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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:01:34,956 --> 00:01:37,476 What's going -on, Steve? -Oh, it's not good. 4 00:01:37,511 --> 00:01:38,650 What are they doing in there? 5 00:01:38,684 --> 00:01:40,100 That is a hell of a long recess. 6 00:01:40,134 --> 00:01:41,756 Longest recess yet. 7 00:01:41,791 --> 00:01:44,034 -I've seen longer. -I thought the trial would be over by now. 8 00:01:44,069 --> 00:01:46,347 All they do is swear somebody in and recess, 9 00:01:46,382 --> 00:01:47,900 and then look at a paper, recess, look at a... 10 00:01:47,935 --> 00:01:49,454 You won't tell me what you're doing, 11 00:01:49,488 --> 00:01:51,594 how you're gonna conduct my case, what I'm supposed to say. 12 00:01:51,628 --> 00:01:52,733 It would only confuse you. 13 00:01:52,767 --> 00:01:54,148 I don't like the way you're handling me. 14 00:01:54,183 --> 00:01:57,393 Good. That makes us even. I don't like handling you. 15 00:01:57,427 --> 00:01:59,188 What? Well, then, maybe I'd better just go into court and... 16 00:01:59,222 --> 00:02:00,879 Maryk, I'd rather be prosecuting you than defending you. 17 00:02:00,913 --> 00:02:02,570 I told you that the first time we met. 18 00:02:02,605 --> 00:02:04,296 Nevertheless, I am defending you. 19 00:02:04,331 --> 00:02:06,195 If it is humanly possible to win an acquittal in this case 20 00:02:06,229 --> 00:02:08,024 I'm gonna win you an acquittal. 21 00:02:08,058 --> 00:02:10,302 If you want a prediction, I'm gonna get you off. 22 00:02:10,337 --> 00:02:12,753 But you can't help me, so just leave me be. 23 00:02:14,617 --> 00:02:17,413 Hell of a thing to say, you'd rather be prosecuting me than defending me. 24 00:02:17,447 --> 00:02:20,001 How do you suppose that makes me feel? 25 00:02:20,036 --> 00:02:22,970 -You're nervous. -Oh, sure I am. 26 00:02:23,004 --> 00:02:25,490 I am too, a bit. Sorry. 27 00:02:25,524 --> 00:02:27,733 I can ask the court for a different counsel. 28 00:02:27,768 --> 00:02:29,563 Forget it. I don't take on a case just to lose it. 29 00:02:29,597 --> 00:02:31,634 You do think I was right to relieve Captain Queeg? 30 00:02:31,668 --> 00:02:33,325 I can't say that. 31 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:37,122 After everything I've told you, you still do not think he was nuts? 32 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:38,468 No, I don't. 33 00:02:38,503 --> 00:02:39,918 Then I get hung. 34 00:02:39,952 --> 00:02:41,195 Not necessarily. 35 00:02:42,610 --> 00:02:43,853 Maybe I should plead guilty. 36 00:02:43,887 --> 00:02:45,682 Eight legal officers advised me... 37 00:02:45,717 --> 00:02:48,409 I don't care if every legal officer in the Navy says otherwise, 38 00:02:48,444 --> 00:02:50,342 I think I can get you off. 39 00:02:50,377 --> 00:02:51,964 This is a whole foul up. 40 00:02:51,999 --> 00:02:55,175 You'll do nobly. You may come out of this a great naval hero. 41 00:02:55,209 --> 00:02:56,624 Greenwald, is something eating at you? 42 00:02:56,659 --> 00:02:59,179 I used to daydream about a court-martial coming up 43 00:02:59,213 --> 00:03:00,697 and some poor Joe would be defending, 44 00:03:00,732 --> 00:03:03,804 and I'd step in, take over, twist the Navy's arm, 45 00:03:03,838 --> 00:03:05,668 make it holler Uncle. 46 00:03:05,702 --> 00:03:09,258 Well, now here's my dream come true. You know something? 47 00:03:09,292 --> 00:03:11,950 I don't look forward to twisting the Navy's arm. Not one bit. 48 00:03:11,984 --> 00:03:13,710 -Scared of the brass, huh? -Worse. 49 00:03:13,745 --> 00:03:16,299 -What? -Respectful. 50 00:03:16,334 --> 00:03:19,337 Ah, look, I put in for transfer to the regulars. I respect the Navy, too. 51 00:03:19,371 --> 00:03:21,166 It's just... I don't know, Maryk. 52 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:22,961 I'm a damn good lawyer and I'm a pretty poor... 53 00:03:22,995 --> 00:03:25,343 We're spending excessive time on all these recesses. 54 00:03:25,377 --> 00:03:27,552 I appreciate your wanting to have the record letter perfect. 55 00:03:27,586 --> 00:03:30,279 I think there is a big pile of foolishness connected with the Navy. 56 00:03:30,313 --> 00:03:32,867 In fact, sometimes I think that the Navy is just a master plan 57 00:03:32,902 --> 00:03:35,801 designed by geniuses for execution by idiots. 58 00:03:35,836 --> 00:03:37,631 You think what? 59 00:03:37,665 --> 00:03:39,149 That the Navy is just a master plan 60 00:03:39,184 --> 00:03:41,428 designed by geniuses for execution by idiots. 61 00:03:41,462 --> 00:03:43,084 Where'd you hear that? 62 00:03:43,119 --> 00:03:44,569 Couldn't I have just made it up? 63 00:03:44,603 --> 00:03:46,329 You could have just made up the Gettysburg address, too. 64 00:03:46,364 --> 00:03:48,814 Where'd you hear it? 65 00:03:48,849 --> 00:03:52,611 Well, as a matter of fact, it's one of Tom Keefer's favorite cracks. 66 00:03:52,646 --> 00:03:55,476 Ah, yes. You echo your novelist friend quite a bit, don't you? 67 00:03:55,511 --> 00:03:56,615 Well, let's get on with the case, 68 00:03:56,650 --> 00:03:57,823 keep thetechnicalities to a minimum. 69 00:03:57,858 --> 00:03:58,962 Aye, aye, sir. 70 00:04:02,345 --> 00:04:03,726 Well, here we go. 71 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:05,417 Better you did it out of your own noble judgment 72 00:04:05,452 --> 00:04:07,350 than you took the advice of a sensitive novelist. 73 00:04:08,144 --> 00:04:09,421 Attention! 74 00:04:10,388 --> 00:04:11,975 Court is in session. 75 00:04:14,564 --> 00:04:18,327 Court finds the charge and specification in due form and technically correct. 76 00:04:18,361 --> 00:04:20,432 Is the accused -ready for trial? -Yes, sir. 77 00:04:20,467 --> 00:04:23,470 "Charge. Conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline. 78 00:04:23,504 --> 00:04:27,059 "Specification. In that Lieutenant Stephen Maryk, USNR, 79 00:04:27,094 --> 00:04:30,994 "did, on or about 18 December, 1944, aboard the USS Caine, 80 00:04:31,029 --> 00:04:34,446 "willfully, without proper authority and without justifiable cause, 81 00:04:34,481 --> 00:04:36,414 "did relieve from his duty as commanding officer, 82 00:04:36,448 --> 00:04:39,140 "Lieutenant Commander Philip Francis Queeg, USN, 83 00:04:39,175 --> 00:04:41,142 "the duly assigned commanding officer of said ship, 84 00:04:41,177 --> 00:04:43,766 "who was then and there in lawful exercise of his command, 85 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,147 "the United States then being in a state of war." 86 00:04:46,182 --> 00:04:48,667 Stephen Maryk, Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve, 87 00:04:48,702 --> 00:04:51,187 you have heard the charge and specification preferred against you. 88 00:04:51,221 --> 00:04:52,361 -How say you? -Not guilty. 89 00:04:52,395 --> 00:04:54,639 Guilty or not guilty? 90 00:04:55,778 --> 00:04:57,262 Not guilty. 91 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:59,091 Judge advocate, present your case. 92 00:04:59,126 --> 00:05:01,059 Call Lieutenant Commander Queeg. 93 00:05:01,093 --> 00:05:02,854 Lieutenant Commander Queeg. 94 00:05:10,896 --> 00:05:13,727 This guy had a ship we used to call the USS Purgatory. 95 00:05:27,568 --> 00:05:29,432 You do solemnly swear the evidence you shall give in this court 96 00:05:29,467 --> 00:05:31,365 shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, 97 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:32,918 -so help you God? -I do. 98 00:05:40,892 --> 00:05:42,859 State your name, rank and present position. 99 00:05:42,894 --> 00:05:46,553 Philip Frances Queeg, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, 100 00:05:46,587 --> 00:05:48,486 temporarily assigned to commandant, 101 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,143 12th Naval District, awaiting reassignment by Bupers. 102 00:05:51,178 --> 00:05:54,284 If you recognize the accused, state as whom. 103 00:05:54,319 --> 00:05:57,943 Lieutenant Stephen Maryk, USNR. 104 00:05:57,978 --> 00:06:00,532 Commander Queeg, on December 18, 1944, 105 00:06:00,567 --> 00:06:02,707 were you in command of the USS Caine? 106 00:06:02,741 --> 00:06:04,847 -I was. -What type of vessel is the Caine? 107 00:06:06,883 --> 00:06:10,508 Her official designation is high-speed mine-sweeper. 108 00:06:10,542 --> 00:06:12,579 What she is, is a four-piper, 109 00:06:12,613 --> 00:06:16,272 one of those flush deck, 1,200 ton destroyers from World War One, 110 00:06:16,306 --> 00:06:19,482 fixed up with -mine-sweeping gear. An old ship, then? 111 00:06:19,517 --> 00:06:22,209 I guess about the oldest type still doing combat duty. 112 00:06:22,243 --> 00:06:23,900 What is her primary mission? 113 00:06:23,935 --> 00:06:25,868 Well, that's a hard one. 114 00:06:25,902 --> 00:06:29,665 These old buckets are regarded as pretty expendable. 115 00:06:29,699 --> 00:06:31,770 By and large, we were doing the usual destroyer duty, 116 00:06:31,805 --> 00:06:37,155 anti-submarine screening, also ran the mail, transported marines, 117 00:06:37,189 --> 00:06:39,606 carried aviation gas and torpedoes, 118 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,885 gave fire support in minor landings, or what have you. 119 00:06:42,919 --> 00:06:44,818 Also swept mines now and then. 120 00:06:44,852 --> 00:06:47,027 Commander, on December 18, 1944, 121 00:06:47,061 --> 00:06:48,960 were you relieved of command of the Caine? 122 00:06:50,133 --> 00:06:51,411 -Yes. -By whom? 123 00:06:51,445 --> 00:06:53,723 -By the accused. -Was this a regular relief? 124 00:06:53,758 --> 00:06:56,450 It was totally irregular, sir. 125 00:06:56,485 --> 00:06:57,900 How would you describe it? 126 00:07:01,006 --> 00:07:03,906 The most charitable description would be that it was an incident, 127 00:07:03,940 --> 00:07:07,461 a regrettable incident of temporary and total collapse of military discipline. 128 00:07:07,496 --> 00:07:11,810 Commander, please relate all the facts that bear on this unauthorized relief. 129 00:07:11,845 --> 00:07:13,018 Okay. 130 00:07:14,123 --> 00:07:16,919 I'll try to do this consecutively, here. 131 00:07:16,953 --> 00:07:22,476 We sortied, the Caine, sortied, from Ulithi Atoll on the 16th of December. 132 00:07:22,511 --> 00:07:24,409 I believe the 15th or the 16th. 133 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:27,343 We were a screening vessel with a group of fleet oilers. 134 00:07:27,377 --> 00:07:30,484 Our mission was to rendezvous with and refuel 135 00:07:30,519 --> 00:07:33,970 Admiral Halsey's fast carrier force in the Philippine Sea. 136 00:07:35,385 --> 00:07:39,493 Okay. Well, we made the rendezvous, 137 00:07:39,528 --> 00:07:42,496 and then this typhoon came along. 138 00:07:42,531 --> 00:07:45,499 The fueling was broken off and the fleet began to maneuver to evade the storm. 139 00:07:45,534 --> 00:07:47,743 Now, the storm was traveling due west, 140 00:07:47,777 --> 00:07:50,780 so Admiral Halsey set fleet course due south, 141 00:07:50,815 --> 00:07:53,645 and we began to make a run for the safe semi-circle. 142 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,130 What was the date and time of that course change? 143 00:07:56,165 --> 00:07:59,789 That would be the morning of the 18th, sir. 144 00:07:59,824 --> 00:08:03,828 Well, uh, as I say, visibility was almost zero. 145 00:08:03,862 --> 00:08:05,519 The storm was pretty bad at this point. 146 00:08:05,554 --> 00:08:08,936 Couldn't see the guide or even the next ship in the screen. 147 00:08:08,971 --> 00:08:12,768 We were just steaming blindly through rain and spray. 148 00:08:12,802 --> 00:08:15,564 And, of course, with the wind and sea and all, 149 00:08:15,598 --> 00:08:17,289 we had to maneuver pretty smartly 150 00:08:17,324 --> 00:08:20,292 with engines and rudder to hold fleet course and speed. 151 00:08:20,327 --> 00:08:22,605 But we were doing fine. 152 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:28,128 My executive officer, however, pretty early in the game began to show 153 00:08:28,162 --> 00:08:31,683 unusual symptoms of nervousness. 154 00:08:31,718 --> 00:08:33,858 What were these symptoms of nervousness? 155 00:08:33,892 --> 00:08:38,345 Well, for instance, he began talking very early, 156 00:08:38,379 --> 00:08:40,968 oh, it couldn't have been half an hour after the fleet started to run south, 157 00:08:41,003 --> 00:08:43,695 that we should operate independently and come around north. 158 00:08:46,387 --> 00:08:48,148 And why would he want to do that? 159 00:08:50,081 --> 00:08:52,566 To give you a picture on that. 160 00:08:52,601 --> 00:08:55,431 You see, the typhoon was coming at us from the east, 161 00:08:55,465 --> 00:08:58,261 and we were on the western edge of it. 162 00:08:58,296 --> 00:09:04,026 Now, as you know, these blows spin counter-clockwise above the equator. 163 00:09:04,060 --> 00:09:07,754 That means where we were, the wind was coming from due north. 164 00:09:07,788 --> 00:09:10,929 Admiral Halsey, of course, was running south, with the wind, 165 00:09:10,964 --> 00:09:13,898 to get out of the storm's path. 166 00:09:13,932 --> 00:09:17,833 Now this is in accordance with all existing storm doctrine from Bowditch on up. 167 00:09:17,867 --> 00:09:21,871 But my exec insisted that the ship was on the verge of foundering, 168 00:09:21,906 --> 00:09:24,080 and that we had better come around and head into the wind, 169 00:09:24,115 --> 00:09:27,705 that is, north, if we were to survive. 170 00:09:27,739 --> 00:09:31,501 Of course we weren't in any such bad shape at all. 171 00:09:31,536 --> 00:09:33,365 And that's what I mean by nervousness. 172 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,368 What was your objection to coming north, as your executive officer suggested? 173 00:09:36,403 --> 00:09:39,302 Why, everything was wrong with that idea that could be wrong with it, sir. 174 00:09:39,337 --> 00:09:42,685 In the first place, my orders were to proceed south. 175 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,825 My mission was screening. 176 00:09:44,860 --> 00:09:47,621 My ship was in no danger and was functioning normally. 177 00:09:47,656 --> 00:09:49,727 Why, to drop out of station 178 00:09:49,761 --> 00:09:53,144 and act independently under those conditions was unthinkable. 179 00:09:53,178 --> 00:09:55,042 Coming around to north 180 00:09:55,077 --> 00:09:58,632 would have headed the ship directly into the heart of the typhoon. 181 00:10:00,047 --> 00:10:03,257 It was not only a senseless suggestion, 182 00:10:03,292 --> 00:10:05,432 in the circumstances, it was almost suicidal. 183 00:10:05,466 --> 00:10:09,091 And, I might add, I have since checked my decisions of December 18th 184 00:10:09,125 --> 00:10:11,024 with the finest ship handlers I know, 185 00:10:11,058 --> 00:10:12,715 up to the rank of rear admiral, 186 00:10:12,750 --> 00:10:14,579 and they've all Commander... 187 00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:16,201 ...that the only course in that situation 188 00:10:16,236 --> 00:10:18,410 -was south! -Your last remark... 189 00:10:18,445 --> 00:10:21,413 Commander, your last remark was hearsay evidence. That is not acceptable. 190 00:10:21,448 --> 00:10:23,726 I'm sorry, sir. I'm not up on these legal distinctions 191 00:10:23,761 --> 00:10:26,108 as much as I should be, I guess. 192 00:10:26,142 --> 00:10:27,868 Perfectly all right. 193 00:10:27,903 --> 00:10:30,353 Does the defense counsel move to strike out that part of the testimony 194 00:10:30,388 --> 00:10:31,803 that was hearsay evidence? 195 00:10:33,149 --> 00:10:37,464 All right, sir, -I so move. -No objection. 196 00:10:37,498 --> 00:10:40,156 A ship-handling expert will be called to testify on that point, Commander. 197 00:10:40,191 --> 00:10:42,883 I see, and I'm very glad to know that, sir. Thank you. 198 00:10:42,918 --> 00:10:45,092 Proceed with your description of the relief. 199 00:10:46,404 --> 00:10:47,888 Okay. 200 00:10:47,923 --> 00:10:51,202 Well, it's just that 201 00:10:51,236 --> 00:10:54,343 Maryk kept insisting on coming north, 202 00:10:54,377 --> 00:10:58,243 more and more stridently as the weather deteriorated. 203 00:10:58,278 --> 00:11:02,351 Finally, I began to be a little concerned about him. 204 00:11:02,385 --> 00:11:05,285 Suddenly he walked up to me out of the clear sky 205 00:11:05,319 --> 00:11:08,668 and told me I was on the sick list and he was relieving me. 206 00:11:08,702 --> 00:11:11,118 It was only when I heard him shouting orders at the officer of the deck 207 00:11:11,153 --> 00:11:13,742 [CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]and countermanding my instructions to the helm 208 00:11:13,776 --> 00:11:16,779 that I began to realize what was going on. 209 00:11:16,814 --> 00:11:19,126 Commander, can you recall anything at all 210 00:11:19,161 --> 00:11:20,852 in your own bearing or manner that could 211 00:11:20,887 --> 00:11:23,924 have provoked your executive officer's act? 212 00:11:23,959 --> 00:11:26,616 Well, truthfully, sir, I cannot. 213 00:11:26,651 --> 00:11:31,000 Frankly, I don't think my bearing or manner had anything to do with it. 214 00:11:31,035 --> 00:11:34,590 It was a pretty scary situation at the wheelhouse. 215 00:11:34,624 --> 00:11:38,525 The wind was force 10 to 12, screeching and all that. 216 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:40,527 The waves were mountainous. 217 00:11:40,561 --> 00:11:44,669 The barometer was about as low as it's ever been in the US Navy history. 218 00:11:44,704 --> 00:11:47,741 We took one very bad roll, and I mean a bad one, 219 00:11:47,776 --> 00:11:50,848 and I've done a lot of North Atlantic rolling, too. 220 00:11:50,882 --> 00:11:53,367 Well, I think Maryk simply went into panic. 221 00:11:53,402 --> 00:11:55,818 Was the Cainein grave danger at that moment? 222 00:11:57,164 --> 00:11:59,995 Oh, oh, no, I wouldn't say that. No, sir. 223 00:12:00,029 --> 00:12:02,342 We righted very nicely from that bad roll. 224 00:12:04,585 --> 00:12:07,761 He repeatedly tried to order me off the bridge, 225 00:12:07,796 --> 00:12:10,177 but I stayed right where I was. 226 00:12:10,212 --> 00:12:14,492 I only gave him orders when it seemed necessary for the safety of the ship. 227 00:12:14,526 --> 00:12:16,805 In the situation, 228 00:12:16,839 --> 00:12:21,602 I thought the chief hazard was any further acts of frenzy on his part. 229 00:12:21,637 --> 00:12:25,745 And to the extent that the Cainedid come safely through the storm, 230 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. 234 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 186 236 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. 238 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 240 00:12:56,499 --> 00:12:59,433 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, 269 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. 271 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 315 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 319 00:17:11,892 --> 00:17:14,102 used by the officers of the Cainewill be 320 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 324 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 329 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 ♪ 184859

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