burns, sir.
619
00:32:30,672 --> 00:32:32,985
I see.
How were you burned?
620
00:32:33,020 --> 00:32:35,988
Crashed a barrier
on the USS Wasp,sir.
621
00:32:36,023 --> 00:32:39,164
Did you have a chance
to practice much law
before the war came along?
622
00:32:40,165 --> 00:32:42,546
A little, sir.
623
00:32:42,581 --> 00:32:44,963
Court will speak to the
accused off the record.
624
00:32:47,034 --> 00:32:48,173
Yes, sir.
625
00:32:48,207 --> 00:32:50,658
Come up here,
Lieutenant.
626
00:32:53,350 --> 00:32:54,938
Come here.
627
00:32:56,975 --> 00:32:58,804
It seems the court's duty
at this point to inquire
628
00:32:58,838 --> 00:33:01,807
whether your counsel's
conduct of the defense
meets with your approval.
629
00:33:01,841 --> 00:33:04,154
May it please the court,
if the accused answers
that question now,
630
00:33:04,189 --> 00:33:06,191
he must do so
on blind faith.
631
00:33:06,225 --> 00:33:08,952
I beg the court
for an opportunity
to speak to my client first.
632
00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:10,712
No, we've had
too many recesses here.
633
00:33:10,747 --> 00:33:14,337
Not a recess, sir,
a brief delay, two minutes.
634
00:33:14,371 --> 00:33:15,786
All right, court will
remain in session.
635
00:33:15,821 --> 00:33:17,996
There'll be a two minute
pause in the proceedings.
636
00:33:22,069 --> 00:33:23,794
Challee.
637
00:33:23,829 --> 00:33:25,382
Well,
do you want to
get rid of me?
638
00:33:25,417 --> 00:33:27,005
I don't know.
639
00:33:27,039 --> 00:33:28,730
Everything's
all right up till now.
640
00:33:28,765 --> 00:33:30,491
-I'm sunk.
-You're not.
641
00:33:30,525 --> 00:33:31,802
Fifteen years
-in the brig.
-You won't go to the brig.
642
00:33:31,837 --> 00:33:33,804
What's going on here, Jack?
Where'd you get this bird?
643
00:33:33,839 --> 00:33:37,049
Sir, Barney Greenwald.
We went to
Georgetown Law together.
644
00:33:37,084 --> 00:33:40,466
Before the war, he was
one of the most successful
young lawyers in Washington.
645
00:33:40,501 --> 00:33:42,503
-He was?
-Yes, sir.
646
00:33:42,537 --> 00:33:44,401
Well, don't you think
he's putting on a damned
queer show here?
647
00:33:44,436 --> 00:33:46,472
-Well, yes, sir, I do.
-Why didn't you
cross-examine Tom Keefer?
648
00:33:46,507 --> 00:33:48,612
-There isn't time to tell.
-He knows everything that
Captain Queeg did. Everything.
649
00:33:48,647 --> 00:33:50,062
-Sure he does.
-And if he wouldn't talk,
650
00:33:50,097 --> 00:33:51,374
it was up to you
to drag it out of
him, wasn't it?
651
00:33:51,408 --> 00:33:53,065
You don't begin to
understand...
652
00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:56,620
I don't understand
what you're doing, mister,
that's for sure.
653
00:33:56,655 --> 00:33:58,691
I just happen to want
to fight this case.
654
00:33:58,726 --> 00:34:01,246
Why? Why?
What's it matter to you?
You're a total stranger.
655
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:02,316
I want to win it.
656
00:34:02,350 --> 00:34:04,456
I want
to believe you.
657
00:34:04,490 --> 00:34:06,596
It's God's truth.
658
00:34:06,630 --> 00:34:08,874
No, you said you'd
rather be prosecuting
me than defending me.
659
00:34:08,908 --> 00:34:11,532
Maybe this is
your screwy way
of prosecuting me.
660
00:34:11,566 --> 00:34:12,705
A Jewish fellow, isn't he?
661
00:34:12,740 --> 00:34:15,881
Yes, sir.
Barney's Jewish.
662
00:34:15,915 --> 00:34:20,127
You're telling me
he's a hell of a lot
sharper than he seems.
663
00:34:21,231 --> 00:34:22,577
Gentlemen.
664
00:34:32,380 --> 00:34:35,694
The court again
asks the accused,
are you satisfied?
665
00:34:37,454 --> 00:34:39,560
I'm satisfied, sir.
666
00:34:39,594 --> 00:34:41,527
Court will not
reopen this question.
667
00:34:41,562 --> 00:34:46,084
I understand that, sir.
I'm satisfied with
Lieutenant Greenwald.
668
00:34:46,118 --> 00:34:48,155
Continue your case,
Commander Challee.
669
00:34:48,189 --> 00:34:49,915
Call Lieutenant Keith.
670
00:34:49,949 --> 00:34:51,675
Lieutenant Keith.
671
00:35:07,035 --> 00:35:08,934
You do solemnly swear
the evidence you shall
give in this court
672
00:35:08,968 --> 00:35:10,142
shall be the truth,
the whole truth and
673
00:35:10,177 --> 00:35:11,178
nothing but the truth,
so help you God?
674
00:35:11,212 --> 00:35:12,834
I do.
675
00:35:19,186 --> 00:35:21,119
State your name,
rank and present station.
676
00:35:21,153 --> 00:35:24,225
Willis Seward Keith,
Lieutenant,
Junior Grade, USNR,
677
00:35:24,260 --> 00:35:27,228
Assistant Communications
Officer of the USS Caine.
678
00:35:27,263 --> 00:35:29,610
If you recognize
the accused, state as so.
679
00:35:29,644 --> 00:35:32,647
Steve Maryk, my executive
officer on the Caine.
680
00:35:32,682 --> 00:35:35,754
Mr. Keith, were you officer
of the deck of the Caine
during the forenoon watch
681
00:35:35,788 --> 00:35:37,894
-on 18th December, 1944?
Yes.
682
00:35:37,928 --> 00:35:40,621
Was the Captain relieved
of his command during
your watch?
683
00:35:40,655 --> 00:35:42,588
-Yes, he was.
-Do you know why
the executive officer
684
00:35:42,623 --> 00:35:44,003
relieved the Captain?
685
00:35:44,038 --> 00:35:46,420
Yes. Captain Queeg
had lost control of himself
686
00:35:46,454 --> 00:35:49,077
and the ship was in
grave danger of foundering.
687
00:35:51,977 --> 00:35:54,290
How many years have you
served at sea, Lieutenant?
688
00:35:54,324 --> 00:35:57,051
One year and three months.
689
00:35:57,085 --> 00:36:00,192
Do you know how many
years Commander Queeg
has served at sea?
690
00:36:00,227 --> 00:36:02,298
I guess about 10 years.
691
00:36:02,332 --> 00:36:04,300
Which of you
is better qualified to judge
692
00:36:04,334 --> 00:36:07,026
whether a ship is
foundering or not?
693
00:36:07,061 --> 00:36:12,204
Myself, sir, if I'm in
possession of my faculties
and Commander Queeg isn't.
694
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,034
What makes you think
he isn't in possession
of his faculties?
695
00:36:15,069 --> 00:36:17,623
He wasn't on the morning
of December 18.
696
00:36:17,658 --> 00:36:20,143
Have you studied
medicine or psychiatry?
697
00:36:20,178 --> 00:36:21,834
No.
698
00:36:21,869 --> 00:36:24,527
Did the Captain rave,
or foam, or make
insane gestures?
699
00:36:24,561 --> 00:36:27,323
No, but what he did
do was just as bad.
700
00:36:27,357 --> 00:36:30,118
Clarify that a bit,
if you will.
701
00:36:30,153 --> 00:36:36,263
His orders were
vague and sluggish
and not appropriate.
702
00:36:36,297 --> 00:36:37,781
He insisted on going south,
703
00:36:37,816 --> 00:36:41,199
when we had a
north wind of 90 miles
an hour behind us.
704
00:36:41,233 --> 00:36:44,098
With a stern wind
that strong, the ship
couldn't be controlled.
705
00:36:44,132 --> 00:36:47,343
In your expert opinion,
as a ship handler, that is.
706
00:36:47,377 --> 00:36:50,518
Steve Maryk
thought so, and he's
an expert ship handler.
707
00:36:50,553 --> 00:36:52,969
Mr. Keith,
were you wholeheartedly
loyal to your captain
708
00:36:53,003 --> 00:36:56,800
or antagonistic to him,
prior to 18th December?
709
00:36:56,835 --> 00:37:00,287
I was antagonistic
to Captain Queeg at
certain isolated times.
710
00:37:00,321 --> 00:37:03,221
At what isolated times
were you antagonistic
to him?
711
00:37:03,255 --> 00:37:06,362
When Captain Queeg
maltreated the men,
I opposed him.
712
00:37:06,396 --> 00:37:09,296
When did Captain Queeg
ever maltreat the men?
713
00:37:11,056 --> 00:37:13,714
Well, for one thing,
he systematically persecuted
714
00:37:13,748 --> 00:37:15,543
Gunner's Mate
Second Class Stilwell.
715
00:37:15,578 --> 00:37:17,752
In what way?
716
00:37:17,787 --> 00:37:22,240
First he restricted him
to the ship for six months
for reading on watch.
717
00:37:22,274 --> 00:37:26,968
He refused to grant him leave
in the States when we were
back here in December '43.
718
00:37:27,003 --> 00:37:31,870
The man was getting
anonymous letters about
his wife's infidelity.
719
00:37:31,904 --> 00:37:34,700
Maryk gave Stilwell
a 72-hour emergency leave
720
00:37:34,735 --> 00:37:36,219
and he returned
a few hours over
leave and...
721
00:37:36,254 --> 00:37:38,221
Mr. Keith, you say Maryk
gave Stilwell a pass.
722
00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:41,328
Did Maryk know
the Captain had denied
leave to Stilwell?
723
00:37:41,362 --> 00:37:43,606
Yes, sir.
724
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:47,195
Did Maryk check with
the Captain before
issuing the pass?
725
00:37:47,230 --> 00:37:48,645
No, sir.
726
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:50,371
Mr. Keith, are you
testifying that Maryk
727
00:37:50,406 --> 00:37:53,340
deliberately violated
his captain's orders?
728
00:37:53,374 --> 00:37:55,307
Well, I mean, it was
my fault, actually.
729
00:37:55,342 --> 00:37:56,929
I begged him to.
I was morale officer.
730
00:37:56,964 --> 00:38:00,208
-Mr. Keith. Mr. Keith.
-And I thought
the man's morale...
731
00:38:00,243 --> 00:38:03,522
We now have your
testimony that you,
Maryk and Stilwell
732
00:38:03,557 --> 00:38:07,112
connived to circumvent
an express order of your
commanding officer,
733
00:38:07,146 --> 00:38:10,495
a whole year
before the typhoon
of 18th December.
734
00:38:12,255 --> 00:38:14,602
Please tell the court
any other instances of
735
00:38:14,637 --> 00:38:17,985
maltreatment that occur to you.
736
00:38:18,019 --> 00:38:19,952
He cut off the movies
for six months
737
00:38:19,987 --> 00:38:23,853
just because he wasn't
invited to a showing
by mistake.
738
00:38:23,887 --> 00:38:25,786
He cut off the water
at the equator
739
00:38:25,820 --> 00:38:29,099
because he said the men
were using too much and
had to be taught a lesson.
740
00:38:29,134 --> 00:38:31,447
Mr. Keith,
741
00:38:31,481 --> 00:38:34,726
did Captain Queeg ever issue
any rules or punishments not
permitted by regulations?
742
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:38,005
He never did anything
not allowed by regulations.
743
00:38:38,039 --> 00:38:41,353
You didn't like the Captain,
did you, Lieutenant?
744
00:38:41,388 --> 00:38:43,562
I did, at first, very much.
745
00:38:43,597 --> 00:38:48,602
But gradually I realized
that he was a petty tyrant
and utterly incompetent.
746
00:38:48,636 --> 00:38:50,914
Did you think
he was insane, too?
747
00:38:50,949 --> 00:38:52,916
Not until the day
of the typhoon.
748
00:38:52,951 --> 00:38:55,263
Very well.
Come to the day
of the typhoon.
749
00:38:55,298 --> 00:38:58,750
Was your decision to obey
Maryk based on your judgment
that the Captain had gone mad
750
00:38:58,784 --> 00:39:02,650
or was it based
on your hatred
of Captain Queeg?
751
00:39:02,685 --> 00:39:06,309
I just don't remember my
state of mind that long ago.
752
00:39:07,828 --> 00:39:09,623
No further questions.
753
00:39:19,253 --> 00:39:22,394
Mr. Keith, you stated
you disliked Captain Queeg.
754
00:39:23,706 --> 00:39:25,639
I did dislike him.
755
00:39:25,673 --> 00:39:28,780
Did you state under
direct examination all your
reasons for disliking him?
756
00:39:28,814 --> 00:39:30,678
Not at all.
757
00:39:30,713 --> 00:39:33,094
State the rest of your
reasons now, please.
758
00:39:33,129 --> 00:39:35,959
Well, for one thing,
he extorted $100 from me.
759
00:39:35,994 --> 00:39:37,823
Objection.
760
00:39:37,858 --> 00:39:40,481
The issue in this case is
not whether Captain Queeg
was a model officer,
761
00:39:40,516 --> 00:39:43,035
but whether he was
insane on 18th December.
762
00:39:43,070 --> 00:39:45,969
Defense counsel hasn't
even touched this issue.
763
00:39:46,004 --> 00:39:47,523
Please the court,
this will bear directly on
764
00:39:47,557 --> 00:39:50,629
the mental fitness
of Captain Queeg to
command a naval vessel,
765
00:39:50,664 --> 00:39:52,424
and as evidence,
it is nothing but
a clarification
766
00:39:52,459 --> 00:39:54,840
of Mr. Keith's dislike
for his commanding officer,
767
00:39:54,875 --> 00:39:59,569
a fact established by the
judge advocate at great
pains in direct examination.
768
00:39:59,604 --> 00:40:01,813
Objection's overruled.
769
00:40:01,847 --> 00:40:04,056
Describe this so-called
extortion, Mr. Keith.
770
00:40:04,091 --> 00:40:08,440
Well, this was
back last December
in San Francisco Bay.
771
00:40:08,475 --> 00:40:10,338
The Captain had
this big crate
772
00:40:10,373 --> 00:40:12,720
full of cheap tax-free
whiskey from Pearl Harbor
773
00:40:12,755 --> 00:40:14,619
he wanted to
sneak into Oakland.
774
00:40:14,653 --> 00:40:16,103
He appointed me
boat officer,
775
00:40:16,137 --> 00:40:19,865
and a working party
started to load the
crate into the gig.
776
00:40:19,900 --> 00:40:24,560
It was terrifically
heavy and Captain
Queeg got excited
777
00:40:24,594 --> 00:40:28,011
and screeched a whole bunch
of contradictory orders.
778
00:40:28,046 --> 00:40:32,809
The sailors got rattled
and dropped the crate
into the water.
779
00:40:32,844 --> 00:40:36,537
It sank like a stone,
and I was out $110.
780
00:40:36,572 --> 00:40:38,608
You mean the Captain was?
781
00:40:38,643 --> 00:40:40,472
No, sir, I was.
782
00:40:40,507 --> 00:40:43,475
The Captain informed me
that I was responsible
783
00:40:43,510 --> 00:40:45,995
because I was the boat officer
in charge of the loading
784
00:40:46,029 --> 00:40:50,275
and he asked me
to think over what I
ought to do about it.
785
00:40:50,309 --> 00:40:53,243
Well, I was supposed to
go on leave the next day,
786
00:40:53,278 --> 00:40:56,902
my girl had flown in
from New York to be with me.
787
00:40:56,937 --> 00:41:00,665
So I went to the Captain and
I apologized for my stupidity
788
00:41:00,699 --> 00:41:03,771
and said that I'd like to
pay for the lost crate.
789
00:41:03,806 --> 00:41:07,430
He took my money gladly
and then he signed my
leave papers.
790
00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:10,847
What further reasons did you
have for disliking Queeg?
791
00:41:10,882 --> 00:41:16,439
My chief reason
for disliking Captain Queeg
was his cowardice in battle.
792
00:41:16,474 --> 00:41:17,716
What cowardice?
793
00:41:17,751 --> 00:41:19,925
He repeatedly ran
from shore batteries.
794
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,100
Objection!
795
00:41:22,134 --> 00:41:24,999
Counsel's originating
evidence beyond the
scope of direct examination.
796
00:41:25,034 --> 00:41:30,315
He is leading the witness
into irresponsible libels
of an officer of the Navy.
797
00:41:30,349 --> 00:41:33,145
Please the court,
Mr. Keith's dislike for his
commanding officer
798
00:41:33,180 --> 00:41:38,150
is not only within the scope
of direct examination, it was
the key fact brought out.
799
00:41:38,185 --> 00:41:41,637
Now the witness has
confessed an ignorance
of psychiatry.
800
00:41:41,671 --> 00:41:45,641
Things Queeg did
which caused the witness in
his ignorance to dislike him
801
00:41:45,675 --> 00:41:48,540
may in fact have been
the helpless acts of a
sick man.
802
00:41:48,575 --> 00:41:50,577
I respectfully
urge my objection, sir.
803
00:41:50,611 --> 00:41:53,441
Court finds the question
within the scope of
direct examination.
804
00:41:53,476 --> 00:41:58,619
And the answer is material.
Objection overruled. Proceed.
805
00:41:58,654 --> 00:42:00,690
Mr. Keith,
where and when
did Captain Queeg
806
00:42:00,725 --> 00:42:02,347
run from shore batteries?
807
00:42:02,381 --> 00:42:06,489
Practically every time we heard
gunfire from the beach.
808
00:42:06,524 --> 00:42:08,871
I guess the worst time
was at Kwajalein.
809
00:42:08,905 --> 00:42:11,701
That's where he got the
nickname, Old Yellow Stain.
810
00:42:11,736 --> 00:42:15,049
What did this nickname,
Old Yellow Stain, imply?
811
00:42:15,084 --> 00:42:17,880
Well, cowardice, of course.
812
00:42:17,914 --> 00:42:21,366
It referred to a
yellow dye marker he
dropped over the side.
813
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,748
Describe this
Yellow Stain incident.
814
00:42:23,782 --> 00:42:26,267
Well, I wasn't
on the bridge, so I only
heard about it afterwards.
815
00:42:26,302 --> 00:42:28,235
-Objection.
What happened was...
816
00:42:28,269 --> 00:42:31,307
Does defense counsel seriously
intend to enter these hearsay
libels on the record?
817
00:42:31,341 --> 00:42:33,205
I withdraw the question.
818
00:42:33,240 --> 00:42:35,829
Defense will introduce
direct evidence on the
Yellow Stain incident.
819
00:42:35,863 --> 00:42:38,210
Strike the question and
the answer from the record.
820
00:42:38,245 --> 00:42:40,178
Can you
describe any incidents
of cowardice
821
00:42:40,212 --> 00:42:42,318
to which you were
an eyewitness, Mr. Keith?
822
00:42:42,352 --> 00:42:44,872
Well, in any
combat situation,
823
00:42:44,907 --> 00:42:49,497
the Captain was always
found on the side of the
bridge away from the firing.
824
00:42:49,532 --> 00:42:51,983
I saw that a dozen times
when I was OOD.
825
00:42:56,125 --> 00:42:57,954
No further questions.
826
00:42:57,989 --> 00:43:00,198
Mr. Keith,
827
00:43:00,232 --> 00:43:02,925
has Commander Queeg ever
been court-martialed by
a higher authority
828
00:43:02,959 --> 00:43:05,721
for any of the alleged acts
of cowardice you described?
829
00:43:05,755 --> 00:43:07,550
No.
830
00:43:07,585 --> 00:43:10,795
Well, can you cite
any official records that
might substantiate these
831
00:43:10,829 --> 00:43:13,936
fantastic and
libelous stories
you've been telling,
832
00:43:13,970 --> 00:43:16,317
under the guidance
of defense counsel?
833
00:43:16,352 --> 00:43:18,423
Official records, no.
834
00:43:18,457 --> 00:43:22,358
Can you state
as fact, that the crate
that was lost at sea
835
00:43:22,392 --> 00:43:24,360
contained smuggled liquor?
836
00:43:24,394 --> 00:43:26,465
It was
-common knowledge.
Common knowledge?
837
00:43:26,500 --> 00:43:29,503
Did you see any liquor
-in the crate?
-No.
838
00:43:29,537 --> 00:43:32,782
Can you name one person
who will testify that they
saw liquor in the crate?
839
00:43:32,817 --> 00:43:35,785
Well, naturally, he was
pretty careful about that.
840
00:43:35,820 --> 00:43:39,444
-Not one person.
-I just don't know who'd
have actually seen it.
841
00:43:39,478 --> 00:43:42,171
Mr. Keith,
you've testified that
you hate Captain Queeg.
842
00:43:42,205 --> 00:43:46,175
You've reported, as fact,
every evil rumor about him
843
00:43:46,209 --> 00:43:48,177
and you've made wild,
irresponsible charges
under oath.
844
00:43:48,211 --> 00:43:50,248
Isn't that the
plain truth of your
testimony, Mr. Keith?
845
00:43:50,282 --> 00:43:51,801
I haven't lied once.
846
00:43:51,836 --> 00:43:55,494
Mr. Keith, on the morning
the Captain was relieved,
847
00:43:55,529 --> 00:43:57,531
did you really think
he had gone crazy?
848
00:43:59,395 --> 00:44:03,779
I said before,
I can't say for sure
what my state of mind was.
849
00:44:05,643 --> 00:44:07,679
No more questions.
850
00:44:07,714 --> 00:44:09,508
You'll not discuss
any details of your testimony
851
00:44:09,543 --> 00:44:10,924
outside this courtroom,
Lieutenant.
852
00:44:10,958 --> 00:44:12,166
Aye, aye, sir.
853
00:44:12,201 --> 00:44:13,996
You're excused.
854
00:44:16,377 --> 00:44:18,656
Call Captain Southard.
855
00:44:21,797 --> 00:44:25,110
Captain Southard.
856
00:44:25,145 --> 00:44:28,010
What will
they ask Captain Southard?
857
00:44:28,044 --> 00:44:31,116
I don't know.
But we'll soon find out.
858
00:44:41,299 --> 00:44:44,026
Come on up here,
Captain, we'll swear you in.
859
00:44:49,756 --> 00:44:51,033
Do you solemnly swear
the evidence you shall give
860
00:44:51,067 --> 00:44:52,724
in this court
shall be the truth,
the whole truth
861
00:44:52,759 --> 00:44:53,587
and nothing
but the truth,
so help you God?
862
00:44:53,621 --> 00:44:54,726
I do.
863
00:45:05,081 --> 00:45:08,809
State your name, rank
and present station.
864
00:45:08,844 --> 00:45:10,708
Randolph Patterson Southard,
865
00:45:10,742 --> 00:45:15,747
Captain US Navy, Commander,
Destroyer Squadron Eight.
866
00:45:15,782 --> 00:45:18,439
You understand, sir,
that you've been called
as an expert witness
867
00:45:18,474 --> 00:45:20,890
on destroyer
-ship handling?
-I do.
868
00:45:20,925 --> 00:45:22,409
State your
qualifications.
869
00:45:22,443 --> 00:45:24,549
Some 20 years in destroyers.
870
00:45:24,583 --> 00:45:26,758
Ten years
commanding all types,
871
00:45:26,793 --> 00:45:31,418
from the World War One
four-piper on up to
the newest 2,200 tonner.
872
00:45:31,452 --> 00:45:33,869
Now, sir,
873
00:45:33,903 --> 00:45:37,044
I'm going to describe
a hypothetical
ship handling problem
874
00:45:37,079 --> 00:45:38,425
for your expert opinion.
875
00:45:38,459 --> 00:45:40,151
Very well.
876
00:45:40,185 --> 00:45:43,533
You're in command
of a destroyer
in the Philippine Sea.
877
00:45:43,568 --> 00:45:46,985
A typhoon blows up,
without warning,
traveling west.
878
00:45:47,020 --> 00:45:50,782
The wind keeps increasing,
its direction holding
steady from the north.
879
00:45:50,817 --> 00:45:54,061
The wind is now
force 10 to 12,
your seas are mountainous.
880
00:45:54,096 --> 00:45:57,271
Under those circumstances,
sir, what would you do?
881
00:45:57,306 --> 00:46:02,898
I believe I'd execute the
classic Navy maneuver known as
getting the hell out of there.
882
00:46:04,175 --> 00:46:06,694
How would you
go about that, Captain?
883
00:46:06,729 --> 00:46:08,558
It's almost a
rule of thumb.
884
00:46:08,593 --> 00:46:11,492
You say the wind's from
the north at 90 knots,
885
00:46:11,527 --> 00:46:14,737
the center of the
typhoon is coming
at you from the east.
886
00:46:14,772 --> 00:46:16,981
The best course is south.
887
00:46:17,015 --> 00:46:21,330
How about turning north
under those circumstances
and heading into the wind?
888
00:46:21,364 --> 00:46:24,471
That would be dubious
and dangerous,
not to say idiotic.
889
00:46:24,505 --> 00:46:26,645
Why, Captain?
890
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:28,268
Because you're
headed right back into
the path of the typhoon.
891
00:46:28,302 --> 00:46:32,065
Unless you're interested in
sinking, that's not smart.
892
00:46:32,099 --> 00:46:33,791
That's all, sir.
893
00:46:39,313 --> 00:46:43,110
Captain, have you ever
conned a ship through
the center of a typhoon?
894
00:46:43,145 --> 00:46:46,804
I have not handled
a DMS at the center
of a typhoon, no.
895
00:46:46,838 --> 00:46:50,946
But I don't know
who the hell has beside
the skipper of the Caine.
896
00:46:50,980 --> 00:46:52,671
Will you state,
without reservation,
897
00:46:52,706 --> 00:46:54,397
that the rules of
destroyer handling
898
00:46:54,432 --> 00:46:57,262
would hold for a DMS
in the center of a typhoon?
899
00:46:57,297 --> 00:47:00,679
At the center of
a typhoon there are
no hard and fast rules.
900
00:47:00,714 --> 00:47:04,683
That's one situation
where it's entirely up
to the commanding officer.
901
00:47:04,718 --> 00:47:06,858
Too many things
can happen too fast.
902
00:47:06,893 --> 00:47:10,517
Captain,
you remember the
hypothetical question
903
00:47:10,551 --> 00:47:12,691
of the judge advocate
about the typhoon?
904
00:47:12,726 --> 00:47:14,210
I do.
905
00:47:14,245 --> 00:47:16,247
Now in that situation,
I ask you to assume that
906
00:47:16,281 --> 00:47:20,768
the winds and seas
have become worse than
any you've experienced.
907
00:47:20,803 --> 00:47:23,357
The ship is
wallowing broadside,
908
00:47:23,392 --> 00:47:26,498
you actually believe
your ship is foundering,
909
00:47:26,533 --> 00:47:29,122
you're in the
last extremity.
910
00:47:29,156 --> 00:47:33,574
Now, do you bring your
ship north into the wind,
911
00:47:33,609 --> 00:47:37,164
or do you continue south,
stern to wind?
912
00:47:37,199 --> 00:47:38,890
You're getting
mighty hypothetical.
913
00:47:38,925 --> 00:47:42,238
Yes, sir.
You prefer not to answer
that question, Captain?
914
00:47:42,273 --> 00:47:43,412
I'll answer it.
915
00:47:43,446 --> 00:47:44,896
In the last extremity,
916
00:47:44,931 --> 00:47:47,381
I'd come around to the north
and head into the wind,
917
00:47:47,416 --> 00:47:50,660
if I could,
but only in the
last extremity.
918
00:47:50,695 --> 00:47:52,697
No further questions.
919
00:47:55,389 --> 00:47:57,081
In your opinion, Captain,
920
00:47:57,115 --> 00:48:01,188
who is the best judge
as to when a ship
is in its last extremity?
921
00:48:01,223 --> 00:48:03,984
There's only one judge,
the commanding officer.
922
00:48:04,019 --> 00:48:05,503
Why, sir?
923
00:48:05,537 --> 00:48:07,539
Well, the Navy has
made him captain
924
00:48:07,574 --> 00:48:09,748
because his knowledge
of the sea and of ships
925
00:48:09,783 --> 00:48:12,820
is better than anyone
else's on the ship.
926
00:48:12,855 --> 00:48:14,926
Panic is a common
hazard at sea.
927
00:48:14,961 --> 00:48:18,205
The highest function
of command is to override it,
928
00:48:18,240 --> 00:48:21,968
to listen to nothing
but the voice of his
own professional judgment.
929
00:48:22,796 --> 00:48:25,557
Thank you, Captain.
930
00:48:25,592 --> 00:48:28,767
You will not discuss
your testimony outside the
courtroom, Captain.
931
00:48:28,802 --> 00:48:29,941
Understood.
932
00:48:29,976 --> 00:48:32,116
You're excused
and thank you.
933
00:48:39,606 --> 00:48:42,540
Call Dr. Forest Lundeen.
934
00:49:02,525 --> 00:49:05,735
Raise your right hand. You do
solemnly swear the evidence
you shall give in this court
935
00:49:05,770 --> 00:49:07,047
shall be the truth,
the whole truth,
936
00:49:07,082 --> 00:49:07,979
and nothing but
the truth,
so help you God?
937
00:49:08,014 --> 00:49:09,291
I do.
938
00:49:16,470 --> 00:49:18,576
State your name,
rank and present station.
939
00:49:18,610 --> 00:49:21,579
Forest Lundeen, MD,
Captain US Navy.
940
00:49:21,613 --> 00:49:24,685
Head of psychiatry,
US Naval Hospital,
San Francisco.
941
00:49:24,720 --> 00:49:26,411
Were you
head of the medical
board which examined
942
00:49:26,446 --> 00:49:27,895
-Lieutenant Commander Queeg?
I was.
943
00:49:27,930 --> 00:49:29,690
How long did the
examination last,
Doctor?
944
00:49:29,725 --> 00:49:33,280
We had the commander under
constant observation and
testing for three weeks.
945
00:49:33,315 --> 00:49:35,006
What was the finding
of the board?
946
00:49:35,041 --> 00:49:38,699
Commander Queeg
was discharged with
a clean bill of health.
947
00:49:38,734 --> 00:49:42,013
Doctor, is it possible
that two months ago
on December 18
948
00:49:42,048 --> 00:49:44,947
he was in such a state
of psychotic collapse
949
00:49:44,982 --> 00:49:47,398
that relieving him
from a naval command
would be justified?
950
00:49:47,432 --> 00:49:49,469
It's utterly impossible.
951
00:49:49,503 --> 00:49:52,782
We're going to place
your report in evidence
and hear Dr. Bird.
952
00:49:52,817 --> 00:49:54,301
Thank you, Doctor.
953
00:49:59,306 --> 00:50:02,378
Dr. Lundeen,
my background is
legal, not medical,
954
00:50:02,413 --> 00:50:05,795
so I hope you'll
bear with me if I try to
clarify technical terms.
955
00:50:05,830 --> 00:50:07,004
Of course,
of course.
956
00:50:07,038 --> 00:50:08,971
I'll probably ask some
elementary questions.
957
00:50:09,006 --> 00:50:11,422
Perfectly all right.
958
00:50:11,456 --> 00:50:16,082
Now, Doctor, would you
say Commander Queeg
is absolutely normal?
959
00:50:16,116 --> 00:50:20,396
Well, normality, you know,
is a fiction in psychiatry.
960
00:50:20,431 --> 00:50:23,468
No adult's without problems,
except a happy imbecile.
961
00:50:25,091 --> 00:50:28,059
Can you describe
Commander Queeg's
problems, please?
962
00:50:28,094 --> 00:50:32,512
Well, you might say
his overall problem is
one of inferiority feelings,
963
00:50:32,546 --> 00:50:35,204
generated by an
unfavorable childhood
964
00:50:35,239 --> 00:50:38,311
and aggravated by
certain adult experiences.
965
00:50:38,345 --> 00:50:41,210
Unfavorable childhood
in what way?
966
00:50:41,245 --> 00:50:46,767
Disturbed background,
divorced parents, financial
trouble, schooling problems.
967
00:50:46,802 --> 00:50:50,012
And the aggravating
factors in adult life?
968
00:50:50,047 --> 00:50:54,810
In general, the commander
is rather troubled
by his short stature,
969
00:50:54,844 --> 00:50:57,123
his low standing
in his class
and such factors.
970
00:50:57,157 --> 00:51:00,195
The commander is
well adjusted to
all these things.
971
00:51:00,229 --> 00:51:02,162
Can you describe
the nature of
this adjustment?
972
00:51:02,197 --> 00:51:06,477
Yes, I can. His identity
as a naval officer is the
essential balancing factor.
973
00:51:06,511 --> 00:51:09,031
It's the key to
his personal security.
974
00:51:09,066 --> 00:51:11,861
Therefore, he has
a fixed anxiety about
protecting his standing.
975
00:51:11,896 --> 00:51:15,658
That would account
for the harshness
and ill-temper.
976
00:51:15,693 --> 00:51:19,179
Would he be disinclined
to admit to mistakes?
977
00:51:19,214 --> 00:51:21,802
Yes. Of course,
there's nothing
unbalanced in that.
978
00:51:21,837 --> 00:51:25,358
Oh. Would he be
a perfectionist?
979
00:51:25,392 --> 00:51:27,187
Such a personality would be.
980
00:51:27,222 --> 00:51:32,296
Suspicious of subordinates?
Inclined to hound them
over small details?
981
00:51:32,330 --> 00:51:37,542
Any mistake by a subordinate
is intolerable because it
might endanger him.
982
00:51:37,577 --> 00:51:40,235
And yet he will not
admit mistakes when
he makes them himself.
983
00:51:40,269 --> 00:51:43,100
You might say
he revises reality
in his own mind,
984
00:51:43,134 --> 00:51:45,999
so that he comes
out blameless.
985
00:51:46,033 --> 00:51:50,624
Yes, but, Doctor, isn't
distorting reality a symptom
of mental illness?
986
00:51:50,659 --> 00:51:55,560
Well, it's a question
of degree. None of us
wholly faces reality.
987
00:51:55,595 --> 00:51:59,426
But doesn't the commander
distort reality more than,
say, you do?
988
00:51:59,461 --> 00:52:02,153
That's his weakness.
Other people have
other weaknesses.
989
00:52:02,188 --> 00:52:04,224
It's definitely
not disabling.
990
00:52:04,259 --> 00:52:06,847
Would he be inclined
to stubbornness?
991
00:52:06,882 --> 00:52:11,266
You'll have a certain
rigidity of personality
in such an individual.
992
00:52:11,300 --> 00:52:13,544
The inner insecurity
checks him
993
00:52:13,578 --> 00:52:16,926
from admitting that
those who differ with
him may be right.
994
00:52:18,411 --> 00:52:21,414
Doctor, you've testified
that the following symptoms
995
00:52:21,448 --> 00:52:24,451
exist in commander
Queeg's behavior.
996
00:52:24,486 --> 00:52:30,181
Rigidity of personality,
feelings of persecution,
unreasonable suspicion,
997
00:52:30,216 --> 00:52:36,601
withdrawal from reality,
perfectionist anxiety,
an unreal basic premise
998
00:52:36,636 --> 00:52:39,052
and an obsessive sense
of self-righteousness.
999
00:52:41,296 --> 00:52:45,265
All mild, sir.
All well compensated.
1000
00:52:45,300 --> 00:52:47,543
Yes, Doctor.
1001
00:52:47,578 --> 00:52:50,926
Now, is there an inclusive
psychiatric term,
1002
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:53,239
one label for this syndrome?
1003
00:52:53,273 --> 00:52:56,103
Syndrome? Who said
anything about a syndrome?
1004
00:52:56,138 --> 00:53:00,211
You're misusing the term.
There's no syndrome
because there's no disease.
1005
00:53:00,246 --> 00:53:03,525
Thank you for the correction,
Doctor. I'll rephrase it.
1006
00:53:03,559 --> 00:53:07,770
Do these symptoms fall
into a single pattern
of neurotic disturbance?
1007
00:53:07,805 --> 00:53:09,531
A common psychiatric class?
1008
00:53:09,565 --> 00:53:11,981
I know what you're driving
at, of course. It's a
paranoid personality.
1009
00:53:12,016 --> 00:53:14,294
But that is not
a disabling affliction.
1010
00:53:14,329 --> 00:53:16,331
What sort of
-personality, Doctor?
-Paranoid.
1011
00:53:16,365 --> 00:53:18,919
-Paranoid, Doctor.
-Yes, paranoid.
1012
00:53:20,576 --> 00:53:23,234
Thank you, Doctor.
No more questions.
1013
00:53:25,616 --> 00:53:28,929
You will not discuss your
testimony outside this
courtroom. You're excused.
1014
00:53:36,420 --> 00:53:38,180
Call Dr. Bird.
1015
00:53:39,906 --> 00:53:41,010
Dr. Bird.
1016
00:53:41,045 --> 00:53:42,633
These things are
such a waste of time.
1017
00:53:42,667 --> 00:53:45,118
I don't know why
a deposition
couldn't do the same thing.
1018
00:53:45,152 --> 00:53:46,223
Yes, sir.
1019
00:53:54,817 --> 00:53:58,545
These doctors.
Ought to run every one
of them through boot camp.
1020
00:53:58,580 --> 00:54:02,100
Get your hands out of
your pockets, sailor.
1021
00:54:02,135 --> 00:54:03,585
You do solemnly swear
the evidence you shall
1022
00:54:03,619 --> 00:54:05,138
give in this court
shall be the truth,
the whole truth,
1023
00:54:05,172 --> 00:54:07,278
and nothing but the truth,
-so help you God?
-I do.
1024
00:54:13,077 --> 00:54:14,906
State your name,
rank and present station.
1025
00:54:14,941 --> 00:54:17,840
Alan Winston Bird,
MD, Lieutenant USNR,
1026
00:54:17,875 --> 00:54:21,603
on the psychiatric staff
of the US Naval Hospital,
San Francisco.
1027
00:54:21,637 --> 00:54:23,708
Were you a member
of the board, headed
by Dr. Lundeen,
1028
00:54:23,743 --> 00:54:26,815
which recently inquired
into the mental health of
Lieutenant Commander Queeg?
1029
00:54:26,849 --> 00:54:28,886
-Yes, sir.
-What was the finding
of the board?
1030
00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:32,510
We found the commander
mentally fit for command
now and has never been unfit.
1031
00:54:32,545 --> 00:54:34,374
Did you find
any indication
in Commander Queeg
1032
00:54:34,409 --> 00:54:37,446
of what is known as
a paranoid personality?
1033
00:54:37,481 --> 00:54:40,794
Well, I prefer to call
it obsessive personality with
paranoid features.
1034
00:54:40,829 --> 00:54:43,107
But this
did not indicate any
mental unfitness however?
1035
00:54:43,141 --> 00:54:44,488
Oh, no.
1036
00:54:44,522 --> 00:54:47,007
You unanimously agreed then,
Doctor, that Commander Queeg
1037
00:54:47,042 --> 00:54:50,528
is mentally fit now and
must have been mentally fit
on December 18
1038
00:54:50,563 --> 00:54:53,704
when he was relieved
from naval command on the
grounds of mental illness?
1039
00:54:53,738 --> 00:54:56,223
That was our
unanimous conclusion.
1040
00:54:56,258 --> 00:54:58,536
Thank you, Doctor.
No further questions.
1041
00:55:05,647 --> 00:55:08,166
Doctor, you
have a special training
in Freudian technique?
1042
00:55:08,201 --> 00:55:09,789
Yes.
1043
00:55:09,823 --> 00:55:12,343
In Freudian analysis,
is there such a thing
as mental illness?
1044
00:55:12,378 --> 00:55:14,897
Well, there are
disturbed people
and adjusted people.
1045
00:55:14,932 --> 00:55:17,175
But disturbed and
adjusted correspond
roughly, don't they,
1046
00:55:17,210 --> 00:55:19,902
to the terms sick and well,
as laymen use them?
1047
00:55:19,937 --> 00:55:22,422
Very roughly, yes.
1048
00:55:22,457 --> 00:55:25,839
Would you say that
Commander Queeg suffers
from inferiority feelings?
1049
00:55:25,874 --> 00:55:27,807
Yes, but they are
well compensated.
1050
00:55:27,841 --> 00:55:30,396
Is there a difference
between compensated
and adjusted?
1051
00:55:30,430 --> 00:55:32,052
Most definitely.
1052
00:55:32,087 --> 00:55:33,778
Can you explain it?
1053
00:55:33,813 --> 00:55:38,783
Well, let's say
a man has some deep-seated
psychological disturbance.
1054
00:55:38,818 --> 00:55:41,924
He can compensate by
finding outlets for
his peculiar drives.
1055
00:55:41,959 --> 00:55:45,756
He can never adjust
without undergoing
psychoanalysis.
1056
00:55:45,790 --> 00:55:48,103
Has Commander Queeg
ever been psychoanalyzed?
1057
00:55:48,137 --> 00:55:50,726
-No.
-He is, then,
a disturbed person?
1058
00:55:50,761 --> 00:55:54,489
Yes, he is. Not disabled,
however, by the disturbance.
1059
00:55:54,523 --> 00:55:56,456
How has he compensated?
1060
00:55:56,491 --> 00:55:58,700
Well, two ways mainly.
1061
00:55:58,734 --> 00:56:01,875
The paranoid pattern,
which is useless
and undesirable,
1062
00:56:01,910 --> 00:56:06,017
and his naval career,
which is extremely
useful and desirable.
1063
00:56:06,052 --> 00:56:09,331
You say that his
military career is a
result of the disturbance?
1064
00:56:09,366 --> 00:56:11,091
Most military careers are.
1065
00:56:11,126 --> 00:56:14,681
Doctor,
did you note any peculiar
habit of Commander Queeg?
1066
00:56:14,716 --> 00:56:16,303
Something he did
with his hands?
1067
00:56:16,338 --> 00:56:18,444
You mean the rolling
of the steel balls?
1068
00:56:18,478 --> 00:56:19,893
Yes. Describe
the habit, please.
1069
00:56:19,928 --> 00:56:21,964
Well, it's an incessant
rolling, or rattling
1070
00:56:21,999 --> 00:56:24,622
of two marbles in his hand,
either hand.
1071
00:56:24,657 --> 00:56:26,555
Why does he do it?
1072
00:56:26,590 --> 00:56:29,144
His hands tremble.
He does it to conceal the
trembling, to still his hands.
1073
00:56:29,178 --> 00:56:31,767
It makes him feel
more comfortable.
1074
00:56:31,802 --> 00:56:33,390
Why do his
hands tremble?
1075
00:56:33,424 --> 00:56:37,324
The inner tension.
It's one of the
surface symptoms.
1076
00:56:37,359 --> 00:56:41,570
Does this rolling motion
have any significance
in Freudian analysis?
1077
00:56:41,605 --> 00:56:44,504
Well, it's an obvious
sexual symbol, of course.
1078
00:56:44,539 --> 00:56:46,575
How far
is this totally
1079
00:56:46,610 --> 00:56:49,406
irrelevant technical
discussion going to
be pushed?
1080
00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:51,649
Are you objecting
to the question?
1081
00:56:51,684 --> 00:56:53,720
I'm requesting
the court set limits to
time wasting by the defense.
1082
00:56:53,755 --> 00:56:57,172
Request is noted.
Proceed with your
cross-examination.
1083
00:56:57,206 --> 00:56:59,277
Doctor, you've testified
that Commander Queeg
1084
00:56:59,312 --> 00:57:01,935
is a disturbed,
not an adjusted person?
1085
00:57:01,970 --> 00:57:05,456
-Yes.
-He is, then, in
laymen's terms sick?
1086
00:57:05,491 --> 00:57:09,978
I remember agreeing to the
rough resemblance between
the terms disturbed and sick.
1087
00:57:10,012 --> 00:57:12,705
But by those terms,
an awful lot of
people are sick.
1088
00:57:12,739 --> 00:57:17,503
Yes, but this trial only
has Commander Queeg's
sickness at issue.
1089
00:57:17,537 --> 00:57:20,264
Now if he's sick, how could
your board have given him
a clean bill of health?
1090
00:57:20,298 --> 00:57:24,889
You're playing
on words, I'm afraid.
We found no disability.
1091
00:57:24,924 --> 00:57:27,029
Doctor,
supposing the
requirements of command
1092
00:57:27,064 --> 00:57:30,308
were many times
as severe as you
believe them to be,
1093
00:57:30,343 --> 00:57:32,725
wouldn't even this mild
sickness disable Queeg?
1094
00:57:32,759 --> 00:57:35,037
-That's absurdly hypothetic.
-Is it?
1095
00:57:35,072 --> 00:57:37,212
Have you ever had
-sea duty, Doctor?
-No.
1096
00:57:37,246 --> 00:57:39,041
Have you ever
-been to sea?
-No.
1097
00:57:39,076 --> 00:57:40,491
How long have you
been in the Navy?
1098
00:57:40,526 --> 00:57:42,044
-Five months.
-Have you had
any dealings
1099
00:57:42,079 --> 00:57:43,839
with ships' captains
-before this case?
-No.
1100
00:57:43,874 --> 00:57:47,015
Upon what do you base
your estimate of the
stresses of command?
1101
00:57:47,049 --> 00:57:48,741
Well, my general
knowledge on...
1102
00:57:48,775 --> 00:57:52,261
Do you think command
requires a highly gifted,
exceptional person?
1103
00:57:52,296 --> 00:57:54,367
-Well, no.
-It doesn't?
1104
00:57:54,401 --> 00:57:58,164
Not highly gifted, no.
Adequate responses,
fairly good intelligence
1105
00:57:58,198 --> 00:58:01,029
and sufficient training
and experience, but...
1106
00:58:01,063 --> 00:58:07,311
Is that enough equipment
for, say, a highly gifted,
highly skilled psychiatrist?
1107
00:58:07,345 --> 00:58:09,106
Well, not exactly.
1108
00:58:09,140 --> 00:58:12,972
In other words,
it takes more ability
to be a psychiatrist
1109
00:58:13,006 --> 00:58:14,767
than the Captain
of a naval vessel?
1110
00:58:14,801 --> 00:58:16,527
It takes...
1111
00:58:17,942 --> 00:58:22,533
That is, different
abilities are required.
1112
00:58:22,568 --> 00:58:25,950
You're making the
invidious comparison,
not I.
1113
00:58:25,985 --> 00:58:30,161
Doctor, you've admitted
Commander Queeg is sick.
1114
00:58:30,196 --> 00:58:33,613
The only remaining
question is, how sick?
1115
00:58:33,648 --> 00:58:36,651
You don't think
he's sick enough to
be disabled from command.
1116
00:58:36,685 --> 00:58:38,653
I suggest that,
since you evidently
don't know very much
1117
00:58:38,687 --> 00:58:40,758
about the requirements
of command,
1118
00:58:40,793 --> 00:58:42,553
you may be wrong
in your conclusion.
1119
00:58:42,588 --> 00:58:44,451
I repudiate
your suggestion.
1120
00:58:44,486 --> 00:58:47,351
You deliberatelysubstituted the word "sick."
1121
00:58:47,385 --> 00:58:49,456
Which is a loose...
A polarized word...
1122
00:58:49,491 --> 00:58:51,286
I'm sorry,
what kind of word?
1123
00:58:51,320 --> 00:58:52,356
Polarized.
1124
00:58:52,390 --> 00:58:54,427
-Polarized?
-Invidious.
1125
00:58:54,461 --> 00:58:57,085
I never said "sick."
1126
00:58:57,119 --> 00:58:59,777
Now, my grasp
of the requirements
of command is adequate,
1127
00:58:59,812 --> 00:59:03,816
or I would have
disqualified myself
from serving on the board.
1128
00:59:03,850 --> 00:59:05,058
Maybe you should have.
1129
00:59:05,093 --> 00:59:06,922
The witness
is being badgered.
1130
00:59:09,028 --> 00:59:12,583
I withdraw
my last statement.
No further questions.
1131
00:59:12,618 --> 00:59:16,449
Dr. Bird, the defense
counsel has managed to
put words in your mouth
1132
00:59:16,483 --> 00:59:18,485
that I'm certain
you don't mean.
1133
00:59:18,520 --> 00:59:22,697
I am not aware
he succeeded in putting
any words into my mouth.
1134
00:59:22,731 --> 00:59:26,010
Doctor, he drew from
you the implication
that Captain Queeg...
1135
00:59:26,045 --> 00:59:30,532
Sir, I am careful in
my use of terminology.
1136
00:59:30,567 --> 00:59:32,810
I did not introduce
the term "sick."
1137
00:59:32,845 --> 00:59:35,019
I do not regard it
as a precise term.
1138
00:59:35,054 --> 00:59:39,541
Nevertheless, if you're
going to use such a loose
term, then Captain Queeg,
1139
00:59:39,576 --> 00:59:44,615
like a vast number of
seemingly healthy
people, is sick.
1140
00:59:44,650 --> 00:59:48,481
However, he is
definitely not
disabled for command,
1141
00:59:48,515 --> 00:59:50,483
which is the
only issue here.
1142
00:59:52,899 --> 00:59:55,764
Sir, that sounds
like a contradiction,
which I'm...
1143
00:59:55,799 --> 00:59:59,216
We live in a
sick civilization.
1144
00:59:59,250 --> 01:00:00,804
The well people
are exceptional.
1145
01:00:00,838 --> 01:00:04,221
And Captain Queeg
certainly isn't exceptional
in that regard.
1146
01:00:04,255 --> 01:00:06,913
And furthermore,
I'd like ...ank you.
1147
01:00:06,948 --> 01:00:10,537
Thank you, Doctor.
Certainly clarifies
the matter.
1148
01:00:10,572 --> 01:00:12,091
No more questions.
1149
01:00:16,198 --> 01:00:21,548
Doctor, Doctor, you'll
not discuss your testimony
outside this courtroom.
1150
01:00:21,583 --> 01:00:23,550
Yes, sir.
-You're excused.
1151
01:00:26,553 --> 01:00:28,866
Prosecution rests.
1152
01:00:28,901 --> 01:00:31,041
Is defense ready
to present its case?
1153
01:00:31,075 --> 01:00:32,352
Yes, sir.
1154
01:00:32,387 --> 01:00:33,802
How many witnesses
are you calling?
1155
01:00:33,837 --> 01:00:36,425
Only two, sir.
The first is the accused.
1156
01:00:36,460 --> 01:00:38,151
We can button this all
up tomorrow morning?
1157
01:00:38,186 --> 01:00:41,292
I believe so, sir.
1158
01:00:42,086 --> 01:00:43,398
Recess until 0900.
1159
01:00:45,952 --> 01:00:48,610
That was marvelous,
cutting up that doctor
like that.
1160
01:00:48,645 --> 01:00:49,715
Wise little bastard.
1161
01:00:49,749 --> 01:00:51,993
-Did you ever read it?
-What?
1162
01:00:52,027 --> 01:00:54,478
Your friend
-Tom Keefer's novel?
-Huh?
1163
01:00:54,512 --> 01:00:56,342
Multitudes, Multitudes.
You ever read it?
1164
01:00:56,376 --> 01:00:59,379
Tom's novel? No. He's always
-kept it in a black satchel.
-I'd like to read it.
1165
01:00:59,414 --> 01:01:01,623
Quite a job you did
on Bird, Barney.
1166
01:01:01,658 --> 01:01:02,969
Thanks, Jack.
1167
01:01:03,004 --> 01:01:04,868
-It won't cut any ice.
-No?
1168
01:01:04,902 --> 01:01:07,249
No, Blakely's headed up
a lot of these courts.
1169
01:01:07,284 --> 01:01:09,182
He doesn't go
for vaudeville.
1170
01:01:09,217 --> 01:01:13,117
-See you tomorrow, Jack.
-See you tomorrow.
1171
01:01:13,152 --> 01:01:16,707
I'm sure it exposes this
-war for all its grim futility.
-What does?
1172
01:01:16,742 --> 01:01:18,916
The book.
1173
01:01:18,951 --> 01:01:23,334
I'm sure it shows up
all the regular Army
and Navy officers,
1174
01:01:23,369 --> 01:01:26,821
bunch of stupid sadists,
bitching up the campaigns,
1175
01:01:26,855 --> 01:01:31,308
throwing away the lives
of fatalistic, humorous,
lovable citizen soldiers,
1176
01:01:31,342 --> 01:01:34,691
lots of sexy scenes
where the prose becomes
rhythmic and beautiful
1177
01:01:34,725 --> 01:01:38,073
while the girl gets
-her pants pulled down.
-What's eating you?
1178
01:01:38,108 --> 01:01:40,110
I hate this case,
you know.
1179
01:01:40,144 --> 01:01:41,870
More so because
I want to win
it so bad.
1180
01:01:41,905 --> 01:01:43,665
Because of what
I have to do
to win it.
1181
01:01:43,700 --> 01:01:44,942
I'm beginning
to think you...
1182
01:01:44,977 --> 01:01:46,219
I've got a pretty
good chance here.
1183
01:01:46,254 --> 01:01:47,669
You're pretty keen,
all right.
1184
01:01:47,704 --> 01:01:49,567
Almost as keen
as Tom Keefer?
1185
01:01:49,602 --> 01:01:52,881
Oh, boy, you were...
You sure were right
about him.
1186
01:01:52,916 --> 01:01:55,573
Why did he do it, anyway?
I mean, he didn't have to
implicate himself.
1187
01:01:55,608 --> 01:01:57,368
He could have said
what he really
thought about Queeg.
1188
01:01:57,403 --> 01:02:00,026
What, to Blakely? Blakely's
sniffing around the edges
of Keefer as it is.
1189
01:02:00,061 --> 01:02:02,926
No, sir. Your friend's
one course was to
clam up. He's smart.
1190
01:02:02,960 --> 01:02:06,101
It's all right.
You don't like Tom much.
1191
01:02:09,070 --> 01:02:12,590
When I look at Tom
Keefer, I see myself
a couple of years ago.
1192
01:02:12,625 --> 01:02:16,111
Only like in a crazy
mirror, all distorted
and upside down.
1193
01:02:16,146 --> 01:02:18,010
I'm not amused.
1194
01:02:18,044 --> 01:02:21,323
Maybe Tom Keefer didn't
enjoy sailing under Queeg
for half a year.
1195
01:02:21,358 --> 01:02:23,394
Maybe he'd enjoy it less
if the Nazis and the Japs
1196
01:02:23,429 --> 01:02:26,259
were shaking hands
right now at the
Mississippi River.
1197
01:02:26,294 --> 01:02:28,123
I guess one thing
I found out, Maryk,
1198
01:02:28,158 --> 01:02:30,954
is there's a time for
everything, including
rebellious youth.
1199
01:02:30,988 --> 01:02:33,473
Possibly you and
Mr. Keefer were dead
wrong in your timing.
1200
01:02:33,508 --> 01:02:35,303
If that's the case, well,
the next question is,
1201
01:02:35,337 --> 01:02:37,788
who's the real victim
in this courtroom?
You or Captain Queeg?
1202
01:02:37,823 --> 01:02:39,376
Captain Queeg
was nuts.
1203
01:02:39,410 --> 01:02:41,067
You heard Dr. Lundeen.
It's a question of degree.
1204
01:02:41,102 --> 01:02:43,242
If you're at war and
your command personnel
is stretched thin,
1205
01:02:43,276 --> 01:02:44,968
maybe you use him
because he's got
the training.
1206
01:02:45,002 --> 01:02:47,108
I think Captain Queeg
is a mean, stupid
son of a bitch.
1207
01:02:47,142 --> 01:02:48,799
Okay!
1208
01:02:48,834 --> 01:02:50,076
If that was
grounds for deposing
your superior officer,
1209
01:02:50,111 --> 01:02:51,664
we wouldn't have
an Army or a Navy.
1210
01:02:51,698 --> 01:02:53,908
That's a wide-spread opinion
of superior officers.
1211
01:02:53,942 --> 01:02:55,150
Well, they're
not all Queegs.
1212
01:02:55,185 --> 01:02:56,807
Superiors all tend to look
like Queeg from underneath.
1213
01:02:56,842 --> 01:02:59,499
It's an
unflattering angle.
1214
01:02:59,534 --> 01:03:02,364
What do
you do when you
really get a Queeg?
1215
01:03:02,399 --> 01:03:06,679
You fight the war.
Where can we get drunk?
I mean drunk.
1216
01:04:33,145 --> 01:04:34,491
Attention!
1217
01:04:40,566 --> 01:04:42,430
Court is in session.
1218
01:04:45,364 --> 01:04:47,193
Defense, present your case.
1219
01:04:47,228 --> 01:04:48,954
I call the accused.
1220
01:04:53,613 --> 01:04:55,512
Do you solemnly swear
the evidence you shall
give in this court
1221
01:04:55,546 --> 01:04:58,377
shall be the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but
the truth, so help you God?
1222
01:04:58,411 --> 01:04:59,757
I do.
1223
01:05:07,973 --> 01:05:09,802
State your name, rank
and present station.
1224
01:05:09,836 --> 01:05:13,633
Stephen Maryk, Lieutenant,
USNR, executive officer
of the USS Caine.
1225
01:05:13,668 --> 01:05:15,773
Are you the accused
in this court-martial?
1226
01:05:15,808 --> 01:05:17,361
I am.
1227
01:05:17,396 --> 01:05:19,536
What was your
occupation in
civilian life?
1228
01:05:19,570 --> 01:05:22,125
Helping in
my father's fishing business.
1229
01:05:22,159 --> 01:05:23,678
We own a couple of boats.
1230
01:05:23,712 --> 01:05:26,336
Where?
-In San Francisco.
1231
01:05:26,370 --> 01:05:28,200
Then you were familiar with
the problems of ocean going
1232
01:05:28,234 --> 01:05:30,788
ship handling before
entering the Navy?
1233
01:05:30,823 --> 01:05:33,515
Well, I've been on
boats since I was 14.
1234
01:05:34,896 --> 01:05:37,174
Did you relieve the
commanding officer
of the Caine
1235
01:05:37,209 --> 01:05:40,315
of his command on
December 18, 1944?
1236
01:05:40,350 --> 01:05:42,524
-I did.
-Was the Cainein
the last extremity
1237
01:05:42,559 --> 01:05:43,870
when you relieved
the Captain?
1238
01:05:43,905 --> 01:05:47,288
-It was.
-On what fact do you
base this judgment?
1239
01:05:47,322 --> 01:05:50,947
Well, on several...
Well, we were unable to
hold course.
1240
01:05:50,981 --> 01:05:52,707
We broached to
three times in an hour.
1241
01:05:52,741 --> 01:05:54,536
Broached to?
1242
01:05:54,571 --> 01:05:58,747
Yes. Wind and sea took
charge, tossed us sideways
for 10 minutes at a time.
1243
01:05:58,782 --> 01:06:01,854
We were rolling
too steeply for the
inclinometer to record.
1244
01:06:01,888 --> 01:06:05,237
We were shipping solid green
water in the wheelhouse.
Generators were cutting out.
1245
01:06:05,271 --> 01:06:09,241
The ship wasn't answering
to emergency rudder and
engine settings.
1246
01:06:09,275 --> 01:06:11,795
We were lost
and out of control.
1247
01:06:11,829 --> 01:06:14,039
Did you point these
things out to the Captain?
1248
01:06:14,073 --> 01:06:17,766
Repeatedly, for over an hour.
I begged him to come north,
head into the wind.
1249
01:06:17,801 --> 01:06:19,320
What was his response?
1250
01:06:19,354 --> 01:06:21,978
Mostly a glazed look
and no answer,
1251
01:06:22,012 --> 01:06:24,497
or a repetition
of his own desires.
1252
01:06:24,532 --> 01:06:26,534
Which were what?
1253
01:06:26,568 --> 01:06:29,675
Well, I guess to hold
fleet course until
we went down.
1254
01:06:29,709 --> 01:06:34,369
Mr. Maryk, when did you
start keeping your medical
log on Captain Queeg?
1255
01:06:34,404 --> 01:06:36,544
Shortly after the
Kwajalein invasion.
1256
01:06:36,578 --> 01:06:38,891
Why did you start it?
1257
01:06:38,925 --> 01:06:42,032
I began to think
the Captain might
be mentally ill.
1258
01:06:42,067 --> 01:06:43,792
Why?
1259
01:06:43,827 --> 01:06:46,485
That yellow dye
marker business.
1260
01:06:46,519 --> 01:06:48,418
Was that
the incident in
which Captain Queeg
1261
01:06:48,452 --> 01:06:50,696
acquired the nickname
Old Yellow Stain?
1262
01:06:50,730 --> 01:06:52,042
Yes, it was.
1263
01:06:52,077 --> 01:06:53,940
You witnessed the
occurrence yourself?
1264
01:06:53,975 --> 01:06:55,390
I was navigator.
I was right there
on the bridge.
1265
01:06:55,425 --> 01:06:57,461
Describe the
Yellow Stain incident, please.
1266
01:06:57,496 --> 01:06:59,843
Well,
it was the first morning
of the invasion.
1267
01:06:59,877 --> 01:07:02,432
We were ordered to lead
a group of attack boats
into the beach.
1268
01:07:02,466 --> 01:07:04,710
Uh, that is, we had to
take them to their
line of departure,
1269
01:07:04,744 --> 01:07:07,161
1,000 yards
from the beach.
1270
01:07:07,195 --> 01:07:09,059
These little boats, they
lay so low in the water
1271
01:07:09,094 --> 01:07:11,027
that they couldn't see to
navigate for themselves.
1272
01:07:11,061 --> 01:07:13,822
They needed a guide
to make sure that they
hit the right island.
1273
01:07:13,857 --> 01:07:15,686
The right beach.
1274
01:07:15,721 --> 01:07:18,827
Captain Queeg rang up 10 knots
and we started to head in
towards this island.
1275
01:07:18,862 --> 01:07:20,898
Uh...
1276
01:07:20,933 --> 01:07:24,833
Yeah, it had some funny
Jap name. Our code name
for it was Jacob Island.
1277
01:07:24,868 --> 01:07:28,423
It was a choppy sea.
And the assault boats could
only make five or six knots.
1278
01:07:28,458 --> 01:07:30,253
And at that they were
shipping solid water,
1279
01:07:30,287 --> 01:07:32,531
and the marines were
getting just about
drowned in spray.
1280
01:07:32,565 --> 01:07:34,395
And they began to
fall way behind.
1281
01:07:34,429 --> 01:07:36,811
And naturally,
they signaled for
us to slow down.
1282
01:07:36,845 --> 01:07:38,916
But the Captain
just ignored them.
1283
01:07:38,951 --> 01:07:42,196
We pulled further
and further ahead until
we could hardly see them.
1284
01:07:42,230 --> 01:07:46,200
Then, when we were about
2,500 yards from the beach,
we heard some gunfire.
1285
01:07:46,234 --> 01:07:49,099
And the Captain suddenly
yelled, "We're running
up on the beach!
1286
01:07:49,134 --> 01:07:50,652
"Reverse course!
Make 30 knots!"
1287
01:07:50,687 --> 01:07:52,309
And while we were
turning, he...
1288
01:07:52,344 --> 01:07:54,277
He threw over one of
these yellow dye
markers he used
1289
01:07:54,311 --> 01:07:57,003
to mark water when
there's a floating
mine or something.
1290
01:07:57,038 --> 01:07:58,488
So we went barreling
out of there.
1291
01:07:58,522 --> 01:08:02,733
The attack boats were
just a lot of specks
way off in the distance,
1292
01:08:02,768 --> 01:08:07,083
and all you could see
behind us was this big
spread of yellow,
1293
01:08:07,117 --> 01:08:08,877
all over the water.
1294
01:08:08,912 --> 01:08:10,327
Now, Mr. Maryk,
why didn't...
1295
01:08:10,362 --> 01:08:12,122
Court wants
to question the witness.
1296
01:08:12,157 --> 01:08:14,745
Lieutenant, how do you know
you were 2,500 yards from
the beach when you turned?
1297
01:08:14,780 --> 01:08:16,782
Sir, I was navigating.
There wasn't a doubt
in the world
1298
01:08:16,816 --> 01:08:18,646
where we were
by visual plot
1299
01:08:18,680 --> 01:08:21,718
and our radar range
to the beach was also
2,500 when we turned.
1300
01:08:24,307 --> 01:08:26,930
Now, Mr. Maryk,
why didn't you go to
higher authority at once
1301
01:08:26,964 --> 01:08:30,968
with your doubts
about the Captain's
mental health?
1302
01:08:31,003 --> 01:08:34,317
Uh, well, I figured
if only I had a record
I'd be on stronger ground.
1303
01:08:34,351 --> 01:08:36,491
So I decided
to start the log.
1304
01:08:36,526 --> 01:08:38,976
I figured if ever
I was all wrong,
I'd just burn it.
1305
01:08:39,011 --> 01:08:41,117
I kept it under
lock and key.
1306
01:08:41,151 --> 01:08:44,499
What made an
incident worthy of record
in your medical log?
1307
01:08:44,534 --> 01:08:47,433
Well, just any act
that seemed strange
or abnormal.
1308
01:08:47,468 --> 01:08:49,263
Like the Silex business.
1309
01:08:49,297 --> 01:08:50,919
Describe the Silex business.
1310
01:08:50,954 --> 01:08:54,060
A mess boy slopped coffee
on a Silex. Burned it out.
1311
01:08:54,095 --> 01:08:56,201
Now, none of the mess
boys would admit which
one did it.
1312
01:08:56,235 --> 01:08:59,997
So, the Captain,
he ordered all of the
officers of the ship
1313
01:09:00,032 --> 01:09:03,829
to sit as a court of
inquiry until we found out
who burned out the Silex.
1314
01:09:03,863 --> 01:09:05,624
I mean, in itself
it's a silly little thing,
1315
01:09:05,658 --> 01:09:09,421
but it went on and
on for 36 hours.
1316
01:09:09,455 --> 01:09:13,252
All ship's work stopped.
And there we all were,
sitting in a wardroom,
1317
01:09:13,287 --> 01:09:15,634
dying for sleep,
needing shaves
1318
01:09:15,668 --> 01:09:19,362
and still trying to find out
which of those poor colored
boys burned out the Silex.
1319
01:09:19,396 --> 01:09:21,916
And by then those kids
thought whoever
did it was gonna get hung.
1320
01:09:21,950 --> 01:09:24,850
They'd have died
before telling us.
1321
01:09:24,884 --> 01:09:26,921
So finally, I had to go
to the Captain and tell him
1322
01:09:26,955 --> 01:09:29,579
that all of the officers
admitted to being
incompetent investigators,
1323
01:09:29,613 --> 01:09:31,305
they'd take cuts in
their fitness reports,
1324
01:09:31,339 --> 01:09:35,723
but that they couldn't
find out who slopped
coffee on the Silex.
1325
01:09:35,757 --> 01:09:39,589
So he made a note in
his black book and
called off the inquiry.
1326
01:09:39,623 --> 01:09:43,282
Things like that,
or like the water
business.
1327
01:09:43,317 --> 01:09:45,491
Describe the water business.
1328
01:09:45,526 --> 01:09:47,873
Well, it's all in
the log, how he cut off
the water at the equator
1329
01:09:47,907 --> 01:09:50,945
for two days for the whole
ship just because he caught
one simple deckhand
1330
01:09:50,979 --> 01:09:53,292
stealing a drink
during water
conservation hours.
1331
01:09:53,327 --> 01:09:56,364
Or plain crazy things,
like the strawberry business.
1332
01:09:56,399 --> 01:09:58,159
Describe the
-strawberry business.
-Well, there...
1333
01:09:58,194 --> 01:10:01,438
Objection.
The so-called medical log
was introduced as evidence
1334
01:10:01,473 --> 01:10:03,406
at the start of
these proceedings.
1335
01:10:03,440 --> 01:10:06,616
All this is just
repeating a lot of
trivial disloyal gripes.
1336
01:10:06,650 --> 01:10:09,791
If the court concurs,
I'll pass over the
medical log.
1337
01:10:09,826 --> 01:10:11,621
Well, let's
not take up time here.
1338
01:10:11,655 --> 01:10:13,105
Aye, aye, sir.
1339
01:10:13,139 --> 01:10:15,245
Only there seems
to be some confusion
1340
01:10:15,280 --> 01:10:18,110
about this so-called
strawberry business.
1341
01:10:18,144 --> 01:10:21,389
Now it started out as
a search for a quart of
strawberries, is that right?
1342
01:10:21,424 --> 01:10:22,908
-Yes, sir.
And it
somehow turned
1343
01:10:22,942 --> 01:10:24,254
into a search for a key?
1344
01:10:24,289 --> 01:10:26,291
-That's right.
-How was that?
1345
01:10:26,325 --> 01:10:29,086
That's on account
of the cheese business.
1346
01:10:29,121 --> 01:10:32,366
The cheese business? I don't
recall any cheese business.
1347
01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:34,575
Well, that was
on the first ship Captain
Queeg served on, sir,
1348
01:10:34,609 --> 01:10:36,232
when he was an ensign.
1349
01:10:36,266 --> 01:10:38,199
Cheese had been
disappearing from
ship's store.
1350
01:10:38,234 --> 01:10:40,339
He investigated
and he caught
a sailor
1351
01:10:40,374 --> 01:10:42,790
who had made himself
a duplicate key to the
padlock on the refrigerator.
1352
01:10:42,824 --> 01:10:44,205
Now from catching
this cheese thief,
1353
01:10:44,240 --> 01:10:46,345
the Captain had gotten
a letter of commendation.
1354
01:10:46,380 --> 01:10:49,245
This was peace time.
Naturally, he was
real proud of it.
1355
01:10:49,279 --> 01:10:51,937
When the strawberry thing
came up, he insisted it
was the same thing.
1356
01:10:51,971 --> 01:10:53,249
All we had to do
was find out
1357
01:10:53,283 --> 01:10:55,906
who'd made a duplicate key
to the wardroom icebox.
1358
01:10:55,941 --> 01:10:58,288
But, of course, it was
ridiculous. It was
the mess boys again.
1359
01:10:58,323 --> 01:11:01,187
We all knew they'd
eaten up this quart
of strawberries.
1360
01:11:01,222 --> 01:11:03,086
It was just...
It was leavings from
the wardroom mess
1361
01:11:03,120 --> 01:11:06,089
and they were entitled
to eat it. That was
the custom.
1362
01:11:06,123 --> 01:11:08,194
But naturally,
when the Captain started
1363
01:11:08,229 --> 01:11:10,818
to roar around about
those strawberries, why,
1364
01:11:10,852 --> 01:11:13,545
the boys, they froze up
and swore they hadn't
eaten 'em.
1365
01:11:13,579 --> 01:11:16,824
And the Captain, he was
so steamed up on this key
theory he believed.
1366
01:11:16,858 --> 01:11:19,240
So he ordered the
search for the key?
1367
01:11:19,275 --> 01:11:23,417
Yes, sir. We ain't
never saw Captain Queeg so
happy before or since.
1368
01:11:23,451 --> 01:11:25,695
He was living the cheese
business all over again.
1369
01:11:25,729 --> 01:11:30,147
Organized the search
himself. All ship's
work was suspended.
1370
01:11:30,182 --> 01:11:33,599
And we collected every
single key on the ship.
1371
01:11:33,634 --> 01:11:36,464
We had boxes of keys.
We had barrels of keys.
1372
01:11:36,499 --> 01:11:39,191
About 2,800 of 'em.
All tagged with the
owner's name.
1373
01:11:41,262 --> 01:11:43,160
Then to make sure
we had them all,
we searched the ship.
1374
01:11:43,195 --> 01:11:44,817
From stem to stern.
From the crow's nest
to the build.
1375
01:11:44,852 --> 01:11:46,474
We stripped the crew
stark naked.
1376
01:11:46,509 --> 01:11:49,235
Every one of them shook out
their clothes, we
searched their lockers,
1377
01:11:49,270 --> 01:11:52,446
we crawled in to every
hole and every space
in the ship.
1378
01:11:52,480 --> 01:11:53,723
This went on for three days.
1379
01:11:53,757 --> 01:11:56,553
All of it over a key
which never existed.
1380
01:11:56,588 --> 01:11:59,142
When I saw Captain Queeg
sitting by the icebox
1381
01:11:59,176 --> 01:12:01,834
taking those keys
one by one out
of the barrels,
1382
01:12:01,869 --> 01:12:06,252
trying them on the
padlock, hours on end,
with a gleam in his eye,
1383
01:12:07,392 --> 01:12:09,014
I just gave up.
1384
01:12:11,292 --> 01:12:14,088
Continue your examination.
1385
01:12:14,122 --> 01:12:16,401
Mr. Maryk, when
the typhoon was over,
1386
01:12:16,435 --> 01:12:19,473
did Captain Queeg
make any effort to
regain command?
1387
01:12:19,507 --> 01:12:21,267
Yes, on the morning
of the 19th.
1388
01:12:21,302 --> 01:12:23,546
The storm had blown out,
we'd just sighted the fleet.
1389
01:12:23,580 --> 01:12:25,927
Describe what happened.
1390
01:12:25,962 --> 01:12:28,758
Well,
I was in the charthouse,
writing up a dispatch
1391
01:12:28,792 --> 01:12:30,794
to report the relief
to Admiral Halsey.
1392
01:12:30,829 --> 01:12:33,832
The Captain came in and
he said, "Do you mind
coming to my cabin
1393
01:12:33,866 --> 01:12:36,593
"and having a talk
before you send that?"
1394
01:12:36,628 --> 01:12:39,389
So I went below
and we talked.
1395
01:12:39,424 --> 01:12:41,218
It was the same thing.
1396
01:12:41,253 --> 01:12:43,704
First about how I'd be
court-martialed for
mutiny, and then...
1397
01:12:43,738 --> 01:12:46,223
Then he said, "You've
applied for transfer
to the regular Navy.
1398
01:12:46,258 --> 01:12:48,294
"You know this means
an end to all that."
1399
01:12:48,329 --> 01:12:51,539
And then he went into
this long thing about
how he loved the Navy,
1400
01:12:51,574 --> 01:12:54,093
he had no other interest
in life and even if he
was cleared,
1401
01:12:54,128 --> 01:12:55,647
this would ruin his record.
1402
01:12:55,681 --> 01:12:57,752
And I said I felt sorry
for him, and I really did.
1403
01:12:58,960 --> 01:13:01,411
Finally, he came out
with his proposal.
1404
01:13:01,446 --> 01:13:05,311
He said he would forget
the whole thing and
never report me.
1405
01:13:05,346 --> 01:13:07,244
He would resume command,
1406
01:13:07,279 --> 01:13:08,798
and the whole matter
would be forgotten
and written off...
1407
01:13:08,832 --> 01:13:11,387
What did you
say to this proposal?
1408
01:13:11,421 --> 01:13:12,767
Well, I was amazed.
I said,
1409
01:13:12,802 --> 01:13:14,320
"Captain, the whole
ship knows about it.
1410
01:13:14,355 --> 01:13:16,771
"It's written up in
the quartermaster's log
and the OOD's log."
1411
01:13:16,806 --> 01:13:19,533
And, well, he just...
He hemmed and hawed,
1412
01:13:19,567 --> 01:13:21,397
and finally he said,
1413
01:13:21,431 --> 01:13:23,191
"Well, it wouldn't be
the first time that
a penciled rough log
1414
01:13:23,226 --> 01:13:25,815
"had been fixed up
and corrected after
the fact."
1415
01:13:25,849 --> 01:13:28,680
Did you remind him
about the rule
against erasure?
1416
01:13:28,714 --> 01:13:30,785
Yes, he kind
of laughed and he said,
1417
01:13:30,820 --> 01:13:32,960
"It's either that or
court-martial for
mutiny for me."
1418
01:13:32,994 --> 01:13:35,100
And a black mark on
his record which he
didn't deserve.
1419
01:13:35,134 --> 01:13:38,206
He didn't see that a few
penciled rough lines
were worth all that.
1420
01:13:38,241 --> 01:13:40,001
What followed?
1421
01:13:40,036 --> 01:13:45,455
Well, he began
to plead and beg.
1422
01:13:46,939 --> 01:13:50,046
Uh, he cried at one point.
1423
01:13:50,080 --> 01:13:54,947
And in the end, he became
terrifically angry and
ordered me out of his cabin.
1424
01:13:54,982 --> 01:13:56,432
So I sent the dispatch.
1425
01:13:57,605 --> 01:14:00,470
Then you had the chance,
24 hours later,
1426
01:14:00,505 --> 01:14:03,508
of expunging the
whole event from
the official record
1427
01:14:03,542 --> 01:14:06,096
with the Captain's
knowledge and approval?
1428
01:14:06,131 --> 01:14:07,788
Yes.
1429
01:14:09,341 --> 01:14:13,414
Mr. Maryk,
were you panicky at all
during the typhoon?
1430
01:14:13,449 --> 01:14:14,933
I was not.
1431
01:14:14,967 --> 01:14:16,866
Now, Lieutenant,
you are charged
1432
01:14:16,900 --> 01:14:19,075
with relieving your
captain willfully,
1433
01:14:19,109 --> 01:14:22,319
without authority and
without justifiable cause.
1434
01:14:22,354 --> 01:14:24,563
Did you relieve
Captain Queeg willfully?
1435
01:14:24,598 --> 01:14:26,945
Yes. I knew
what I was doing.
1436
01:14:26,979 --> 01:14:28,705
Did you relieve
without authority?
1437
01:14:28,740 --> 01:14:32,502
No. My authority was
Articles 184, 185, 186.
1438
01:14:32,537 --> 01:14:34,504
Did you relieve
without justifiable cause?
1439
01:14:34,539 --> 01:14:37,438
No. My justifiable
cause was the Captain's
mental breakdown
1440
01:14:37,473 --> 01:14:39,475
at a time when the
ship was in danger.
1441
01:14:44,549 --> 01:14:45,791
No further questions.
1442
01:14:49,208 --> 01:14:51,694
Mr. Maryk,
1443
01:14:51,728 --> 01:14:54,938
this amazing interview,
in which the Captain offered
to falsify official records,
1444
01:14:54,973 --> 01:14:56,871
were there any
witnesses to it?
1445
01:14:56,906 --> 01:14:59,598
We were alone in the
Captain's cabin. No.
1446
01:14:59,633 --> 01:15:03,326
This incident at Kwajalein,
did anyone else see this chart
which, according to you,
1447
01:15:03,360 --> 01:15:05,880
indicated your ship
turned away from
the beach too soon?
1448
01:15:05,915 --> 01:15:08,642
About an hour after it
happened, the Captain
asked to see the chart.
1449
01:15:08,676 --> 01:15:10,782
He took it to his cabin.
1450
01:15:10,816 --> 01:15:13,025
When I got it back, all my
bearings and course lines
had been erased.
1451
01:15:13,060 --> 01:15:15,752
Then you have no
documentary corroboration
of this story.
1452
01:15:15,787 --> 01:15:17,064
No.
1453
01:15:17,098 --> 01:15:18,893
How about the radar men
who called off the ranges?
1454
01:15:18,928 --> 01:15:21,344
Won't they confirm this story?
1455
01:15:21,378 --> 01:15:24,554
Sir, you can't
expect them to remember
one single radar range
1456
01:15:24,589 --> 01:15:27,557
when they call them
by the thousands in
every invasion.
1457
01:15:27,592 --> 01:15:29,490
These poor abandoned
Marines in the assault boats
1458
01:15:29,525 --> 01:15:33,908
never complained to higher
authority of the dastardly
conduct of the Caine.
1459
01:15:33,943 --> 01:15:35,565
-No.
-Strange.
1460
01:15:35,600 --> 01:15:38,154
Sir, they landed against
machine gunfire.
1461
01:15:38,188 --> 01:15:40,087
The ones that survived,
I don't think they remember
1462
01:15:40,121 --> 01:15:43,228
much else besides
that landing.
1463
01:15:43,262 --> 01:15:47,784
Mr. Maryk,
who coined this scurrilous
nickname, Old Yellow Stain?
1464
01:15:47,819 --> 01:15:49,096
Uh...
1465
01:15:49,130 --> 01:15:50,511
It just sprang
into existence.
1466
01:15:50,546 --> 01:15:53,410
Throughout the ship?
Or just among the officers?
1467
01:15:54,170 --> 01:15:55,412
Among the officers.
1468
01:15:55,447 --> 01:15:57,311
Are you sure you didn't
coin it yourself?
1469
01:15:57,345 --> 01:15:59,278
I didn't.
1470
01:15:59,313 --> 01:16:02,488
Mr. Maryk, what kind of
rating would you give yourself
for loyalty to your captain?
1471
01:16:02,523 --> 01:16:05,664
I think I was a loyal officer.
1472
01:16:05,699 --> 01:16:08,805
Did you issue
a 72-hour pass to Stilwell
in December '43,
1473
01:16:08,840 --> 01:16:10,842
against your captain's
express instructions?
1474
01:16:10,876 --> 01:16:12,568
I did.
1475
01:16:12,602 --> 01:16:15,674
You admit to a
disloyal act in your first
days as executive officer?
1476
01:16:15,709 --> 01:16:17,503
Yes.
1477
01:16:17,538 --> 01:16:21,818
Mr. Maryk, where did
you get your schooling?
1478
01:16:21,853 --> 01:16:25,546
Um, in public schools
in San Francisco, and
San Francisco University.
1479
01:16:25,581 --> 01:16:27,272
How were your grades
in elementary school?
1480
01:16:27,306 --> 01:16:29,239
Okay.
1481
01:16:29,274 --> 01:16:31,690
Average, above average,
-below average?
-Average.
1482
01:16:31,725 --> 01:16:33,554
How were your grades
in high school?
1483
01:16:33,589 --> 01:16:37,006
Oh, well, I didn't
do so good there.
Below average.
1484
01:16:37,040 --> 01:16:38,973
What kind of course
did you take at college?
1485
01:16:39,008 --> 01:16:41,217
-Business course.
-Any pre-medical courses?
1486
01:16:41,251 --> 01:16:44,358
-No.
-Any psychology
or psychiatry?
1487
01:16:44,392 --> 01:16:45,980
-No.
-Uh...
1488
01:16:47,016 --> 01:16:49,259
How were your
grades at college?
1489
01:16:49,294 --> 01:16:51,814
-I scraped by.
-Below average?
1490
01:16:51,848 --> 01:16:54,264
Yes.
1491
01:16:54,299 --> 01:16:58,475
Where did you get
these highfalutin ideas
about paranoia?
1492
01:16:58,510 --> 01:17:00,305
Uh, out of books.
1493
01:17:00,339 --> 01:17:02,065
What books?
Name the titles.
1494
01:17:02,100 --> 01:17:04,205
Medical type books
about mental illness.
1495
01:17:04,240 --> 01:17:06,898
Is this your
intellectual hobby,
reading about psychiatry?
1496
01:17:06,932 --> 01:17:08,554
No.
1497
01:17:08,589 --> 01:17:11,281
Where did you
get these books?
1498
01:17:11,316 --> 01:17:14,319
I borrowed them off
ships' doctors here
and there.
1499
01:17:14,353 --> 01:17:19,289
And with your background,
your scholastic record,
did you imagine that
1500
01:17:19,324 --> 01:17:23,086
you understood these
highly technical,
scientific works?
1501
01:17:23,121 --> 01:17:24,501
Well, I got something
out of them.
1502
01:17:24,536 --> 01:17:26,538
What's a conditioned
reflex?
1503
01:17:26,572 --> 01:17:29,368
-I don't know.
-What's schizophrenia?
1504
01:17:29,403 --> 01:17:30,680
I think that's
a mental illness.
1505
01:17:30,715 --> 01:17:33,027
You think so.
What are its symptoms?
1506
01:17:33,062 --> 01:17:34,511
I don't know.
1507
01:17:34,546 --> 01:17:35,685
In fact, you don't know
what you're talking about
1508
01:17:35,720 --> 01:17:37,894
when you discuss mental
illness, is that right?
1509
01:17:37,929 --> 01:17:41,173
Well, I didn't say
I knew much about it.
1510
01:17:41,208 --> 01:17:44,073
Have you ever heard the
expression, a little learning
is a dangerous thing?
1511
01:17:44,107 --> 01:17:45,177
Yes.
1512
01:17:46,662 --> 01:17:48,594
You got a head full
of terms you didn't
understand
1513
01:17:48,629 --> 01:17:50,596
and on that basis
you had the
temerity to depose
1514
01:17:50,631 --> 01:17:52,806
a commanding officer on the
grounds of mental illness.
Is that right?
1515
01:17:52,840 --> 01:17:54,462
Well, I didn't relieve
him because of what
the book said.
1516
01:17:54,497 --> 01:17:56,913
The ship was in danger ...ver mind the ship.
1517
01:17:56,948 --> 01:17:59,122
We're discussing your
grasp of psychiatry.
1518
01:17:59,157 --> 01:18:02,263
Have you heard the diagnosis
of the qualified psychiatrist
who examined your captain?
1519
01:18:02,298 --> 01:18:03,540
-Yes.
-And what was
their diagnosis?
1520
01:18:03,575 --> 01:18:05,266
Was he crazy or wasn't
he on 18 December?
1521
01:18:05,301 --> 01:18:07,165
They say he wasn't.
1522
01:18:07,199 --> 01:18:09,546
But you, with your whining
gripes about strawberries
and Silexes, know better.
1523
01:18:09,581 --> 01:18:12,584
Mr. Maryk, who was
the third ranking
officer on your ship?
1524
01:18:12,618 --> 01:18:15,173
-Uh, Lieutenant Keefer.
Was he
a good officer?
1525
01:18:15,207 --> 01:18:16,692
-Yes.
-Did you consider his mind
1526
01:18:16,726 --> 01:18:20,419
to be as good as yours,
or, perhaps even better?
1527
01:18:22,007 --> 01:18:23,215
Better.
1528
01:18:24,872 --> 01:18:27,530
You showed this medical
-log of yours to him?
-Yes.
1529
01:18:27,564 --> 01:18:30,360
He wasn't convinced
by it that the Captain
was mentally ill.
1530
01:18:30,395 --> 01:18:31,568
-No.
-He talked you out of
1531
01:18:31,603 --> 01:18:32,673
trying to have
the Captain relieved.
1532
01:18:32,708 --> 01:18:34,779
Yes.
1533
01:18:34,813 --> 01:18:38,230
And two weeks later,
despite the whole weight
of naval discipline,
1534
01:18:38,265 --> 01:18:40,301
despite the arguments
of the next officer
in rank to you,
1535
01:18:40,336 --> 01:18:42,096
a superior intellect,
1536
01:18:42,131 --> 01:18:45,099
despite all this, you still
went ahead and seized
command of your ship?
1537
01:18:45,134 --> 01:18:48,793
I relieved him because
he definitely seemed
sick during the typhoon.
1538
01:18:51,934 --> 01:18:55,454
You still imagine
that your diagnosis
of Captain Queeg
1539
01:18:55,489 --> 01:18:57,249
is superior to the doctor's?
1540
01:18:57,284 --> 01:19:00,356
Only about Queeg on the
morning of the typhoon.
1541
01:19:05,223 --> 01:19:07,121
No more questions.
1542
01:19:09,675 --> 01:19:11,367
No re-examination.
1543
01:19:11,401 --> 01:19:12,644
Please step down.
1544
01:19:22,688 --> 01:19:26,347
Call Lieutenant
Commander Queeg.
1545
01:19:26,382 --> 01:19:27,866
Lieutenant Commander...
1546
01:19:41,949 --> 01:19:44,020
Commander, the oath...
1547
01:19:44,055 --> 01:19:46,712
The oath previously taken
by you is still binding.
1548
01:19:48,093 --> 01:19:49,577
Oh, yes, sir.
1549
01:20:01,003 --> 01:20:03,764
Commander, on the morning
of the 19 December,
1550
01:20:03,799 --> 01:20:07,112
did you have an interview
in your room with
Lieutenant Maryk?
1551
01:20:07,147 --> 01:20:09,701
Let's see. That's the
day after the typhoon.
Yes, I did.
1552
01:20:09,735 --> 01:20:12,048
-Was it at your request?
-Yes.
1553
01:20:12,083 --> 01:20:13,601
What was the substance
of that interview?
1554
01:20:14,775 --> 01:20:16,812
Well, as I say,
I felt sorry for him.
1555
01:20:16,846 --> 01:20:20,022
I hated to see him
ruining his life with
one panicky mistake.
1556
01:20:20,056 --> 01:20:24,474
Particularly, as I knew
it was his ambition to
make the Navy his career.
1557
01:20:24,509 --> 01:20:27,961
I tried as hard as
I could to show him
what a mistake he'd made.
1558
01:20:27,995 --> 01:20:29,963
I recommended he
relinquish command
to me,
1559
01:20:29,997 --> 01:20:32,034
and I offered
to be as lenient
as I could
1560
01:20:32,068 --> 01:20:34,105
in reporting what
had happened.
1561
01:20:34,139 --> 01:20:37,073
You never offered not
to report the incident?
1562
01:20:37,108 --> 01:20:40,421
Oh, how could I?
It was already
recorded in the logs.
1563
01:20:40,456 --> 01:20:43,217
Were the logs in pencil,
or typed, or what?
1564
01:20:43,252 --> 01:20:44,529
That would
make no difference.
1565
01:20:44,563 --> 01:20:46,876
Were they in pencil,
Commander?
1566
01:20:46,911 --> 01:20:49,361
Well, let's see.
Probably they were.
1567
01:20:49,396 --> 01:20:52,399
Quartermaster log
and OOD rough
log always are.
1568
01:20:52,433 --> 01:20:54,435
I doubt the yeoman
would have gotten
around to typing
1569
01:20:54,470 --> 01:20:57,404
smooth logs in
all the excitement!
1570
01:20:57,438 --> 01:20:59,682
Did you offer to
erase the incident
from the penciled logs
1571
01:20:59,716 --> 01:21:01,753
and make no
report at all?
1572
01:21:01,787 --> 01:21:05,446
Oh, I did not.
Erasures aren't permitted
in penciled logs.
1573
01:21:05,481 --> 01:21:07,690
Lieutenant Maryk has
testified under oath,
Commander,
1574
01:21:07,724 --> 01:21:09,830
that you made
such an offer.
1575
01:21:09,865 --> 01:21:12,902
Not only that, but that
you begged and pleaded and
even wept to get him to agree
1576
01:21:12,937 --> 01:21:15,111
to erase those
few pencil lines,
1577
01:21:15,146 --> 01:21:16,664
in return for which
1578
01:21:16,699 --> 01:21:20,910
you promised to hush up
the incident completely
and make no report.
1579
01:21:20,945 --> 01:21:23,223
-That isn't true.
There isn't
any truth in it at all?
1580
01:21:23,257 --> 01:21:25,087
Well, it's a distortion
of what I told you.
1581
01:21:25,121 --> 01:21:27,399
My version is
the exact truth.
1582
01:21:27,434 --> 01:21:30,644
You deny the
proposal to erase the logs
and hush up the story?
1583
01:21:30,678 --> 01:21:34,717
I deny it completely.
That's the part
he made up.
1584
01:21:34,751 --> 01:21:36,961
The weeping
and the pleading.
1585
01:21:36,995 --> 01:21:38,755
That's fantastic!
1586
01:21:38,790 --> 01:21:41,103
You're accusing
Lieutenant Maryk
of perjury?
1587
01:21:41,137 --> 01:21:42,345
I'm not accusing him.
1588
01:21:42,380 --> 01:21:44,865
He's accused of
enough as it stands.
1589
01:21:44,900 --> 01:21:46,936
You're likely to hear
a lot of strange things
1590
01:21:46,971 --> 01:21:50,595
about me from Mr. Maryk,
that's all.
1591
01:21:50,629 --> 01:21:53,494
Isn't one of you obviously
not telling the truth
about that interview?
1592
01:21:53,529 --> 01:21:55,738
It appears so.
1593
01:21:55,772 --> 01:21:57,947
Can you prove
it isn't you?
1594
01:21:57,982 --> 01:22:00,777
Only by citing
a clean record
of over 14 years
1595
01:22:00,812 --> 01:22:04,540
as a Navy officer against
the word of a man on trial
for a mutinous act.
1596
01:22:12,962 --> 01:22:14,515
Commander,
1597
01:22:14,550 --> 01:22:19,072
did you ever receive
$110 from Lieutenant
Junior Grade Keith?
1598
01:22:19,106 --> 01:22:20,521
I don't recall
offhand that I did.
1599
01:22:20,556 --> 01:22:23,352
-He testified that you did.
-I did?
1600
01:22:23,386 --> 01:22:24,870
I did?
On what occasion?
1601
01:22:24,905 --> 01:22:29,082
On the occasion of
a loss of a crate of
yours in San Francisco Bay.
1602
01:22:29,116 --> 01:22:31,843
Yes, I remember. Uh...
1603
01:22:31,877 --> 01:22:34,570
It was over a year ago.
December or thereabouts.
1604
01:22:34,604 --> 01:22:38,332
He was responsible for
the loss and insisted
on paying, and so he did.
1605
01:22:38,367 --> 01:22:40,921
What was in
the crate that cost
$110, Commander?
1606
01:22:40,956 --> 01:22:45,132
Uh, uniforms, books,
navigating instruments.
The usual.
1607
01:22:45,167 --> 01:22:47,134
How was Keith
responsible for
the loss?
1608
01:22:47,169 --> 01:22:49,965
Well, he was boat officer
and in charge of the loading.
1609
01:22:49,999 --> 01:22:52,795
He issued foolish and
contradictory orders.
1610
01:22:52,829 --> 01:22:55,729
The men got rattled
and the crate fell into
the water and sank.
1611
01:22:55,763 --> 01:22:58,421
A wooden crate full
of clothing sank?
1612
01:22:58,456 --> 01:23:00,941
Well, there were other
things in it, I guess.
1613
01:23:00,976 --> 01:23:02,632
I had some souvenir
coral rocks.
1614
01:23:02,667 --> 01:23:06,326
Commander, wasn't the crate
entirely full of bottles
of intoxicating liquor?
1615
01:23:06,360 --> 01:23:09,018
Certainly not!
1616
01:23:09,053 --> 01:23:13,229
Keith has testified that
you charged him for
a crate full of liquor.
1617
01:23:13,264 --> 01:23:17,716
You'll hear plenty of
strange distortions about
me from Keith and Maryk.
1618
01:23:17,751 --> 01:23:19,408
They are the two
culprits here and
they're apt to make
1619
01:23:19,442 --> 01:23:22,169
all kinds of
strange statements!
1620
01:23:22,204 --> 01:23:24,033
Did you make
this crate yourself?
1621
01:23:24,068 --> 01:23:26,035
No. My carpenter's mate did.
1622
01:23:26,070 --> 01:23:27,830
What's his name?
1623
01:23:27,864 --> 01:23:30,212
I don't recall. It'll be
on the personnel records.
1624
01:23:30,246 --> 01:23:32,179
He's been gone from
the ship a long time.
1625
01:23:32,214 --> 01:23:35,389
Was your carpenter's
mate Second Class
Otis F. Langhorne?
1626
01:23:36,632 --> 01:23:42,224
Lang, Langhorne.
Sounds right.
1627
01:23:42,258 --> 01:23:44,640
There's a carpenter's
mate, First Class
Otis F. Langhorne,
1628
01:23:44,674 --> 01:23:48,678
at present in damage control
school at Treasure Island
right here in the bay.
1629
01:23:48,713 --> 01:23:51,612
Defense has arranged
to subpoena him,
if necessary.
1630
01:23:51,647 --> 01:23:53,269
You're sure it's
the same one?
1631
01:23:53,304 --> 01:23:55,271
His service
record shows 21 months
aboard the Caine.
1632
01:23:55,306 --> 01:23:57,791
Your signature is in it.
Would it be useful to have
him subpoenaed, sir?
1633
01:23:57,825 --> 01:24:01,001
Objection to this entire
irrelevancy about the crate.
1634
01:24:01,036 --> 01:24:02,968
And request it be
stricken from the
record, sir.
1635
01:24:03,003 --> 01:24:06,006
The credibility of
the witness is being
established.
1636
01:24:06,041 --> 01:24:09,492
I submit to the court
that nothing could be
more relevant to this trial.
1637
01:24:09,527 --> 01:24:10,838
Overruled.
1638
01:24:13,220 --> 01:24:16,258
"Would it be
useful to have him
subpoenaed, sir?"
1639
01:24:18,501 --> 01:24:20,745
Well, it's a question
of which crate Langhorne
nailed up.
1640
01:24:20,779 --> 01:24:22,781
I had two crates,
as I recall now.
1641
01:24:22,816 --> 01:24:27,096
Well, this is a new
angle, not mentioned
by Keith. Uh...
1642
01:24:27,131 --> 01:24:29,961
Did Langhorne make
both crates, sir?
1643
01:24:29,995 --> 01:24:32,722
I don't recall whether
I had both crates on
that occasion
1644
01:24:32,757 --> 01:24:36,174
or two crates on two
different occasions.
1645
01:24:36,209 --> 01:24:38,970
It's all very trivial
and happened a long time ago
1646
01:24:39,004 --> 01:24:40,799
and I've had a year of
combat steaming in between
1647
01:24:40,834 --> 01:24:45,459
and that typhoon and all
this hospital business,
I'm not too clear.
1648
01:24:45,494 --> 01:24:47,289
Commander, there are
many points in this trial
1649
01:24:47,323 --> 01:24:51,258
that turn on the issue of
credibility between yourself
and other officers.
1650
01:24:51,293 --> 01:24:53,743
Now if you wish,
I will request
a five minute recess
1651
01:24:53,778 --> 01:24:58,541
while you clear your mind,
as best you can on the
issue of these crates.
1652
01:24:58,576 --> 01:25:01,786
That won't be necessary.
Just let me think for
a moment, please.
1653
01:25:09,518 --> 01:25:11,899
Okay. I have it
straight now.
1654
01:25:11,934 --> 01:25:13,763
I made a misstatement.
1655
01:25:13,798 --> 01:25:17,181
I lost a crate
in San Diego Harbor
back in '38 or '39,
1656
01:25:17,215 --> 01:25:18,872
I think it was,
under similar
circumstances.
1657
01:25:18,906 --> 01:25:20,908
That was the one
containing clothes.
1658
01:25:20,943 --> 01:25:23,152
The crate Keith lost
did contain liquor.
1659
01:25:23,187 --> 01:25:26,500
How did you obtain
a crate full of whiskey
during wartime, Commander?
1660
01:25:26,535 --> 01:25:30,159
Bought up the
rations of my officers
at the wine mess in Pearl.
1661
01:25:30,194 --> 01:25:33,197
You transported this liquor
from Pearl to the States
in your ship?
1662
01:25:33,231 --> 01:25:34,957
Do you know the
regulations regarding
the transporting...
1663
01:25:34,991 --> 01:25:38,478
I'm aware of regulations!
The crate was sealed prior
to getting under way.
1664
01:25:38,512 --> 01:25:41,964
I gave it the same
locked stowage I gave
the medicinal brandy.
1665
01:25:41,998 --> 01:25:45,450
Liquor was damned scarce
and expensive in the States.
1666
01:25:45,485 --> 01:25:50,317
I'd had three years of
steady combat duty and
I gave myself this leeway,
1667
01:25:50,352 --> 01:25:52,595
as captain of the Caine.
1668
01:25:52,630 --> 01:25:57,462
And it's a common practice
and I believe rank has its
privileges, as they say.
1669
01:25:57,497 --> 01:25:59,982
I had no intention
of concealing it
from the court.
1670
01:26:00,016 --> 01:26:04,089
And I'm not ashamed
of it. I simply mixed up
the two crates in my mind.
1671
01:26:05,125 --> 01:26:06,851
Keith testified that you
1672
01:26:06,885 --> 01:26:10,544
gave all the orders to
the boat crew which caused
the loss of the crate.
1673
01:26:10,579 --> 01:26:11,890
That's a lie.
1674
01:26:11,925 --> 01:26:13,375
And that
you refused to sign
his leave papers
1675
01:26:13,409 --> 01:26:15,204
until he paid
for the loss.
1676
01:26:15,239 --> 01:26:16,999
That's another lie.
1677
01:26:20,105 --> 01:26:22,004
Seems to be the issue
of credibility again, sir,
1678
01:26:22,038 --> 01:26:25,525
this time your word
against Keith's.
Correct?
1679
01:26:25,559 --> 01:26:28,459
You'll hear nothing but lies
about me from Keith.
1680
01:26:28,493 --> 01:26:30,702
He has an insane
hatred of me.
1681
01:26:32,359 --> 01:26:35,086
Do you
-know why, sir?
-I can't say.
1682
01:26:35,120 --> 01:26:37,778
Unless it's his resentment
against fancied injuries
1683
01:26:37,813 --> 01:26:41,057
to his crony,
the sailor, Stilwell.
1684
01:26:41,092 --> 01:26:43,094
Those two were
mighty affectionate.
1685
01:26:45,303 --> 01:26:46,511
Affectionate, sir?
1686
01:26:46,546 --> 01:26:48,064
Well, it just
seemed to me that
1687
01:26:48,099 --> 01:26:50,446
every time Keith
thought I looked
cross-eyed at Stilwell,
1688
01:26:50,481 --> 01:26:53,138
there was all kinds of
screeching and hollering
from Keith,
1689
01:26:53,173 --> 01:26:55,727
as though I were picking
on his wife or something.
1690
01:26:55,762 --> 01:26:58,765
Well, those two sure ganged
up mighty fast to back Maryk
when he relieved me.
1691
01:26:58,799 --> 01:27:00,905
Are you suggesting
there were abnormal
relations between
1692
01:27:00,939 --> 01:27:02,976
Lieutenant Keith and
the sailor, Stilwell?
1693
01:27:03,010 --> 01:27:05,047
I'm not suggesting a thing.
1694
01:27:05,081 --> 01:27:08,878
I'm stating plain facts
that everybody knew who
had eyes to see.
1695
01:27:10,225 --> 01:27:11,605
Does the court desire
to caution the witness
1696
01:27:11,640 --> 01:27:13,676
on the gravity of
the insinuated charge?
1697
01:27:13,711 --> 01:27:15,885
I'm not
insinuating a thing, sir!
1698
01:27:15,920 --> 01:27:18,681
I don't know of
anything improper
between those two men
1699
01:27:18,716 --> 01:27:20,821
and I deny
insinuating anything.
1700
01:27:20,856 --> 01:27:23,514
All I said was Keith
was always taking
Stilwell's part
1701
01:27:23,548 --> 01:27:25,930
and it's the easiest
thing in the world
to prove
1702
01:27:25,964 --> 01:27:28,657
and that's all
I said or meant.
1703
01:27:28,691 --> 01:27:31,004
Are you gonna
pursue this topic?
1704
01:27:34,628 --> 01:27:36,561
-No, sir.
-Very well. Go ahead.
1705
01:27:47,883 --> 01:27:51,369
Commander, during the period
when the Cainewas towing
targets at Pearl Harbor,
1706
01:27:51,404 --> 01:27:52,681
did you ever steam over
your own tow line?
1707
01:27:52,715 --> 01:27:55,960
Objection! This tow line
business is the last straw.
1708
01:27:55,994 --> 01:28:01,345
The tactics of the defense
are an outrage on the dignity
of these proceedings.
1709
01:28:01,379 --> 01:28:04,002
He's systematically
turning this trial
into a court-martial
1710
01:28:04,037 --> 01:28:05,452
of Commander Queeg.
1711
01:28:05,487 --> 01:28:08,283
Sir, the judge advocate
has made it perfectly clear
1712
01:28:08,317 --> 01:28:10,008
that he thinks that he
has a prima facie case
1713
01:28:10,043 --> 01:28:12,114
on the report of the
two psychiatrists.
1714
01:28:12,148 --> 01:28:13,771
But I say that it is
still up to the court
1715
01:28:13,805 --> 01:28:16,532
not to shore-bound doctors,
however brilliant,
1716
01:28:16,567 --> 01:28:18,914
to decide whether the
Captain of the Caine
was mentally well enough
1717
01:28:18,948 --> 01:28:20,709
to retain his self-control
1718
01:28:20,743 --> 01:28:22,883
and his post
during a typhoon.
1719
01:28:25,300 --> 01:28:30,546
Objection is overruled.
Witness will answer
the question.
1720
01:28:30,581 --> 01:28:35,137
"Commander, during the period
when the Cainewas towing
targets at Pearl Harbor,
1721
01:28:35,171 --> 01:28:38,140
"did you ever steam
over your own tow line
and cut it?"
1722
01:28:39,624 --> 01:28:44,940
Okay. Now, here's the story
on that particular slander.
1723
01:28:44,974 --> 01:28:47,977
I started to make a turn
when I noticed some
anti-aircraft bursts
1724
01:28:48,012 --> 01:28:49,531
close aboard to starboard.
1725
01:28:49,565 --> 01:28:51,533
I was gravely concerned
that my ship was in...
1726
01:28:51,567 --> 01:28:53,328
Was within range of
somebody's firing.
1727
01:28:53,362 --> 01:28:54,639
We were in a gunnery area.
1728
01:28:54,674 --> 01:28:56,745
I was watching the bursts.
1729
01:28:56,779 --> 01:29:01,681
The same sailor, Stilwell,
a very dreamy and unreliable
man, was at the helm.
1730
01:29:01,715 --> 01:29:03,407
He failed to warn me
that we were coming around
1731
01:29:03,441 --> 01:29:05,719
the full 360 degrees.
1732
01:29:05,754 --> 01:29:09,136
I saw what was happening,
finally, and instantly
reversed course.
1733
01:29:09,171 --> 01:29:12,105
And I avoided passing
over the tow line
to my best knowledge.
1734
01:29:12,139 --> 01:29:16,420
However, the line
parted during the turn.
1735
01:29:16,454 --> 01:29:19,319
You say you were distracted
by AA bursts? Did anything
else distract you?
1736
01:29:19,354 --> 01:29:21,356
Not that I recall.
1737
01:29:21,390 --> 01:29:24,013
Were you engaged
in reprimanding
a signalman named
1738
01:29:24,048 --> 01:29:26,119
Urban, at length,
for having a shirt tail out
1739
01:29:26,153 --> 01:29:28,535
while the ship was
turning 360 degrees?
1740
01:29:28,570 --> 01:29:30,710
Who said that?
Keith again?
1741
01:29:30,744 --> 01:29:32,884
Will you answer the
question, Commander?
1742
01:29:32,919 --> 01:29:34,507
It's a malicious lie,
of course.
1743
01:29:36,025 --> 01:29:38,580
Was Urban on the
bridge at that time?
1744
01:29:38,614 --> 01:29:41,445
-Yes.
-Was his shirt tail out?
1745
01:29:41,479 --> 01:29:46,484
Yes. And I reprimanded
him. That took me
about two seconds.
1746
01:29:46,519 --> 01:29:48,900
I'm not in the
habit on dwelling
on those things.
1747
01:29:48,935 --> 01:29:52,628
And then there were those
AA bursts and that was
what distracted me.
1748
01:29:52,663 --> 01:29:55,666
Did you point out these
AA bursts to the officer
of the deck or the exec?
1749
01:29:55,700 --> 01:29:57,461
I may have.
I don't recall.
1750
01:29:57,495 --> 01:30:01,119
I didn't run
weeping to my OOD
on every occasion.
1751
01:30:01,154 --> 01:30:03,225
I may very well have
kept my own council.
1752
01:30:03,259 --> 01:30:05,123
And since this shirt tail
thing has been brought up,
1753
01:30:05,158 --> 01:30:07,091
I would just like to say
1754
01:30:07,125 --> 01:30:10,370
that Ensign Keith as morale
officer was in charge of
enforcing uniform regulations
1755
01:30:10,405 --> 01:30:12,234
and completely
soldiered on the job.
1756
01:30:12,268 --> 01:30:14,719
When I took over that ship,
it was like the Chinese Navy
1757
01:30:14,754 --> 01:30:17,653
and I bore down on Keith
to watch those shirt tails.
1758
01:30:17,688 --> 01:30:19,655
As far as I know,
that's another reason
he hated me
1759
01:30:19,690 --> 01:30:23,418
and circulated all this
about my cutting the
tow line.
1760
01:30:23,452 --> 01:30:25,420
Did you drop a yellow
dye marker off Jacob Island
1761
01:30:25,454 --> 01:30:28,526
on the first morning of
the invasion of Kwajalein?
1762
01:30:28,561 --> 01:30:30,321
I may have.
I don't recall.
1763
01:30:30,355 --> 01:30:32,737
Do you recall
what your first mission was
during the invasion?
1764
01:30:32,772 --> 01:30:35,740
To lead the group of attack
boats to the line of departure
for Jacob Island.
1765
01:30:35,775 --> 01:30:37,535
Did you
fulfill your mission?
1766
01:30:37,570 --> 01:30:40,987
Yes.
Why did you
drop a dye marker?
1767
01:30:41,021 --> 01:30:43,472
I don't know for sure
that I did drop one.
1768
01:30:43,507 --> 01:30:46,475
Maybe I dropped one
to mark the line of
departure plainly.
1769
01:30:49,685 --> 01:30:52,170
How far was the line
of departure from
the beach?
1770
01:30:52,205 --> 01:30:55,001
As I recall, 1,000 yards.
1771
01:30:55,035 --> 01:30:57,382
Commander,
didn't you run a mile
ahead of the attack boats,
1772
01:30:57,417 --> 01:31:00,489
drop your dye marker
more than a half
a mile short,
1773
01:31:00,524 --> 01:31:03,112
then retire at high speed
leaving the boats
to grope their way
1774
01:31:03,147 --> 01:31:04,838
to the line of departure
as best they could?
1775
01:31:04,873 --> 01:31:08,083
The question is abusive
and flagrantly leading.
1776
01:31:09,015 --> 01:31:11,086
I'm willing to withdraw
my question,
1777
01:31:11,120 --> 01:31:16,091
in view of the Captain's
dim memory and proceed to
more recent events.
1778
01:31:16,125 --> 01:31:18,403
Court desires
to question the witness.
1779
01:31:18,438 --> 01:31:22,028
Commander Queeg, in view
of the implications involved
in this line of testimony,
1780
01:31:22,062 --> 01:31:25,376
I urge you to search your
memory for correct answers.
1781
01:31:25,410 --> 01:31:26,860
I'm certainly
trying to do that, sir,
1782
01:31:26,895 --> 01:31:28,655
but these are
very small points.
1783
01:31:28,690 --> 01:31:31,382
I've been through several
campaigns since Kwajalein
1784
01:31:31,416 --> 01:31:33,798
and the typhoon and
now all this business.
1785
01:31:33,833 --> 01:31:36,180
I appreciate that.
It will facilitate justice
1786
01:31:36,214 --> 01:31:39,459
if you can remember enough
to give a few answers
on points of fact.
1787
01:31:39,494 --> 01:31:41,530
First of all,
1788
01:31:41,565 --> 01:31:44,533
were those boats on the
line of departure when you
turned away from the beach?
1789
01:31:44,568 --> 01:31:46,535
As near as
I could calculate, yes.
1790
01:31:46,570 --> 01:31:48,330
If that's the case, Commander,
and they were all on the line,
1791
01:31:48,364 --> 01:31:50,332
what purpose did
the dye marker serve?
1792
01:31:51,713 --> 01:31:54,474
Well, you might
say a safety factor.
1793
01:31:54,509 --> 01:31:55,820
Just another added mark.
1794
01:31:55,855 --> 01:31:58,133
Now maybe I erred in
being overcautious
1795
01:31:58,167 --> 01:32:00,100
and making sure they
knew where they were.
1796
01:32:00,135 --> 01:32:02,171
But then again, sir,
I've always believed
1797
01:32:02,206 --> 01:32:04,449
you can't err
on the side of safety.
1798
01:32:04,484 --> 01:32:06,659
Did you have the con?
1799
01:32:06,693 --> 01:32:08,453
As I recall now,
Lieutenant Maryk
had the con.
1800
01:32:08,488 --> 01:32:11,422
And I now recall
I had to caution him for
opening the gap too wide,
1801
01:32:11,456 --> 01:32:13,562
between us
-and the boats.
How wide?
1802
01:32:13,597 --> 01:32:15,184
I can't say,
but at one point
there was definitely
1803
01:32:15,219 --> 01:32:18,153
too much open water.
And I called him aside
and I admonished him,
1804
01:32:18,187 --> 01:32:19,948
not to run away
from the boats.
1805
01:32:19,982 --> 01:32:23,572
Did you direct him
to slow down when you saw
the gap widening?
1806
01:32:23,607 --> 01:32:26,264
Well, but it was all
happening very fast, sir.
1807
01:32:26,299 --> 01:32:28,439
I may have been watching
the beach for a few seconds,
1808
01:32:28,473 --> 01:32:30,372
and then I saw
we were running away.
1809
01:32:30,406 --> 01:32:31,994
And so, that's why
I dropped the marker,
1810
01:32:32,029 --> 01:32:34,479
to compensate for Maryk's
running away from the boats.
1811
01:32:34,514 --> 01:32:36,689
These are your factual
recollections, Commander?
1812
01:32:36,723 --> 01:32:39,243
Those are the facts, sir.
1813
01:32:39,277 --> 01:32:42,280
Resume your examination.
1814
01:32:42,315 --> 01:32:45,007
Commander Queeg,
did you make it a practice
during invasions
1815
01:32:45,042 --> 01:32:46,837
to station yourself
on the side of the bridge
1816
01:32:46,871 --> 01:32:48,252
that was sheltered
from the beach?
1817
01:32:53,222 --> 01:32:55,431
That's an insulting
question,
1818
01:32:56,536 --> 01:32:59,228
and the answer is no.
1819
01:32:59,263 --> 01:33:01,403
I had to be on all sides
of the bridge at once,
1820
01:33:01,437 --> 01:33:05,338
constantly moving
from one side to the other
because Maryk was navigator
1821
01:33:05,372 --> 01:33:07,823
and Keith was my OOD
at general quarters...
1822
01:33:10,101 --> 01:33:12,932
And both of them were
invariably scurrying to
the safe side of the bridge,
1823
01:33:12,966 --> 01:33:17,557
so I was captain and navigator
and OOD all rolled into
one and that's the truth!
1824
01:33:17,592 --> 01:33:20,249
That's why I had to move
constantly from one side
of the bridge to the other,
1825
01:33:20,284 --> 01:33:24,150
and that's the truth,
whatever lies may have been
said about me in this court!
1826
01:33:24,184 --> 01:33:26,152
Court will question
the witness.
1827
01:33:26,186 --> 01:33:30,708
Sir, the witness is obviously
and understandably agitated
by this ordeal,
1828
01:33:30,743 --> 01:33:33,849
and I request a recess
to give him a breathing space.
1829
01:33:33,884 --> 01:33:35,644
I'm not in
the least agitated
1830
01:33:37,404 --> 01:33:40,442
and I'm glad to answer
any and all questions here.
1831
01:33:40,476 --> 01:33:43,859
In fact, I demand
a chance to set
the record straight on
1832
01:33:43,894 --> 01:33:47,380
anything derogatory to me
in the testimony
that's gone before.
1833
01:33:47,414 --> 01:33:52,212
I didn't make a single mistake
in 15 months aboard the Caine
and I can prove it.
1834
01:33:52,247 --> 01:33:54,318
My record has been
spotless until now
1835
01:33:54,352 --> 01:33:57,252
and I don't want it smirched
by a whole lot of lies
and distortions
1836
01:33:57,286 --> 01:33:59,357
by disloyal officers.
1837
01:33:59,392 --> 01:34:01,256
Would you like
a recess, Commander?
1838
01:34:01,290 --> 01:34:04,604
Definitely not, sir.
I request there be no
recess, if it's up to me.
1839
01:34:04,639 --> 01:34:07,296
Very well.
I simply want to ask,
1840
01:34:07,331 --> 01:34:09,747
if the performance of
these two officers
was so unspeakably bad,
1841
01:34:09,782 --> 01:34:11,473
why did you tolerate it?
1842
01:34:11,507 --> 01:34:13,475
Why didn't you beach them?
1843
01:34:13,509 --> 01:34:15,650
Or at least rotate them
to less responsible
battle stations?
1844
01:34:17,306 --> 01:34:19,999
Well, strange
as it may seem,
1845
01:34:20,033 --> 01:34:25,107
the fact is I'm a very
soft-hearted guy.
Not many people know that.
1846
01:34:25,142 --> 01:34:28,041
I never despaired of
training those two men up
1847
01:34:28,076 --> 01:34:29,871
and making Navy
officers of them.
1848
01:34:29,905 --> 01:34:33,253
I kept them under my eye
just because I wanted
to train them up.
1849
01:34:33,288 --> 01:34:36,740
The last thing
I wanted to do was
wreck their careers,
1850
01:34:36,774 --> 01:34:40,605
not that they had any
similar concern for me,
either of them.
1851
01:34:44,023 --> 01:34:45,990
Resume your examination.
1852
01:34:50,823 --> 01:34:55,206
Commander, on the morning
of 18 December when you
were relieved,
1853
01:34:55,241 --> 01:34:57,277
was the Cainein
the last extremity?
1854
01:34:57,312 --> 01:34:59,107
It certainly was not!
1855
01:34:59,141 --> 01:35:01,109
Was it in grave danger
at that moment?
1856
01:35:01,143 --> 01:35:04,906
Absolutely not! I had that
ship under complete control.
1857
01:35:04,940 --> 01:35:06,839
Did you ever indicate
to your other officers
1858
01:35:06,873 --> 01:35:09,151
that it had been
your intention
to change course
1859
01:35:09,186 --> 01:35:11,050
and come north
at 10 o'clock
1860
01:35:11,084 --> 01:35:13,500
or 15 minutes
after Maryk did?
1861
01:35:13,535 --> 01:35:17,608
Yes, I did make that
statement, and such
had been my intention.
1862
01:35:17,642 --> 01:35:20,231
Why did you
intend to abandon fleet
course, Commander,
1863
01:35:20,266 --> 01:35:22,406
if the ship
wasn't in danger?
1864
01:35:23,787 --> 01:35:26,168
I don't see any
inconsistency there.
1865
01:35:26,203 --> 01:35:30,552
I've repeatedly stated in
my testimony that my rule
is safety first.
1866
01:35:30,586 --> 01:35:32,209
As I say, the ship
wasn't in danger,
1867
01:35:32,243 --> 01:35:34,418
but a typhoon is
still a typhoon
1868
01:35:34,452 --> 01:35:37,904
and I'd just about decided
that we'd do as well
coming around to north.
1869
01:35:37,939 --> 01:35:40,804
I might have executed
my intention at 10 o'clock,
1870
01:35:40,838 --> 01:35:43,151
and then again
I might not have.
1871
01:35:43,185 --> 01:35:48,466
Then Maryk's decision to
come north was not a panicky
irrational blunder.
1872
01:35:48,501 --> 01:35:52,332
His panicky blunder
was relieving me.
1873
01:35:52,367 --> 01:35:54,990
I kept him from making
any disastrous
mistakes thereafter.
1874
01:35:55,025 --> 01:35:58,511
I didn't intend to vindicate
myself at the cost of
all the lives on the Caine!
1875
01:36:01,721 --> 01:36:06,588
Commander Queeg, have you
read Lieutenant Maryk's
medical log?
1876
01:36:06,622 --> 01:36:11,179
Oh, yes, I have read that
interesting document,
yes, sir, I have.
1877
01:36:11,213 --> 01:36:13,975
It is the biggest
conglomeration of lies
and distortions
1878
01:36:14,009 --> 01:36:15,942
and half-truths
I've ever seen,
1879
01:36:15,977 --> 01:36:17,461
and I'm extremely
glad you asked me
1880
01:36:17,495 --> 01:36:20,705
because I want to get my side
of it all on the record.
1881
01:36:20,740 --> 01:36:25,745
Please state your version,
or any factual comments on
the episodes in the log, sir.
1882
01:36:28,783 --> 01:36:30,854
Okay.
1883
01:36:30,888 --> 01:36:32,856
Now...
1884
01:36:32,890 --> 01:36:35,548
Well, starting right with
that strawberry business.
1885
01:36:35,582 --> 01:36:40,001
The real truth is that
I was betrayed and thrown
and double-crossed
1886
01:36:40,035 --> 01:36:44,039
by my executive officer
and this precious
gentleman, Mr. Keith,
1887
01:36:44,074 --> 01:36:46,179
who between them
corrupted my wardrooms
1888
01:36:46,214 --> 01:36:50,321
so that I was one man against
a whole ship without
any support from my officers.
1889
01:36:52,289 --> 01:36:56,811
Okay. Now you take that
strawberry business.
1890
01:36:56,845 --> 01:37:01,574
Why, if that wasn't a case of
outright conspiracy to protect
a malefactor from justice.
1891
01:37:01,608 --> 01:37:04,266
Maryk carefully leaves
out the little fact
1892
01:37:04,301 --> 01:37:07,925
that I had conclusively
proved, by a process
of elimination,
1893
01:37:07,960 --> 01:37:10,686
that somebody had
a key to the icebox.
1894
01:37:10,721 --> 01:37:13,689
He says it was the
steward's mates
who ate the strawberries.
1895
01:37:13,724 --> 01:37:15,795
But if I wanted
to take the trouble,
1896
01:37:15,830 --> 01:37:19,488
I could prove to this court,
geometrically, that they
couldn't have.
1897
01:37:19,523 --> 01:37:21,111
No, it was the water
business all over again,
1898
01:37:21,145 --> 01:37:23,907
like when the crew
was taking baths
seven times a day
1899
01:37:23,941 --> 01:37:26,806
and our evaps were
definitely on the
fritz half the time,
1900
01:37:26,841 --> 01:37:32,363
and I was trying to inculcate
the simplest principles
of water conservation.
1901
01:37:32,398 --> 01:37:35,642
But, no. Mr. Maryk,
the hero of the crew,
1902
01:37:35,677 --> 01:37:38,438
wanted to go right on
molly-coddling them
1903
01:37:38,473 --> 01:37:41,510
and, well, you take
that coffee business.
1904
01:37:41,545 --> 01:37:45,721
No! The strawberry
thing first.
1905
01:37:45,756 --> 01:37:49,691
It all hinged on
a thorough search
for the key
1906
01:37:49,725 --> 01:37:51,589
and that was where
Mr. Maryk, as usual,
1907
01:37:51,624 --> 01:37:53,902
with the help of
Mr. Keith, fudged it!
1908
01:37:53,937 --> 01:37:57,664
Just went through
a lot of phony motions
that proved nothing.
1909
01:37:57,699 --> 01:38:00,460
And like thinking
the incessant burning
out of Silexes
1910
01:38:00,495 --> 01:38:03,153
which were government
property was a joke.
1911
01:38:03,187 --> 01:38:05,224
No sense of responsibility.
1912
01:38:05,258 --> 01:38:07,122
Which was the attitude of
everybody from Maryk down.
1913
01:38:07,157 --> 01:38:10,539
No sense of responsibility,
though I emphasized
over and over
1914
01:38:10,574 --> 01:38:12,541
that the war
wouldn't last forever,
1915
01:38:12,576 --> 01:38:15,751
that all these things
would have to be
accounted for.
1916
01:38:15,786 --> 01:38:19,272
Oh, it was a constant battle.
Always the same thing.
1917
01:38:19,307 --> 01:38:22,586
Maryk and Keith
undermining my authority.
1918
01:38:22,620 --> 01:38:24,588
Always arguments.
1919
01:38:24,622 --> 01:38:28,005
Though I personally liked
Keith and kept trying to
train him up,
1920
01:38:28,040 --> 01:38:30,594
only to get stabbed
in the back when...
1921
01:38:32,423 --> 01:38:36,462
Okay. I think
I've covered the
strawberry business.
1922
01:38:38,567 --> 01:38:42,571
And, oh, yes, this
mess account business.
1923
01:38:42,606 --> 01:38:44,021
I had to watch
them like a hawk.
1924
01:38:44,056 --> 01:38:45,712
And believe me, I did.
1925
01:38:45,747 --> 01:38:48,819
They didn't sneak
any fast one by, but it
wasn't for not trying.
1926
01:38:48,853 --> 01:38:50,683
Instead of paying
some attention
to their accounts
1927
01:38:50,717 --> 01:38:52,961
and their inventories,
which I had to check,
over and over.
1928
01:38:52,996 --> 01:38:55,067
Always a few pennies short
or a few dollars over.
1929
01:38:55,101 --> 01:38:57,414
What did it matter to them,
keeping accurate records?
1930
01:38:57,448 --> 01:38:59,002
Let the Captain
worry about it.
1931
01:38:59,036 --> 01:39:01,004
And I did, by God!
1932
01:39:01,038 --> 01:39:04,455
I defy anyone to look
over a single wardroom
mess statement
1933
01:39:04,490 --> 01:39:08,149
or ship service inventory
filed aboard the USS Caine
while I was captain
1934
01:39:08,183 --> 01:39:11,186
and find a mistake of
one single solitary cent.
1935
01:39:11,221 --> 01:39:14,362
I defy a certified
public accountant
to do it.
1936
01:39:15,087 --> 01:39:17,330
Okay, what else?
1937
01:39:17,365 --> 01:39:21,196
There's so much tripe
in that precious log
of Mr. Maryk's.
1938
01:39:24,544 --> 01:39:28,410
Oh, yes, the
movie business.
1939
01:39:31,068 --> 01:39:32,828
Okay.
1940
01:39:32,863 --> 01:39:35,141
No respect for command
1941
01:39:35,176 --> 01:39:38,110
was the whole trouble
with that ship.
1942
01:39:38,144 --> 01:39:43,632
The movie operator,
who had a disrespect,
surly manner, anyway,
1943
01:39:43,667 --> 01:39:46,014
blithely started the movie
without waiting for
1944
01:39:46,049 --> 01:39:48,223
the arrival of the
commanding officer.
1945
01:39:48,258 --> 01:39:52,469
And out of that
whole ship's crew,
officers and men,
1946
01:39:52,503 --> 01:39:57,198
did one person call
a halt or even notice that
the Captain wasn't present?
1947
01:39:59,165 --> 01:40:02,651
I missed those movies
more than they did,
but I banned them,
1948
01:40:02,686 --> 01:40:04,964
and by God
I'd do it again.
1949
01:40:04,999 --> 01:40:07,794
What was I supposed to do,
issue letters of commendation
to all of them
1950
01:40:07,829 --> 01:40:12,454
for this gratuitous insult
to the commanding officer?
1951
01:40:12,489 --> 01:40:15,906
Not that I took
it personally.
It was the principle.
1952
01:40:15,940 --> 01:40:19,220
The principle of
respect for command.
1953
01:40:19,254 --> 01:40:21,463
That principle was dead
when I came aboard that ship,
1954
01:40:21,498 --> 01:40:23,948
but I brought it to life
1955
01:40:23,983 --> 01:40:28,056
and I nagged and I crabbed
and I bitched and I hollered,
1956
01:40:28,091 --> 01:40:33,096
but by God,
I made it stick while
I was the Captain!
1957
01:40:33,130 --> 01:40:36,064
And so I say,
like the Silexes.
1958
01:40:36,099 --> 01:40:40,551
It wasn't only the Silexes,
it was a matter of respect.
1959
01:40:40,586 --> 01:40:43,313
When I ask a sailor
a question, I want
a straight answer!
1960
01:40:43,347 --> 01:40:45,315
And nobody's gonna get
away with shifty evasions,
1961
01:40:45,349 --> 01:40:48,283
if I have to hold
a court of inquiry
for a week!
1962
01:40:48,318 --> 01:40:51,148
What do I care
for strawberries?
1963
01:40:51,183 --> 01:40:53,944
It was a question
of principle.
1964
01:40:53,978 --> 01:40:57,810
Pilfering is pilfering,
and on my ship...
1965
01:40:57,844 --> 01:41:00,537
Oh, not that we had
so many treats, either.
1966
01:41:00,571 --> 01:41:03,781
With those slow-motion
mess treasurers of ours.
1967
01:41:03,816 --> 01:41:08,303
Not like when I was an
ensign. Believe me, they
made me jump sure enough.
1968
01:41:08,338 --> 01:41:11,237
When did we get something
pleasant like strawberries?
1969
01:41:11,272 --> 01:41:12,721
Once in a blue moon, why,
1970
01:41:12,756 --> 01:41:16,484
it was an outrage not
to have another helping
if I felt like it.
1971
01:41:16,518 --> 01:41:19,452
And I wasn't gonna let them
get away with that,
and I didn't, by God,
1972
01:41:19,487 --> 01:41:21,868
there was no more of that
again on that ship.
1973
01:41:22,731 --> 01:41:24,837
And as I say...
1974
01:41:26,425 --> 01:41:29,324
Okay. How many of
these things have
I covered?
1975
01:41:29,359 --> 01:41:32,155
I can only do this roughly
from memory,
1976
01:41:32,189 --> 01:41:35,882
but you ask me specific
questions and I'll
tackle 'em one by one.
1977
01:41:35,917 --> 01:41:39,714
It was a very thorough
and complete answer,
Commander, thank you.
1978
01:41:47,618 --> 01:41:49,620
May I have Exhibit 12?
1979
01:42:06,603 --> 01:42:09,468
Commander, I show you
an authenticated copy
of a fitness report
1980
01:42:09,502 --> 01:42:12,505
you wrote on
Lieutenant Maryk,
dated 1 July, 1944.
1981
01:42:12,540 --> 01:42:14,369
Do you recognize
it as such?
1982
01:42:14,404 --> 01:42:16,337
Yes.
1983
01:42:16,371 --> 01:42:19,512
By that date, had the
following incidents
already occurred?
1984
01:42:19,547 --> 01:42:22,205
The water shortage,
the Silex investigation,
1985
01:42:22,239 --> 01:42:24,172
the suspension of movies,
among others?
1986
01:42:25,725 --> 01:42:28,625
Well, by then,
yes, I think.
1987
01:42:30,834 --> 01:42:34,148
Please read to the court
your comment of 1 July,
on Lieutenant Maryk.
1988
01:42:45,435 --> 01:42:47,506
Naturally, not being
vindictive, I...
1989
01:42:49,335 --> 01:42:51,199
I didn't write
every single thing down.
1990
01:42:51,234 --> 01:42:54,271
A service report goes
into a man's record.
1991
01:42:54,306 --> 01:42:57,205
I tried...
I tried to go easy.
I always have.
1992
01:42:57,240 --> 01:42:58,931
I always will.
1993
01:42:58,965 --> 01:43:01,382
I appreciate
that, sir. Please read
your comment.
1994
01:43:06,041 --> 01:43:07,836
"This officer has...
1995
01:43:22,782 --> 01:43:25,406
"This officer has,
if anything,
1996
01:43:25,440 --> 01:43:29,272
"improved in his performance
of duty since his last
fitness report.
1997
01:43:31,066 --> 01:43:37,038
"He is consistently loyal,
unflagging, thorough,
1998
01:43:37,072 --> 01:43:39,351
"courageous and efficient.
1999
01:43:41,456 --> 01:43:46,289
"He is considered at present
fully qualified for command
of a 1,200-ton DMS.
2000
01:43:48,118 --> 01:43:50,707
"His professional zeal and
integrity set him apart
2001
01:43:52,329 --> 01:43:54,849
"as an outstanding example
for other officers,
2002
01:43:54,883 --> 01:43:56,678
"reserve and regular alike.
2003
01:43:58,266 --> 01:44:00,303
"He cannot be too
highly recommended.
2004
01:44:02,788 --> 01:44:05,963
"He is recommended
for transfer to the
regular Navy."
2005
01:44:18,528 --> 01:44:21,151
Thank you, Commander.
No further questions.
2006
01:44:30,194 --> 01:44:32,852
No cross-examination.
2007
01:44:32,887 --> 01:44:35,165
You are
excused, Commander.
2008
01:44:39,514 --> 01:44:41,896
Defense rests.
2009
01:44:41,930 --> 01:44:44,001
Is the
judge advocate ready?
2010
01:44:46,003 --> 01:44:47,177
Commander?
2011
01:44:54,495 --> 01:44:55,634
You're excused.
2012
01:45:16,758 --> 01:45:19,071
Is the judge advocate
ready to present his
closing argument?
2013
01:45:19,865 --> 01:45:21,729
If it please the court...
2014
01:45:25,249 --> 01:45:27,597
I'm...
2015
01:45:27,631 --> 01:45:31,359
I'm at a loss to discuss
the case the defense
has presented.
2016
01:45:33,361 --> 01:45:37,365
I have nothing to refute.
It's no case at all.
2017
01:45:37,400 --> 01:45:41,473
It has nothing
to do with the charge
or specification.
2018
01:45:41,507 --> 01:45:45,477
The defense counsel's
very first question
in this trial was,
2019
01:45:45,511 --> 01:45:49,273
"Commander, have you ever
heard the expression
Old Yellow Stain?"
2020
01:45:50,482 --> 01:45:53,347
That was the key
to his entire strategy,
2021
01:45:53,381 --> 01:45:55,418
which was simply to twist
the proceedings around
2022
01:45:55,452 --> 01:45:59,387
so the accused would
become not Maryk but
Commander Queeg.
2023
01:45:59,422 --> 01:46:03,218
He's...
He's dragged out
every possible,
2024
01:46:03,253 --> 01:46:06,498
vicious and malicious
criticism of the commander
from the other witnesses.
2025
01:46:06,532 --> 01:46:11,399
He's forced Queeg to
defend himself against
them in an open court,
2026
01:46:11,434 --> 01:46:13,367
on the spur of the moment,
without advice of counsel,
2027
01:46:13,401 --> 01:46:16,749
without any of the normal
privileges and safeguards
2028
01:46:16,784 --> 01:46:19,407
of an accused man
under naval law.
2029
01:46:22,445 --> 01:46:26,034
Can this court possibly
endorse the precedent that
2030
01:46:26,069 --> 01:46:28,796
a captain who doesn't
please his underlings
can be deposed by them?
2031
01:46:28,830 --> 01:46:31,764
That this captain's
only recourse afterward
2032
01:46:31,799 --> 01:46:34,353
is to be placed on
the witness stand at
a general court-martial
2033
01:46:34,388 --> 01:46:37,529
to answer every petty gripe
2034
01:46:37,563 --> 01:46:40,877
and to justify all his
command decisions to
a hostile lawyer
2035
01:46:40,911 --> 01:46:43,293
taking the part of his
insubordinate inferiors?
2036
01:46:44,984 --> 01:46:50,956
Such a precedent is
nothing but a blank
check for mutiny.
2037
01:46:55,339 --> 01:47:00,379
However, all this
doesn't worry me, sir.
2038
01:47:00,414 --> 01:47:07,351
I'm confident that this court
hasn't been impressed
by such shyster tactics.
2039
01:47:07,386 --> 01:47:10,389
I know this court will
reject this cynical play
on its emotions,
2040
01:47:10,424 --> 01:47:12,080
this insult
to its intelligence,
2041
01:47:12,115 --> 01:47:14,980
and find the specification
proven by the facts.
2042
01:47:20,088 --> 01:47:22,263
I've only this to say, sir.
2043
01:47:22,297 --> 01:47:24,679
Whatever the verdict
on the accused,
2044
01:47:24,714 --> 01:47:27,371
I formally recommend
that Defense Counsel
Greenwald be reprimanded
2045
01:47:27,406 --> 01:47:31,203
by this court for
conduct unbecoming
an officer of the Navy
2046
01:47:31,237 --> 01:47:34,033
and that this reprimand
be made part of his record.
2047
01:47:41,765 --> 01:47:44,181
Defense Counsel,
closing argument.
2048
01:47:56,228 --> 01:47:58,506
Please the court,
2049
01:47:58,541 --> 01:48:02,303
I undertook the defense
of the accused
very reluctantly,
2050
01:48:02,337 --> 01:48:04,063
and only at the urging
of the judge advocate
2051
01:48:04,098 --> 01:48:07,342
that no other defense
counsel was available.
2052
01:48:07,377 --> 01:48:11,277
I was reluctant because
I knew the only possible
defense was to show in court
2053
01:48:11,312 --> 01:48:15,592
the mental incompetence
of an officer of the Navy.
2054
01:48:15,627 --> 01:48:19,734
It has been the most
unpleasant duty I've
ever had to perform.
2055
01:48:19,769 --> 01:48:21,771
Having undertaken it,
I did what I could
to win an acquittal.
2056
01:48:21,805 --> 01:48:25,913
I thought that was my duty,
both as defense counsel
appointed by the Navy
2057
01:48:25,947 --> 01:48:27,431
and as a member of the Bar.
2058
01:48:29,675 --> 01:48:31,228
Let me make
one thing clear.
2059
01:48:32,678 --> 01:48:35,439
It is not, and never has been,
the contention of the defense
2060
01:48:35,474 --> 01:48:38,581
that Commander Queeg
is a coward.
2061
01:48:38,615 --> 01:48:41,238
The entire case of the defense
rests on the assumption that
2062
01:48:41,273 --> 01:48:45,173
no man who rises
to the command of
a United States Naval ship
2063
01:48:45,208 --> 01:48:47,313
could possibly be a coward.
2064
01:48:48,556 --> 01:48:50,869
And that therefore,
if he commits...
2065
01:48:53,147 --> 01:48:55,183
If he commits
questionable acts under fire,
2066
01:48:55,218 --> 01:48:57,013
the explanation
must lie elsewhere.
2067
01:48:59,394 --> 01:49:02,536
The court saw the bearing
of Captain Queeg on the stand.
2068
01:49:04,261 --> 01:49:06,332
The court can picture
what his bearing
must have been
2069
01:49:06,367 --> 01:49:09,163
at the height of a typhoon.
2070
01:49:09,197 --> 01:49:12,269
On that basis,
the court will decide
the fate of the accused.
2071
01:49:27,077 --> 01:49:28,596
Lieutenant Greenwald.
2072
01:49:31,806 --> 01:49:33,290
Yes, sir.
2073
01:49:33,325 --> 01:49:36,397
Lieutenant, this has been
a strange and tragic trial.
2074
01:49:38,433 --> 01:49:42,506
You presented your case
with striking ingenuity.
2075
01:49:42,541 --> 01:49:49,030
The judge advocate's remark
about shyster tactics was an
unfortunate personal slur.
2076
01:49:49,065 --> 01:49:52,586
But your conduct has been
puzzling, and it does
raise questions.
2077
01:49:52,620 --> 01:49:54,588
With talent
comes responsibility.
2078
01:49:56,244 --> 01:49:59,213
Has your conduct here
been responsible,
Lieutenant Greenwald?
2079
01:50:00,939 --> 01:50:02,457
The reprimand,
if there's to be one,
2080
01:50:02,492 --> 01:50:04,874
must come from
your own conscience.
2081
01:50:04,908 --> 01:50:08,222
Counsel's words and
acts are privileged
2082
01:50:08,256 --> 01:50:10,465
under the broad limits
of contempt of court.
2083
01:50:12,019 --> 01:50:15,125
Court finds
the defense counsel
has not been in contempt.
2084
01:50:15,160 --> 01:50:16,955
Recommendation to
reprimand denied.
2085
01:50:22,616 --> 01:50:25,515
What happens now?
That's
the ball game.
2086
01:50:26,550 --> 01:50:27,793
When do we find out?
2087
01:50:27,828 --> 01:50:30,244
If it's an acquittal,
in an hour or so.
2088
01:50:30,278 --> 01:50:33,316
If it isn't, they may
take weeks before they
publish their findings.
2089
01:50:33,350 --> 01:50:34,973
Meanwhile,
would I be confined?
2090
01:50:35,007 --> 01:50:36,664
No, hardly.
2091
01:50:36,699 --> 01:50:41,531
What do you think?
Listen, you were terrific.
2092
01:50:41,565 --> 01:50:43,291
-Thanks.
-You murdered Queeg.
2093
01:50:43,326 --> 01:50:45,604
Yeah, I murdered him.
2094
01:50:45,639 --> 01:50:47,433
I'm grateful to you,
win or lose.
2095
01:50:48,089 --> 01:50:50,574
Okay.
2096
01:50:50,609 --> 01:50:54,578
What's the matter?
You bothered by what
Challee said? Or Blakely?
2097
01:50:54,613 --> 01:50:56,304
No. Why...
Why should I be?
2098
01:50:56,339 --> 01:50:58,652
I had a job to do.
I did it. That's all.
2099
01:50:58,686 --> 01:51:00,446
Yeah, well,
that's the spirit.
2100
01:51:00,481 --> 01:51:03,691
Look, Tom Keefer's
throwing a party over
at the Fairmont Hotel.
2101
01:51:03,726 --> 01:51:05,382
This morning he got
a check for 1,000 bucks.
2102
01:51:05,417 --> 01:51:07,868
Advance on his novel.
2103
01:51:07,902 --> 01:51:09,386
-Good for him.
-Yeah.
2104
01:51:09,421 --> 01:51:11,699
If he wins the Pulitzer
Prize, the Nobel Prize,
2105
01:51:11,734 --> 01:51:13,183
the Congressional
Medal of Honor,
2106
01:51:13,218 --> 01:51:14,944
gets his bust
in the Hall of Fame.
2107
01:51:14,978 --> 01:51:16,670
We're both
invited to the party.
2108
01:51:16,704 --> 01:51:18,741
♪ Bottom's up,
we've got to go
2109
01:51:18,775 --> 01:51:20,639
♪ The captain's gotten
loose, you know
2110
01:51:20,674 --> 01:51:27,163
♪ We'll have to tie
him to the tow ♪
2111
01:51:33,410 --> 01:51:36,379
Hey, Willy. Willy,
I want you to meet
someone.
2112
01:51:36,413 --> 01:51:40,348
Gentlemen, I'd like you
to meet somebody.
2113
01:51:40,383 --> 01:51:43,627
-A friend of mine.
This is, this is Huey.
2114
01:51:43,662 --> 01:51:45,629
How are you, fellas?
Nice to meet you.
2115
01:51:45,664 --> 01:51:47,631
That reminds me,
I need to call
Herman Melville.
2116
01:51:47,666 --> 01:51:49,357
Okay, gentlemen,
you're in the military?
2117
01:51:49,392 --> 01:51:51,049
I got one for you here.
2118
01:51:51,083 --> 01:51:53,776
Here you go.
Anyone here know
what this is?
2119
01:51:58,953 --> 01:52:00,506
I don't know.
What is it? What
is it? What is it?
2120
01:52:00,541 --> 01:52:02,577
I don't know, either,
but it got me out of the
Marine Corps
2121
01:52:02,612 --> 01:52:04,752
[ALL LAUGHING]three years early.
2122
01:52:04,787 --> 01:52:08,307
Yes, thank you.
Matinees at
2:00 and 3:30.
2123
01:52:15,901 --> 01:52:17,834
Hey.
2124
01:52:17,869 --> 01:52:20,388
Wait a second.
All right, quiet! Quiet!
You drunken bums of the Caine.
2125
01:52:20,423 --> 01:52:23,219
You made it!
2126
01:52:23,253 --> 01:52:27,188
Now quiet! Come on,
here he is, the man of the...
The man of the hour.
2127
01:52:28,431 --> 01:52:30,295
Greenwald the Magnificent.
2128
01:52:32,746 --> 01:52:36,784
Now, this
is the man who won
the acquittal.
2129
01:52:36,819 --> 01:52:38,234
Come on, let's
hear it for him.
2130
01:52:38,268 --> 01:52:40,995
Yeah! A toast!
2131
01:52:41,030 --> 01:52:44,723
I'm a little drunk
to be doing Thomas,
the Rhymer tonight.
2132
01:52:46,173 --> 01:52:48,796
But to honor this
great man, I'll try my best.
2133
01:52:49,866 --> 01:52:52,351
"To Lieutenant
Barney Greenwald,
2134
01:52:52,386 --> 01:52:55,113
"who fought with
might and main.
2135
01:52:55,147 --> 01:52:57,736
"The terror of
judge advocates,
2136
01:52:57,771 --> 01:52:59,565
"the massive legal brain.
2137
01:53:01,084 --> 01:53:02,706
"Who hit the Navy
where it lived
2138
01:53:02,741 --> 01:53:04,329
"and made it
writhe with pain.
2139
01:53:05,502 --> 01:53:08,851
"Who wrought
the great deliverance
2140
01:53:08,885 --> 01:53:11,267
"for the galley slaves
of the Caine.
2141
01:53:12,751 --> 01:53:16,859
"And gave us all
the Fifth freedom.
2142
01:53:16,893 --> 01:53:19,378
"Freedom from
Old Yellow Stain!"
2143
01:53:23,003 --> 01:53:24,073
-Speech!
2144
01:53:24,107 --> 01:53:25,384
-No, no.
-Speech!
2145
01:53:25,419 --> 01:53:27,007
No, no, I'm drunker
than any of you guys.
2146
01:53:27,041 --> 01:53:29,319
I've been out drinking
with the judge advocate,
2147
01:53:29,354 --> 01:53:32,771
tryin' to get him
to take back some of those
dirty names he called me.
2148
01:53:32,806 --> 01:53:36,085
Finally got him
to shake hands on the
ninth whiskey sour...
2149
01:53:36,119 --> 01:53:38,328
That's good.
That is good.
2150
01:53:38,363 --> 01:53:42,263
You know, I played pretty
dirty pool in that court.
What's this?
2151
01:53:42,298 --> 01:53:44,541
It's a double
celebration.
2152
01:53:44,576 --> 01:53:48,200
"Multitudes, Multitudes,
by Thomas Keefer."
2153
01:53:49,443 --> 01:53:51,652
A thousand bucks
came in the mail today.
2154
01:53:51,686 --> 01:53:53,550
-Advance on my novel.
-Yeah.
2155
01:53:53,585 --> 01:53:55,587
A thousand bucks, huh?
2156
01:53:55,621 --> 01:54:01,696
Well, maybe I should return
the toast of our celebrated
novelist's little speech, huh?
2157
01:54:01,731 --> 01:54:03,112
That was very nice.
2158
01:54:03,146 --> 01:54:04,596
-Thank you.
-That was very nice.
2159
01:54:04,630 --> 01:54:06,667
Well, what is it,
a war novel?
2160
01:54:06,701 --> 01:54:08,772
What else?
2161
01:54:08,807 --> 01:54:11,672
Yeah. Well,
I bet you give the, give
the Navy a good pasting, huh?
2162
01:54:11,706 --> 01:54:14,882
Oh, yeah. I don't think
Public Relations
would clear it.
2163
01:54:16,677 --> 01:54:20,577
Somebody should
show up these stuffy,
stupid Prussians.
2164
01:54:20,612 --> 01:54:22,234
Who's the hero, you?
2165
01:54:22,269 --> 01:54:26,618
Well, any resemblance
is purely accidental.
I promise you.
2166
01:54:26,652 --> 01:54:28,171
Yeah. I'm drunk
and I'm warped,
2167
01:54:28,206 --> 01:54:31,899
but it certainly seems
to me that if I wrote
a war novel,
2168
01:54:31,934 --> 01:54:35,040
I'd make
Old Yellow Stain a hero.
2169
01:54:35,075 --> 01:54:38,457
I would. I would.
I tell you why.
I'm serious.
2170
01:54:38,492 --> 01:54:39,803
Tell you why.
2171
01:54:39,838 --> 01:54:43,083
I'm a Jew. I mean,
I guess you all
know that.
2172
01:54:43,117 --> 01:54:47,087
Jack Challee said I used
smart Jew lawyer tactics,
2173
01:54:47,121 --> 01:54:49,330
but, you know, anyway,
2174
01:54:49,365 --> 01:54:52,230
the reason why I'd make
Old Yellow Stain...
2175
01:54:52,264 --> 01:54:55,198
The reason why I'd make
Old Yellow Stain a hero
2176
01:54:55,233 --> 01:54:58,305
is on account of my mother,
a little gray-haired...
2177
01:54:58,339 --> 01:55:00,755
Little, little
gray-haired Jewish lady.
2178
01:55:00,790 --> 01:55:05,450
Fat, you know.
Of course, you guys
all have mothers,
2179
01:55:05,484 --> 01:55:08,936
but they wouldn't be
in the same bad shape
as mine would,
2180
01:55:08,971 --> 01:55:11,490
if we'd lost this war,
you know?
2181
01:55:11,525 --> 01:55:14,079
I mean, Germans
aren't kidding
about the Jews.
2182
01:55:14,114 --> 01:55:17,600
They're... They're cookin'
us down to soap over there.
2183
01:55:17,634 --> 01:55:20,706
You know, they think
we're all vermin,
should be exterminated
2184
01:55:20,741 --> 01:55:23,640
and our corpses turned
into something useful.
2185
01:55:23,675 --> 01:55:26,229
Granting the premise,
being warped.
2186
01:55:26,264 --> 01:55:31,338
I don't, but granting
the premise, soap is as
good as an idea as any.
2187
01:55:31,372 --> 01:55:36,860
I just... I just can't
cotton to the idea
2188
01:55:36,895 --> 01:55:41,486
of my mother being cooked
down to a bar of soap.
2189
01:55:41,520 --> 01:55:44,454
You see. I'm comin' to...
I'm comin' to Yellow Stain.
2190
01:55:44,489 --> 01:55:48,458
I'm comin' to him.
See, Mr. Keefer,
when I was in law school,
2191
01:55:48,493 --> 01:55:51,461
and you were writing
your short stories
2192
01:55:51,496 --> 01:55:54,464
for national magazines
2193
01:55:54,499 --> 01:55:59,090
and little Willie Keith here
was on the, on the playing
fields of Princeton.
2194
01:55:59,124 --> 01:56:00,815
What? Princeton?
Cheers to me.
2195
01:56:00,850 --> 01:56:03,542
All that
time these birds we
call regulars,
2196
01:56:03,577 --> 01:56:06,131
these stupid,
stuffy Prussians,
2197
01:56:06,166 --> 01:56:11,792
see, they were standing
guard on this fat, dumb,
happy country of ours.
2198
01:56:11,826 --> 01:56:14,346
Of course
they were doing it
for dough,
2199
01:56:14,381 --> 01:56:16,624
but same as everybody
does what they do.
2200
01:56:16,659 --> 01:56:21,043
But the question is,
the question is in
the last analysis...
2201
01:56:21,077 --> 01:56:23,493
-Hey, hey, hey, hey.
-Why do you do what
you do for dough?
2202
01:56:23,528 --> 01:56:26,980
See, you and me,
what we do for dough,
2203
01:56:27,014 --> 01:56:30,880
we're advancing our free
little non-Prussian careers.
2204
01:56:30,914 --> 01:56:34,470
So, when all hell
broke loose and the...
2205
01:56:34,504 --> 01:56:36,679
Germans started
running out of soap,
2206
01:56:36,713 --> 01:56:42,236
they figured time to
go get Miss Greenwald.
Who's gonna stop 'em?
2207
01:56:42,271 --> 01:56:47,517
Not her boy, Barney.
Can't stop a Nazi
with a law book.
2208
01:56:47,552 --> 01:56:50,348
So, I run to
learn how to fly.
2209
01:56:50,382 --> 01:56:54,904
In the meantime,
it's a year and half
before I was any good.
2210
01:56:54,938 --> 01:56:58,494
Who is keeping Mama
out of the soap dish?
2211
01:56:58,528 --> 01:57:02,153
Tom Keefer?
Communication school.
2212
01:57:02,187 --> 01:57:06,053
Willie Keith? Willie Keith?
Mid-shipmen school.
2213
01:57:06,088 --> 01:57:11,783
Old Yellow Stain, maybe?
Why, yes, even poor,
sad Queeg.
2214
01:57:11,817 --> 01:57:13,578
And most of them
not sad at all,
2215
01:57:13,612 --> 01:57:16,132
fellows, a lot of them
sharper than you and me.
2216
01:57:16,167 --> 01:57:18,065
Don't kid yourself.
2217
01:57:18,100 --> 01:57:22,138
You can't be good in
the Army or Navy unless
you're goddamn good.
2218
01:57:22,173 --> 01:57:23,657
Come on. Come on.
2219
01:57:23,691 --> 01:57:26,073
Unless you're up on
Finnegans Wakeand
Proust and all of that.
2220
01:57:26,108 --> 01:57:27,626
Barney, just forget it!
It's all over.
2221
01:57:27,661 --> 01:57:29,801
This set is a phony...
2222
01:57:29,835 --> 01:57:32,355
This is a dinner
-for Christ's sake.
-You're guilty!
2223
01:57:32,390 --> 01:57:34,012
Course, you're
only half guilty.
2224
01:57:34,047 --> 01:57:37,188
There's another guy
who stayed very neatly
out of the picture.
2225
01:57:37,222 --> 01:57:40,605
The one who thought
up the whole idea
2226
01:57:40,639 --> 01:57:43,573
that Queeg was
a dangerous paranoiac,
2227
01:57:43,608 --> 01:57:46,024
who argued you into
it for half a year,
2228
01:57:46,059 --> 01:57:48,992
invented the nickname
Old Yellow Stain,
2229
01:57:49,027 --> 01:57:51,857
had to drag it out
of Steve, Mr. Keefer.
2230
01:57:51,892 --> 01:57:55,689
Big, dumb fisherman,
trying to tell me it
was all his own idea.
2231
01:57:55,723 --> 01:57:58,761
Doesn't know the
difference between a
paranoid and an anthropoid.
2232
01:57:58,795 --> 01:58:01,591
But you knew.
You told him
his medical logs
2233
01:58:01,626 --> 01:58:04,836
were a clinical
picture of a paranoid.
2234
01:58:04,870 --> 01:58:08,736
Advised him to go to Halsey.
Offered to go with him.
2235
01:58:08,771 --> 01:58:10,669
Didn't get cold feet
2236
01:58:10,704 --> 01:58:13,638
till you were
standing outside Halsey's
cabin in the New Jersey.
2237
01:58:13,672 --> 01:58:16,261
Then you ducked,
you've been ducking
ever since.
2238
01:58:16,296 --> 01:58:17,573
Hey, I don't know where
you got all this, Barney.
2239
01:58:17,607 --> 01:58:19,195
The biggest favor
you could've done Steve
2240
01:58:19,230 --> 01:58:22,888
as far as winning an
acquittal, though
I doubt you realize it.
2241
01:58:22,923 --> 01:58:27,652
But if there's a guilty
party at this celebration,
Mr. Keefer, it's you.
2242
01:58:27,686 --> 01:58:29,930
If you hadn't
filled Steve Maryk's
thick head
2243
01:58:29,964 --> 01:58:32,588
full of paranoia
-and Article 184.
-I'm not a thick head!
2244
01:58:32,622 --> 01:58:37,282
...would've got Queeg
to come north or maybe
help the poor bastard
2245
01:58:37,317 --> 01:58:38,939
-pull through the south.
Hey!
2246
01:58:38,973 --> 01:58:42,701
That's your
contribution to good
old USA, Mr. Keefer.
2247
01:58:42,736 --> 01:58:46,602
Pulling a mine-sweeper
out of the south Pacific
when it was most needed.
2248
01:58:46,636 --> 01:58:49,260
That and
Multitudes, Multitudes!
2249
01:58:49,294 --> 01:58:51,503
That's it. I think, you're
a little drunk, Barney.
That's what I think!
2250
01:58:51,538 --> 01:58:55,438
Excuse me, excuse me,
Mr. Keefer. I'm all finished.
I'm up to the toast.
2251
01:58:55,473 --> 01:58:57,647
-Great.
-Here's to you!
2252
01:58:57,682 --> 01:59:01,927
You bowled a perfect score.
You went after Queeg
and you got him.
2253
01:59:01,962 --> 01:59:04,792
Kept your skirts
all white and starchy.
2254
01:59:04,827 --> 01:59:07,968
You'll publish your novel,
proving the Navy stinks
2255
01:59:08,002 --> 01:59:11,592
and you'll make
a million bucks and
you'll marry Hedy Lamarr.
2256
01:59:11,627 --> 01:59:15,389
So you won't mind
a little verbal reprimand
from me. What does it mean?
2257
01:59:16,977 --> 01:59:21,326
I defended Steve 'cause
I found out the wrong
guy was on trial.
2258
01:59:21,361 --> 01:59:25,399
Only way to defend him was
to murder Queeg for you.
2259
01:59:25,434 --> 01:59:28,368
I'm sorry I was
pushed into that spot.
2260
01:59:28,402 --> 01:59:30,887
I'm ashamed
of what I did.
2261
01:59:30,922 --> 01:59:32,372
That's why I'm drunk.
2262
01:59:34,719 --> 01:59:40,173
Queeg deserved better
at my hands. Don't you
see? I owed him a favor!
2263
01:59:40,207 --> 01:59:44,315
He stopped Hermann Goering
from washing his fat
behind with my mother!
2264
01:59:44,349 --> 01:59:46,144
Oh, come on.
2265
01:59:46,179 --> 01:59:48,042
So, no,
Mr. Keefer, I'm not
gonna eat your dinner
2266
01:59:48,077 --> 01:59:49,768
and I'm not gonna
drink your wine,
2267
01:59:49,803 --> 01:59:53,082
I'm simply gonna
say my toast and go.
2268
01:59:53,116 --> 01:59:57,500
Here's to you,
Mr. Caine's
favorite author,
2269
01:59:57,535 --> 01:59:59,433
and here's to your book.
2270
02:00:02,333 --> 02:00:03,541
Missed.
2271
02:00:06,854 --> 02:00:10,479
Why, for the rest of your
life, you'll never wipe
off that yellow stain.
2272
02:00:20,454 --> 02:00:21,697
Hey, Barney!
2273
02:00:21,731 --> 02:00:24,044
See you
in Tokyo, mutineer.
2274
02:00:24,078 --> 02:00:27,185
♪ Old Yellow Stain blues
2275
02:00:29,152 --> 02:00:30,844
Come on. Come on.
2276
02:00:34,296 --> 02:00:37,954
You'll get my
second chapter,
it's the second chapter.
2277
02:00:37,989 --> 02:00:39,404
♪ Look up, look up
2278
02:00:39,439 --> 02:00:41,026
♪ Look down, look down
2279
02:00:41,061 --> 02:00:43,408
♪ Give me that ugly crown
2280
02:00:45,307 --> 02:00:48,758
♪ Come on, take them down
2281
02:00:48,793 --> 02:00:52,521
♪ I got the Yellow,
I got the Yellow Stain blues
2282
02:00:54,523 --> 02:00:58,975
This is the romance,
this is the romance part.
2283
02:00:59,010 --> 02:01:04,187
♪ 'Cause I got some fancy
bootleg brew
2284
02:01:04,222 --> 02:01:06,742
♪ For all you fellows,
I got some news
2285
02:01:06,776 --> 02:01:09,434
♪ I've got the
Yellow Stain blues
2286
02:01:09,469 --> 02:01:10,780
♪ Look up, look up
2287
02:01:10,815 --> 02:01:12,748
♪ Look down, look down
2288
02:01:12,782 --> 02:01:16,027
♪ Throw me that
jacket overboard,
I'm going to drown
2289
02:01:16,061 --> 02:01:18,029
♪ Going under,
somebody help me
2290
02:01:18,063 --> 02:01:19,858
Chapter seven.
2291
02:01:19,893 --> 02:01:24,415
♪ I've got the Yellow,
I've got the
Yellow Stain blues
2292
02:01:24,449 --> 02:01:26,209
This is my bullet wound.
2293
02:01:30,006 --> 02:01:33,251
♪ And when danger comes
you've got no time to lose
2294
02:01:34,804 --> 02:01:37,807
♪ If you hear that gun,
baby, start to run
2295
02:01:37,842 --> 02:01:40,293
♪ You've got
the Yellow Stain blues
2296
02:01:40,327 --> 02:01:41,466
♪ Get up, get up
2297
02:01:41,501 --> 02:01:43,019
♪ Don't bend, don't bend
2298
02:01:43,054 --> 02:01:45,677
♪ What's that
running down my leg?
2299
02:01:47,541 --> 02:01:49,302
♪ It's all over my shoes
2300
02:01:50,372 --> 02:01:52,581
♪ It's Yellow
2301
02:01:52,615 --> 02:01:58,690
♪ It's the
Yellow Stain blues ♪
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