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And what's the plan?
It will only
confuse you.
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Listen, I can't be
any more confused
than I already am.
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Steve, I would
rather be prosecuting
than defending you.
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Why?
Because I think
you're guilty as hell.
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Well, maybe I should
get another lawyer then.
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Well, I'm not
looking forward to
twisting the Navy's arm.
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Why? What, are you
scared of the brass?
Worse.
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Respectful.
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You know, sometimes I think
the Navy's a master plan
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designed by geniuses
for execution by idiots.
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Where did you hear that?
I couldn't have just
made that up myself?
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Could have made up
the Gettysburg Address too.
Where'd you hear it?
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That's one of
Tom Keefer's wisecracks. Oh.
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Thomas Keefer,
your novelist friend. Yeah.
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He's got the sharpest mind
on the ship.
He's sharp, all right.
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He knows everything Queeg did.
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I'm sure he does.
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The trial counsel
will state the charge
and specification.
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Charge one, mutiny.
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Violation of Article 94,
Uniform Code
of Military Justice.
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Specification: In that
Lieutenant Stephen Maryk,
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while serving
as executive officer
aboard the USS Caine,
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did on December 18th, 2022,
commit an act of mutiny.
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Lieutenant Maryk willfully,
and without proper authority,
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and without
justifiable cause
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did relieve from duty
Lieutenant Commander
Philip Francis Queeg,
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then serving
as the duly appointed
commanding officer
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of the USS Caine,
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who was then
in lawful exercise
of his command.
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How do you plead?
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Not guilty.
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Defense will stipulate
that Lieutenant Maryk
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was serving
as executive officer
aboard the USS Caine,
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18 December, 2022.
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Trial counsel,
you may call
your first witness.
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Call Lieutenant Commander Queeg.
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Do you solemnly swear
that the evidence you give
shall be the truth,
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the whole truth
and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?
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I do.
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Be seated.
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[prosecutor]
State your name, rank
and present position.
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Philip Francis Queeg,
Lieutenant Commander,
United States Navy,
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currently attached
to Headquarters, Fifth Fleet,
awaiting reassignment.
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Do you recognize
the accused?
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[Queeg] Yes.
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Lieutenant Maryk,
US Navy.
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Commander Queeg,
on December 18th, 2022,
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were you in command
of the USS
Caine?
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Yes, I was.
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What type of vessel
is the
Caine?
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Well, her official
designation is an MCM--
mine countermeasures ship.
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And what is
her primary mission?
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Well, the Caine
is designed to detect
and neutralize sea-based mines.
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We conduct
minesweeping operations
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as directed anywhere
in the Persian Gulf,
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with an emphasis
on the Straits of Hormuz.
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Commander,
on December 18th, 2022,
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were you relieved of command
of the
Caine?
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Yes.
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By whom?
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The accused,
Lieutenant Maryk.
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[prosecutor] Was this
a standard watch change?
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No, it was
totally irregular.
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How would you
describe it?
[scoffs]
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Well, the most charitable
description would be
that it was an incident,
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a regrettable incident
of the temporary
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and total collapse
of military discipline.
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Commander, please relate
all the facts that bear
on this unauthorized relief.
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Okay, well,
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the
Caine
sortied from Bahrain
on December 16th.
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Our mission was to sweep
for mines from the Persian Gulf
through the Straits of Hormuz.
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When a cyclone came along
the operation was canceled,
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and the boat
started to maneuver
to evade the storm.
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The storm
was traveling due west.
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[prosecutor]
What was the date and time
of that course change?
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Well, that would be
early morning
of the 18th, ma'am.
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And as I say, the storm was
pretty bad at that point.
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Visibility was almost zero.
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Couldn't see
any of the other ships
in the detachment.
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We were sailing blind through
the rain and the spray,
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and with the wind
and the sea and all,
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we had to maneuver
using engines and rudders
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to hold the evasion course
that had been ordered.
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But w-we were doing fine.
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My executive officer, however,
pretty early in the game,
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began to show
unusual symptoms
of nervousness.
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What were
these symptoms?
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Well, for example, he started
talking pretty early--
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Couldn't have been more
than half an hour after
the ship started running south--
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that we needed
to operate independently
and come around to the north.
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Why did he want
to do that?
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Well, to give you the picture,
the cyclone was coming at us
from the east.
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We were on
the western edge of it,
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which means where we were,
the wind was from due north.
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to get out of the storm's path, Commodore,
of course,
was running south with the wind
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which was in accordance with
all existing storm doctrine.
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My exec, however,
insisted that our ship
was on the verge of foundering
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and that we had better
turn into the wind,
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wh-which was the north,
if we were to survive.
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Now... [chuckles]
...of course, we weren't
in that bad of shape.
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And that's what
I mean by nervousness.
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What was your objection
to coming north,
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as your executive officer
suggested?
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Well, everything was wrong
with that idea
that could be wrong with it.
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I mean, in the first place,
my orders were to proceed south.
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My ship wasn't in danger.
It--
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It was functioning normally.
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Uh, to drop out of station
and act independently
under those circumstances
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is out of the question.
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And to come around north
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would be to head
the ship directly into
the heart of the cyclone.
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It was a senseless suggestion
and, under the circumstances,
almost suicidal.
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I have since checked
all of my decisions
of December 18th
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with the finest
ship handlers I know,
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ranking all the way up
to rear admiral,
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and unanimously they agree
that the only course
in that situation was south.
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[prosecutor]
Commander, your last remark
was hearsay.
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Oh, I'm-- I'm sorry.
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I'm not up
on these legal distinctions
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as well as I should be,
I guess.
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[prosecutor]
It's perfectly all right.
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Will defense counsel move
to strike out the part of
the testimony which was hearsay?
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All right, so move.
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[prosecutor]
Please continue.
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Well, i-it's just that Maryk's
insistence on us coming around
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became more and more strident
as the weather deteriorated.
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I finally became
concerned about him
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when suddenly
he moved towards me
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and out of the blue said
I was on the sick list
and that he was relieving me.
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I-I-- To be honest,
I couldn't believe my ears.
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Took me a moment
to catch on.
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It wasn't until
he started shouting orders
at the officer of the deck
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and started countermanding
my instructions
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that I-I did begin to
realize what was going on.
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Commander,
can you recall anything
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that could have provoked
your executive officer's act?
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Truthfully, no.
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I don't think
my bearing or manner
had anything to do with it.
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Look... it was
a pretty scary situation
in that wheelhouse.
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Winds were force ten to 12,
screeching and all,
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and the waves
were mountainous.
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The barometer had dropped
about as low as it's ever
been in US Navy history,
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and we took
a very bad roll.
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And I mean a very bad one.
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I've done a lot
of North Atlantic
rolling too.
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I just think that Maryk
simply went into a panic.
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[prosecutor]
Mmm.
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Was the Caine
in grave danger
at that time?
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Well, I-I wouldn't say that,
no, ma'am.
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I-I thought
we righted ourselves very nicely
out of that bad roll.
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He repeatedly tried to
order me off the bridge,
but I stayed right where I was
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and gave him orders
only as I thought necessary
for the safety of the ship.
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I-In the situation,
I thought that the chief hazard
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would be any further
act of frenzy on his part.
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that storm safely, the Caine
did come through
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despite the unprecedented...
[chuckles] ...running amok
of my executive officer,
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I believe that my handling
of the emergency
was the correct one.
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Did Maryk cite
any authority at all
when he relieved you?
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Oh, he mumbled something
about our Article 1108.
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I didn't even catch it
at the time.
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It wasn't till later
that he said his authority
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was Article 1108
of Navy Regulations.
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And were you familiar
with these articles?
Certainly.
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In substance,
what do they provide?
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Well, it's my understanding
that they make it possible
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for the executive officer
to relieve the captain
i-in an emergency,
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a highly unusual emergency
where-- where the captain is...
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[chuckles]
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Well, frankly,
where the captain
is absolutely unhinged.
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Were these articles
properly invoked
in your situation?
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Well, I'm sort of
an interested party here.
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But you don't have
to take my word for it.
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I was successfully
conning my ship
through that cyclone,
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and fortunately for me,
I have 130 witnesses
of that fact.
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Everybody aboard that ship.
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Uh, Commander, sorry,
there again, sir,
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you're testifying
to the conclusions
of others.
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Well, obviously I'm not
a legal expert. Sorry.
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Strike the witness's
last sentence
from the record.
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Have you ever been
mentally ill, sir?
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No.
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Were you ill in any way
when Mr. Maryk relieved you?
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I was not.
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Did you warn your
executive officer of
the consequences of his act?
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I told him he was performing
a mutinous act.
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[prosecutor]
And what was his reply?
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He expected to be
court-martialed.
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He was going
to retain command anyway.
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What was the attitude of
Lieutenant Junior Grade Keith,
the officer of the deck?
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Keith was in
a state of panic
as bad as Maryk's.
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[prosecutor]
What was the attitude
of the helmsman?
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Stilwell
was emotionally unbalanced
and for some reason
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very devoted to Mr. Keith.
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They both backed Maryk.
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Is there anything else,
Commander Queeg,
that you would care to state
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in connection with the events
of December 18th
aboard the
Caine?
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[exhales] Well, I just...
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I've thought a lot about
all of this, obviously.
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It's the gravest occurrence
in my career.
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The only questionable one
I-I'm aware of.
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I-I just think that
if the officer of the deck
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had been anyone
other than this
immature Mr. Keith
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and the helmsman
anyone other than Stilwell,
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then none of this
would have happened.
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I mean, a competent officer
would have repudiated
Maryk's orders
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and a normal sailor
at the helm
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would have disregarded
both of those officers
and obeyed me.
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It was just bad luck
that these three men,
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Maryk, Keith
and Stilwell,
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combined against me
at such a crucial time.
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Bad luck for me
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and I'm afraid
even worse luck for them.
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[officer] The court
would like to
question the witness.
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Commander Queeg,
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you've taken
all the prescribed physical
and mental examinations
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incident to entrance to
the academy, graduation,
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commissioning, promotion
and so forth?
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Yes, sir, for 21 years.
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Does your medical record
contain any history of illness,
mental or physical?
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No, sir, it does not.
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Have you ever had
an unsatisfactory fitness
report, Commander Queeg?
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Negative, sir.
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Commander, can you account for
Lieutenant Maryk's opinion
that you were mentally ill?
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[chuckles]
All I can say, sir,
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is that I assumed command
over an extremely...
disorganized and dirty ship,
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and that's not a reflection
on the officer that I relieved.
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of arduous duty Caine
had gone through
a year and a half
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a-and it was understandable.
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But still, for the safety
of that ship and its crew,
it demanded to be shaped up,
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and I took a lot
of strong measures,
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a-and Lieutenant Maryk
did not see eye to eye
with me at all
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on this idea
of making the Caine
a tight ship again.
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[chuckles]
Well, maybe--
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maybe he thought I was crazy
to keep trying.
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Anyway, that's
the picture of it, sir.
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[officer] Thank you.
[prosecutor]
Your witness.
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Commander Queeg,
I would like to ask you
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whether you have
ever heard the expression
"Old Yellowstain."
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In which connection?
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Old Yellowstain, sir.
241
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No, I have not.
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You weren't aware
that all the officers
of the Caine
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habitually referred to you
as Old Yellowstain?
244
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I object to the question.
Impertinent badgering
of the witness.
245
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How does Defense Counsel
Greenwald justify
this line of questioning?
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Please the court,
the nickname Old Yellowstain,
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used by the officers
of the Caine,
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will be relevant
to the issue
of mental competence.
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Before ruling, the court wishes
to caution defense counsel.
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This is a most unusual
and delicate case.
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The honor and career
of an officer
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with an unblemished
military record of 21 years
standing is involved.
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00:12:59,340 --> 00:13:01,950
The defense counsel
will have to bear
full responsibility
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for the conduct
of this case.
255
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Subject to
the foregoing comment,
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the trial counsel's objection
is overruled.
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Court stenographer
will repeat the question.
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"You aren't aware, then,
that all the officers
of the Caine
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have habitually
referred to you
as Old Yellowstain?"
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I was not aware of that.
261
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No further questions.
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For now.
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Commander Queeg will be called
as a witness for the defense.
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For the defense?
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Yes, sir.
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You're excused,
subject to recall.
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Thank you, sir.
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[prosecutor]
Call Lieutenant Thomas Keefer.
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State your name, rank
and present station.
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Thomas Keefer, Lieutenant,
United States Navy,
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communication officer
of the USS Caine.
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If you recognize
the accused,
state his name.
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Lieutenant Steve Maryk,
executive officer
of the Caine.
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What is your occupation
in civilian life?
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I'm a writer.
276
00:14:07,930 --> 00:14:10,240
And has any of your work
been published?
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00:14:10,690 --> 00:14:13,690
A number of short stories
have been published, yes, ma'am.
278
00:14:15,100 --> 00:14:18,550
Did you do any writing
in your spare time
while in service?
279
00:14:18,550 --> 00:14:21,220
Yes, I have completed
half a war novel.
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00:14:21,850 --> 00:14:23,080
[chuckles]
And what's the title?
281
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Multitudes, Multitudes.
282
00:14:25,660 --> 00:14:28,420
And has this novel,
though incomplete,
283
00:14:28,420 --> 00:14:30,370
recently been accepted
by a publisher?
284
00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:31,570
Yes.
285
00:14:33,390 --> 00:14:34,890
Now, Lieutenant Keefer,
286
00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,290
were you serving
aboard the Caine
in your present capacity
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on December 18th,
2022?
Yes.
288
00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,300
Was Captain Queeg
relieved of his command
on that date?
289
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He was.
By whom?
290
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The executive officer.
291
00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,280
Describe how you learned
that the captain
had been relieved.
292
00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:52,200
Uh, well, Mr. Maryk
passed word for all officers
to come up to the wheelhouse.
293
00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,980
When we got there, he told us
that the captain was sick
and he had assumed command.
294
00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,460
Did Captain Queeg
show any external signs
of being sick?
295
00:15:00,330 --> 00:15:01,770
Look, at the height
of a cyclone--
296
00:15:01,770 --> 00:15:04,525
Was he raving,
or was he foaming, or--
No, no.
297
00:15:04,624 --> 00:15:07,260
Did he look any worse off
than, say, Lieutenant Keith?
No.
298
00:15:07,260 --> 00:15:08,475
Or Maryk?
No.
299
00:15:08,575 --> 00:15:12,030
W-We were all tired,
dripping and wiped out.
300
00:15:12,330 --> 00:15:15,242
Mr. Keefer,
did you make any effort
to persuade Mr. Maryk
301
00:15:15,342 --> 00:15:16,620
to restore Queeg
to command?
302
00:15:16,620 --> 00:15:18,000
No, I did not.
303
00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,550
Did you not feel
the seriousness
of the moment?
304
00:15:20,550 --> 00:15:21,570
I certainly did.
305
00:15:21,570 --> 00:15:23,460
Why did you take
no remedial action?
306
00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,100
I wasn't present
when the captain was relieved.
307
00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,910
Maryk was in full command.
The entire ship was
obeying his orders.
308
00:15:29,910 --> 00:15:32,340
I thought that,
for the safety of the ship,
309
00:15:32,340 --> 00:15:35,130
my best course was
to obey his orders.
310
00:15:35,130 --> 00:15:36,720
Mr. Keefer, were you
aboard the Caine
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throughout the period
that Captain Queeg
was in command?
312
00:15:39,090 --> 00:15:42,600
Yes, I was.
Did you ever observe any
evidence of insanity in him?
313
00:15:43,110 --> 00:15:46,020
I don't--
I can't answer that question,
not being a psychiatrist.
314
00:15:46,020 --> 00:15:48,000
Did you ever think
he might be insane?
315
00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:48,960
Objection.
316
00:15:49,770 --> 00:15:53,160
Witness is not an expert
and matters of opinion
are not admissible evidence.
317
00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:54,450
I withdraw the question.
318
00:15:54,450 --> 00:15:57,970
Mr. Keefer,
at any time prior
to December 18th,
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00:15:57,970 --> 00:16:01,680
were you informed
that Maryk suspected Queeg
of being mentally ill?
320
00:16:01,950 --> 00:16:03,870
Yes, I was. Describe
how you learned this.
321
00:16:04,140 --> 00:16:05,610
Well, uh, let me see.
322
00:16:05,610 --> 00:16:08,340
Two-- Two weeks
before the cyclone,
323
00:16:08,650 --> 00:16:10,620
Maryk showed me
a medical log
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00:16:10,620 --> 00:16:12,990
he had kept on
Captain Queeg's behavior.
325
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He asked me to come with him
to report the situation to--
326
00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,050
to Admiral Williams,
Commander Fifth Fleet.
327
00:16:19,050 --> 00:16:20,640
And did you consent
to go with him?
328
00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:22,530
Yes, I did.
Why?
329
00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,440
He was my superior officer
and also my close friend.
330
00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,620
Did you believe
that Maryk's log justified
the relief of Queeg?
331
00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,420
No. No.
332
00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:32,700
As soon as we got aboard
Admiral Williams's ship,
333
00:16:32,700 --> 00:16:35,880
I told him as forcibly
as I could that,
in my opinion,
334
00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,630
the log wouldn't
justify the action.
335
00:16:38,630 --> 00:16:41,700
What was his response?
After a lot of arguing,
he told me--
336
00:16:43,380 --> 00:16:47,070
[clears throat]
After a lot of arguing,
he-- he followed my advice.
337
00:16:47,070 --> 00:16:48,210
We returned to the Caine.
338
00:16:48,690 --> 00:16:52,200
Were you surprised
two weeks later when he
relieved the captain?
339
00:16:53,660 --> 00:16:54,590
I was stunned.
340
00:16:56,070 --> 00:16:57,930
Were you good with that,
Mr. Keefer?
341
00:16:59,110 --> 00:17:00,250
I was badly disturbed.
342
00:17:00,350 --> 00:17:03,760
I thought that, at best,
he would be involved
in grave difficulties.
343
00:17:03,860 --> 00:17:07,180
I thought it was
a terrible situation
and an error on his part.
344
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No further questions.
345
00:17:10,270 --> 00:17:11,440
No questions.
346
00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,900
Does the defense intend
to recall this witness
347
00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:14,829
at a later time?
348
00:17:15,369 --> 00:17:16,390
No, sir.
349
00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,079
No cross-examination of this
highly material witness?
350
00:17:20,079 --> 00:17:21,099
No, sir.
351
00:17:22,810 --> 00:17:24,609
The court
will question the witness.
352
00:17:25,860 --> 00:17:27,069
Mr. Keefer--
[clears throat]
353
00:17:27,069 --> 00:17:30,250
Now, as to this
so-called medical log,
354
00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,730
the facts it contained
which convinced Lieutenant Maryk
355
00:17:33,730 --> 00:17:36,250
that he should
report the captain
to Admiral Williams
356
00:17:36,370 --> 00:17:37,590
didn't convince you.
357
00:17:37,590 --> 00:17:39,400
Is that right?
They did not, sir.
358
00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:40,180
Why not?
359
00:17:40,630 --> 00:17:43,690
Sir, it's not something a layman
can intelligently discuss.
360
00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,425
You've stated
you're a close friend
of Mr. Maryk.
361
00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:47,380
Yes, sir.
362
00:17:47,770 --> 00:17:51,040
Well, this court
is trying to find out,
among other things,
363
00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:54,340
any possible
extenuating circumstances
for his acts.
364
00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:56,620
Did this medical log
merely indicate to you
365
00:17:56,620 --> 00:17:59,610
that Captain Queeg
was a highly normal
and competent officer?
366
00:17:59,610 --> 00:18:02,050
Sir,
speaking from ignorance,
367
00:18:02,050 --> 00:18:06,190
it's always seemed to me
that mental disability
was a-- a relative thing.
368
00:18:06,730 --> 00:18:09,430
Captain Queeg was
a very strict disciplinarian
369
00:18:09,430 --> 00:18:12,670
and extremely meticulous
in hunting down
the smallest matters.
370
00:18:12,670 --> 00:18:16,150
He wasn't the easiest person
in the world to reason with.
371
00:18:16,300 --> 00:18:19,690
And there were several occasions
where I thought
he came down too hard
372
00:18:19,690 --> 00:18:22,170
and spent excessive time
on small matters.
373
00:18:22,170 --> 00:18:24,700
They were very unpleasant.
374
00:18:24,700 --> 00:18:29,090
But to jump from them
to the conclusion that
the captain was a maniac,
375
00:18:29,090 --> 00:18:31,640
no, no, I was compelled,
in all honesty,
376
00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,500
to warn Maryk
against doing that.
377
00:18:34,790 --> 00:18:36,920
[prosecutor] State your name,
rank and present station.
378
00:18:37,226 --> 00:18:38,810
[clears throat]
379
00:18:38,810 --> 00:18:42,620
Junius Urban,
Quartermaster Third Class,
US Navy
380
00:18:42,620 --> 00:18:43,760
of the USS Caine.
381
00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,080
Do you recognize
the accused?
382
00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:49,820
Ma'am?
383
00:18:50,690 --> 00:18:52,280
Do you recognize
the accused?
384
00:18:54,361 --> 00:18:55,821
M-Ma'am?
385
00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:00,060
Do you recognize
the officer
at that table?
386
00:19:01,330 --> 00:19:03,690
[Urban]
Wh-Which one?
There are two.
387
00:19:04,020 --> 00:19:06,000
Name the one you recognize.
388
00:19:07,150 --> 00:19:08,310
Th-That's the exec.
389
00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:10,110
What's his name?
390
00:19:10,881 --> 00:19:12,437
M-Mr. Maryk.
391
00:19:12,437 --> 00:19:14,240
What is he
the exec of?
392
00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,240
The-- The ship.
393
00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,670
Name the ship. The Caine.
394
00:19:20,670 --> 00:19:22,200
Thank you. Sorry.
395
00:19:23,030 --> 00:19:26,267
Urban,
on December 18th, 2022,
396
00:19:26,267 --> 00:19:28,340
were you serving
aboard the Caine
in your present capacity?
397
00:19:28,340 --> 00:19:29,480
Is that
the day it happened?
398
00:19:29,990 --> 00:19:31,070
The day
what happened?
399
00:19:32,700 --> 00:19:33,390
I don't know.
400
00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,650
That was the day
of the cyclone, yes.
401
00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:38,870
Sure.
I-- I was aboard.
402
00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:41,640
Were you
in the wheelhouse
403
00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,190
when Mr. Maryk
relieved Captain Queeg?
404
00:19:44,950 --> 00:19:45,700
Yes.
405
00:19:46,090 --> 00:19:47,770
Who else
was in the wheelhouse
at the time?
406
00:19:47,770 --> 00:19:53,799
Well, um, there was--
there was the captain
and M-Mr. Maryk.
407
00:19:54,460 --> 00:19:55,390
Yes?
408
00:19:55,751 --> 00:19:57,670
Th-Th-The helmsman.
409
00:19:57,670 --> 00:19:59,290
His name?
Stilwell.
410
00:19:59,980 --> 00:20:00,740
Who else?
411
00:20:00,740 --> 00:20:02,790
The officer of the day.
His name?
412
00:20:02,790 --> 00:20:03,760
Mr. Keith.
413
00:20:03,910 --> 00:20:06,250
What were you doing
in the wheelhouse?
414
00:20:06,450 --> 00:20:07,420
I had the watch.
415
00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:10,760
Urban,
describe in your own words
416
00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,250
how Lieutenant Maryk
relieved the captain.
417
00:20:16,140 --> 00:20:17,601
H-He said...
418
00:20:18,740 --> 00:20:20,630
"I relieve you," ma'am.
419
00:20:21,420 --> 00:20:23,100
What was happening
at the time?
420
00:20:23,850 --> 00:20:27,180
Well, the ship
was rolling very bad.
It was an ass-kicker storm.
421
00:20:28,070 --> 00:20:30,500
Urban, describe everything
that happened
422
00:20:30,500 --> 00:20:33,560
in the ten minutes
before Captain Queeg
was relieved.
423
00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,500
Well, li-like I say,
424
00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:39,570
the ship
was rolling very bad.
425
00:20:40,950 --> 00:20:41,850
That's all?
426
00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:45,450
Did the captain say anything?
Did the exec say anything?
427
00:20:45,450 --> 00:20:47,480
Did the officer of the day
say anything?
428
00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,310
Or did the ship
just roll in silence
for ten minutes?
429
00:20:50,770 --> 00:20:52,530
Well, ma'am,
it was a cyclone.
430
00:20:52,530 --> 00:20:56,550
Petty Officer Urban,
you are under oath.
431
00:20:57,189 --> 00:20:58,900
W-Well...
432
00:20:59,792 --> 00:21:03,470
I-I think the captain
wanted to come north,
433
00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:05,772
and the exec wanted
to come s-south.
434
00:21:05,872 --> 00:21:08,060
O-Or the other way around,
or something like that.
435
00:21:08,450 --> 00:21:09,979
[prosecutor]
Why did the captain
want to come south?
436
00:21:10,078 --> 00:21:12,450
I don't know.
Why did the exec
want to come north?
437
00:21:12,450 --> 00:21:14,840
Ma'am, I'm just
a third-class petty officer.
438
00:21:14,930 --> 00:21:17,450
Did the captain
act crazy?
No.
439
00:21:17,630 --> 00:21:19,610
Did the execs
seem scared?
N-No.
440
00:21:19,610 --> 00:21:21,200
Did the captain?
No.
441
00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:22,370
Did anyone?
442
00:21:23,907 --> 00:21:26,360
I-- I was goddamn scared.
443
00:21:27,782 --> 00:21:29,320
I-I beg your pardon, sir.
444
00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:33,130
But the captain
did not act crazy in any way
that morning, correct?
445
00:21:33,230 --> 00:21:36,610
The captain
was the same as always.
Crazy or sane, Urban?
446
00:21:36,710 --> 00:21:37,720
H-He was sane.
447
00:21:38,102 --> 00:21:40,760
S-S-S-So far as I knew.
448
00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,130
Petty Officer Urban,
how old are you?
449
00:21:43,550 --> 00:21:46,190
Twenty.
What schooling
have you had?
450
00:21:47,510 --> 00:21:48,800
[stammering] High school--
High school diploma.
451
00:21:49,690 --> 00:21:51,700
[officer]
Have you been telling
the whole truth here,
452
00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:52,480
or haven't you?
453
00:21:55,210 --> 00:21:59,860
Sir, a-an enlisted man
o-on watch
454
00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,940
isn't supposed to listen
to arguments between
the captain and the exec.
455
00:22:04,510 --> 00:22:05,740
Did you like the captain?
456
00:22:07,070 --> 00:22:08,770
S-Sure, I liked him, sir.
457
00:22:09,610 --> 00:22:11,050
Continue
your examination.
458
00:22:11,620 --> 00:22:12,760
No further questions.
459
00:22:13,530 --> 00:22:16,350
Petty Officer Urban,
were you aboard the Caine
460
00:22:16,350 --> 00:22:17,940
when she cut
her own tow cable?
461
00:22:18,050 --> 00:22:19,890
Y-Yes-- Yes, sir.
462
00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,440
And what were you
doing at the time?
I was--
463
00:22:22,860 --> 00:22:26,730
Well, that is, the captain
was bawling me out
on the bridge, sir.
464
00:22:26,730 --> 00:22:29,130
What for?
My shirttail was out.
465
00:22:29,490 --> 00:22:32,130
Was the captain
very strict on the subject
of shirttails?
466
00:22:32,670 --> 00:22:35,210
[chuckles] Yes, sir.
He was very strict
on shirttails, sir.
467
00:22:35,210 --> 00:22:36,880
And while he was describing
your shirttail,
468
00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:38,910
the ship went around
in a full circle
469
00:22:38,910 --> 00:22:40,830
and steamed over
its own tow cable.
470
00:22:40,830 --> 00:22:42,990
Is that what happened?
I object to this
line of questioning.
471
00:22:42,990 --> 00:22:45,360
Counsel has
tricked the witness
with leading questions
472
00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:48,090
into asserting that the Caine
cut its own tow line,
473
00:22:48,090 --> 00:22:51,240
a material point
that was not touched upon
in direct examination.
474
00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,160
Please the court,
the witness has stated
475
00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,050
that he's never
seen the captain
do anything crazy.
476
00:22:55,050 --> 00:22:57,120
I'm simply trying
to refute that statement.
477
00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:00,510
Defense counsel
will have the opportunity
to originate evidence later.
478
00:23:01,420 --> 00:23:02,830
Objection sustained.
479
00:23:03,370 --> 00:23:06,010
Cross-examination thus far
will be stricken
from the record.
480
00:23:08,250 --> 00:23:10,350
Urban, what is
a paranoid personality?
481
00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,360
Huh?
A paranoid personality.
482
00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:13,495
What is it?
Sir?
483
00:23:13,890 --> 00:23:16,560
Would you recognize
a psychotic person
if you saw one?
484
00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:17,850
Me?
It's okay.
485
00:23:17,940 --> 00:23:19,320
No further questions.
Thank you.
486
00:23:20,820 --> 00:23:21,840
Petty Officer Urban,
487
00:23:22,020 --> 00:23:25,890
you will not discuss
your testimony in this courtroom
with anybody, understand?
488
00:23:26,350 --> 00:23:27,810
Wh-Who, sir?
Me, sir?
489
00:23:28,670 --> 00:23:29,570
No, sir.
490
00:23:29,570 --> 00:23:30,920
Witness excused.
491
00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:32,810
Thank you, sir.
492
00:23:34,971 --> 00:23:37,015
[whispering]
493
00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,750
I see that,
uh, trial counsel
intends to call
494
00:23:39,750 --> 00:23:41,490
a dozen members
of the crew of the Caine.
495
00:23:41,490 --> 00:23:42,780
Yeah?
Yeah, that's correct.
496
00:23:42,780 --> 00:23:44,810
And the purpose is to confirm
Urban's testimony
497
00:23:44,810 --> 00:23:47,040
no one ever
saw the captain
do anything crazy.
498
00:23:47,130 --> 00:23:49,710
That is the purpose.
Okay, I'll concede that.
499
00:23:50,070 --> 00:23:52,350
I'll concede
they'll all corroborate
Urban's testimony
500
00:23:52,350 --> 00:23:56,040
if you concede that none of them
know any more about a paranoid
than Urban does.
501
00:23:57,450 --> 00:23:59,790
Yeah, I'll gladly
accept that concession
on those terms, sir.
502
00:23:59,790 --> 00:24:02,370
Okay.
Lieutenant, that's
a weighty concession.
503
00:24:02,370 --> 00:24:04,710
And by your leave, sir,
I'll make that concession.
504
00:24:05,457 --> 00:24:07,291
Uh-- [exhales]
505
00:24:07,291 --> 00:24:10,980
Mr. Greenwald, I understand
that you were appointed
as defense counsel
506
00:24:10,980 --> 00:24:11,820
by the judge advocate.
507
00:24:11,820 --> 00:24:12,570
Yes, sir.
508
00:24:12,570 --> 00:24:14,880
When were you
appointed?
Four days ago, sir.
509
00:24:16,020 --> 00:24:18,720
Do you feel you've had enough
time to prepare your case?
Yes, sir.
510
00:24:18,930 --> 00:24:21,150
Did you undertake
the assignment
willingly?
511
00:24:21,150 --> 00:24:23,430
Uh, sir,
Lieutenant Greenwald
accepted the assignment
512
00:24:23,430 --> 00:24:24,930
at the request
of the judge advocate.
513
00:24:28,008 --> 00:24:30,150
[sighs] I see that
you're a naval aviator.
Yes, sir.
514
00:24:30,150 --> 00:24:33,270
What do you fly?
Primarily
the F/A-18 Super Hornet, sir.
515
00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:35,610
Why aren't you
flying now?
Medical leave, sir.
516
00:24:36,030 --> 00:24:38,790
Why?
Forced to eject
from a damaged aircraft.
517
00:24:39,250 --> 00:24:39,900
I see.
518
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,630
Did you have a chance
to practice much law?
A little, sir.
519
00:24:45,668 --> 00:24:46,752
[sighs]
520
00:24:47,220 --> 00:24:47,945
Lieutenant Maryk.
521
00:24:48,660 --> 00:24:49,470
Yes, sir.
522
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,880
I need to know if you're
happy with your counsel's
conduct of the defense.
523
00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,470
Sir, if he answers
that question,
he does on blind faith.
524
00:24:55,470 --> 00:24:57,690
Can I just have a moment
to speak to my client privately?
525
00:24:58,045 --> 00:25:00,255
[sighs]
526
00:25:00,780 --> 00:25:01,740
Two minutes.
527
00:25:02,340 --> 00:25:02,790
[Greenwald]
Come on.
528
00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:04,630
Thank you.
529
00:25:06,850 --> 00:25:08,530
So, do you want
to get rid of me?
530
00:25:10,270 --> 00:25:11,020
I don't know.
531
00:25:12,820 --> 00:25:14,510
I think I'm screwed
at this point.
532
00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:16,950
Fifteen years
in the brig?
533
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:18,435
Mm-hmm.
534
00:25:20,670 --> 00:25:24,065
Tell me one thing.
Why didn't you
cross-examine Tom?
535
00:25:24,164 --> 00:25:25,460
I don't have time
to tell you everything.
536
00:25:25,460 --> 00:25:28,820
Tom Keefer knows everything
the captain did. Everything.
I'm sure he does.
537
00:25:28,820 --> 00:25:30,800
If he wouldn't talk,
it's up to you
to drag it out.
538
00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,070
Wasn't it?
You don't understand.
539
00:25:32,372 --> 00:25:34,090
No, I don't understand
what you're doing.
That's for sure.
540
00:25:34,090 --> 00:25:35,450
I want to fight
this case.
Why?
541
00:25:35,570 --> 00:25:36,920
Because
I want to win it.
Why?
542
00:25:37,130 --> 00:25:38,270
Is that not enough?
543
00:25:38,460 --> 00:25:40,610
Before you said you'd
rather be prosecuting
than defending me.
544
00:25:40,610 --> 00:25:42,380
So maybe this is
your bizarre way
of prosecuting.
545
00:25:42,380 --> 00:25:45,560
Steve, listen to me
very carefully.
546
00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,980
Implicating Keefer
harms you.
What?
547
00:25:48,980 --> 00:25:52,260
Two disgruntled bastards
instead of one heroic exec.
548
00:25:52,260 --> 00:25:55,040
I have a chance
with one heroic exec.
549
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:58,070
Making that stick
is the only chance
for you to win.
550
00:26:04,910 --> 00:26:07,820
For the record,
the court asks the accused,
551
00:26:07,820 --> 00:26:09,650
are you satisfied
with your counsel?
552
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,170
I'm satisfied, sir.
553
00:26:13,650 --> 00:26:16,440
Court will not
reopen this question.
I understand that, sir.
554
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:18,600
I'm satisfied
with Lieutenant Greenwald.
555
00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:21,543
Proceed with your case,
Commander Challee.
556
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:23,820
Call Lieutenant Keith.
557
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,600
State your name, rank
and present station.
558
00:26:35,860 --> 00:26:38,430
Willis Keith,
US Navy Junior Grade,
559
00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:40,740
assistant communications officer
on the USS Caine.
560
00:26:40,740 --> 00:26:43,200
Mr. Keith, were you
officer of the deck of the Caine
561
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,570
on December 18th, 2022?
562
00:26:45,570 --> 00:26:46,170
I was.
563
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,380
Was the captain relieved
of his command on that date?
564
00:26:49,380 --> 00:26:50,190
Yes, ma'am.
565
00:26:50,490 --> 00:26:52,170
Do you know why
the executive officer
566
00:26:52,170 --> 00:26:54,000
relieved the captain?
Yes.
567
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,760
Captain Queeg
had lost control of himself
568
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,370
and the ship
was in grave danger
of foundering.
569
00:27:00,420 --> 00:27:02,460
How many years
have you served at sea,
Lieutenant?
570
00:27:02,790 --> 00:27:03,810
One year, three months.
571
00:27:04,020 --> 00:27:06,450
Do you know how many years
Commander Queeg
has served at sea?
572
00:27:06,550 --> 00:27:08,020
I guess about 17 years.
573
00:27:08,020 --> 00:27:10,110
Which one of you is
better qualified to judge
574
00:27:10,110 --> 00:27:12,570
whether a ship
is foundering or not?
575
00:27:12,660 --> 00:27:13,890
Myself, ma'am,
576
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,382
if I'm in possession
of my faculties
and Commander Queeg isn't.
577
00:27:17,482 --> 00:27:19,180
Well, what makes you think
he wasn't in possession
of his faculties?
578
00:27:19,270 --> 00:27:21,320
He wasn't on the morning
of December 18th.
579
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,550
Oh. Have you studied
medicine or psychiatry?
No.
580
00:27:24,550 --> 00:27:28,990
Did the captain foam or rave
or make insane gestures?
581
00:27:28,990 --> 00:27:32,850
No. No.
What he did do was just as bad.
582
00:27:32,850 --> 00:27:34,060
Clarify that, will you?
583
00:27:34,390 --> 00:27:35,950
His orders were vague.
584
00:27:35,950 --> 00:27:39,790
He insisted on going south
when we had a north wind
of 90 miles an hour behind us.
585
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,340
With a stern wind that strong,
the ship couldn't be controlled.
586
00:27:42,340 --> 00:27:45,610
In your expert opinion
as ship handler, that is.
587
00:27:45,710 --> 00:27:48,970
Well, Steve Maryk thought so,
and he's an expert ship handler.
588
00:27:48,970 --> 00:27:53,770
Were you completely loyal
to your captain or not,
prior to 18 December?
589
00:27:53,890 --> 00:27:58,285
I was, uh, antagonistic
to Captain Queeg
at certain isolated times.
590
00:27:58,385 --> 00:28:00,640
At what isolated times
were you antagonistic?
591
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,040
When the captain
mistreated his men,
I opposed him.
592
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,170
When did the captain
ever mistreat his men?
593
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,200
Well, for one thing,
he systematically persecuted
594
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:09,940
Gunners Mate Second Class Stilwell.
595
00:28:09,940 --> 00:28:10,900
In what way?
596
00:28:11,530 --> 00:28:15,200
First, he restricted him
to the ship for six months
for reading on watch.
597
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,410
Refused to grant him leave
when we were back in the States
in December 2021.
598
00:28:18,509 --> 00:28:22,520
The man was getting
anonymous messages about
his wife's infidelity.
599
00:28:24,150 --> 00:28:26,090
[stammers, sighs]
Maryk gave Stilwell
a 72-hour emergency leave.
600
00:28:26,090 --> 00:28:28,072
He returned a few hours
over leave--
601
00:28:28,072 --> 00:28:31,250
Hold on. Hold on.
You say that Maryk
gave Stilwell leave.
602
00:28:32,990 --> 00:28:35,840
Did Maryk know that the captain
had denied Stilwell leave?
603
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:36,950
Yes.
604
00:28:36,950 --> 00:28:40,160
Did Maryk check with the captain
before authorizing this leave?
605
00:28:41,330 --> 00:28:43,485
No, um...
606
00:28:43,585 --> 00:28:45,500
Are you testifying,
Mr. Keith,
607
00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:49,130
that Maryk
deliberately violated
his captain's orders?
608
00:28:50,755 --> 00:28:52,174
Uh...
609
00:28:53,577 --> 00:28:57,490
I-- I mean,
i-it was my fault, actually.
610
00:28:57,580 --> 00:28:59,560
'Cause I begged him to.
He was--
611
00:28:59,830 --> 00:29:01,630
Mr. Keith, we now
have your testimony
612
00:29:01,630 --> 00:29:03,738
that you and Stilwell
and Maryk
613
00:29:03,838 --> 00:29:07,410
conspired to circumvent
an express order by
your commanding officer
614
00:29:07,410 --> 00:29:10,210
a whole year
before the cyclone
of 18 December.
615
00:29:10,210 --> 00:29:13,180
Now, please tell the court
616
00:29:13,180 --> 00:29:16,210
any other instances
of mistreatment
that occur to you.
617
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,190
He cut off Internet access
for six months
618
00:29:20,190 --> 00:29:22,260
'cause he wasn't invited
to a screening by mistake.
619
00:29:23,084 --> 00:29:26,130
Uh, he restricted water use
in the middle of a heat wave
620
00:29:26,130 --> 00:29:29,290
'cause he said the men
were using too much,
they had to be taught a lesson.
621
00:29:29,290 --> 00:29:34,290
Did the captain ever issue
any rules or punishments
not permitted by regulations?
622
00:29:36,140 --> 00:29:38,390
He never did anything
not allowed by regulations.
623
00:29:38,390 --> 00:29:40,330
You don't like the captain,
do you, Lieutenant?
624
00:29:40,430 --> 00:29:42,440
Oh, I did.
I did at first.
625
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:43,790
Very much.
Mm-hmm.
626
00:29:43,790 --> 00:29:46,220
But I gradually
came to realize
627
00:29:46,900 --> 00:29:49,740
that he was a petty tyrant
and utterly incompetent.
628
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,170
Did you think
he was insane, too?
629
00:29:52,410 --> 00:29:53,910
Not until the day
of the cyclone.
630
00:29:54,150 --> 00:29:56,100
Very well.
Come to the day of the storm.
631
00:29:56,790 --> 00:29:58,781
Was your decision
to obey Maryk
632
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,290
based on your judgment that
the captain had gone mad?
633
00:30:01,290 --> 00:30:04,807
Or was it based
on your hatred
of Captain Queeg?
634
00:30:07,610 --> 00:30:10,690
I-- I just-- I don't remember
my state of mind at that time.
635
00:30:12,260 --> 00:30:13,280
No further questions.
636
00:30:13,490 --> 00:30:17,360
Mr. Keith, you stated
you disliked Captain Queeg, yes?
637
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:18,190
I did dislike him.
638
00:30:18,190 --> 00:30:21,390
And did you state all
your reasons for disliking him?
Not at all.
639
00:30:21,390 --> 00:30:24,320
Okay, well, please,
state the rest
of those reasons now.
640
00:30:24,500 --> 00:30:27,800
Well, for one thing,
he extorted
a thousand bucks from me.
641
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:28,760
Objection.
642
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,850
The issue in this case
is not whether Captain Queeg
was a model officer,
643
00:30:31,850 --> 00:30:34,220
but whether he was insane
on 18 December.
644
00:30:34,220 --> 00:30:35,840
Defense counsel hasn't
even touched that issue.
645
00:30:35,940 --> 00:30:38,420
Well, please the court,
this bears directly
on the fitness
646
00:30:38,420 --> 00:30:40,820
of Captain Queeg
to command a naval vessel.
647
00:30:40,940 --> 00:30:43,280
And as evidence,
it is nothing but clarification
648
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,590
of Keith's dislike
for his commanding officer,
649
00:30:45,590 --> 00:30:49,670
a fact brought out
by trial counsel,
at great pains, I might add,
650
00:30:49,670 --> 00:30:51,110
under direct examination.
651
00:30:53,250 --> 00:30:54,810
The objection is overruled.
652
00:30:56,770 --> 00:31:00,880
Mr. Keith,
could you please describe
this so-called extortion?
653
00:31:01,060 --> 00:31:04,360
Well, this was back
last December
in Port Doha, Qatar.
654
00:31:05,900 --> 00:31:07,960
Uh, the captain had this crate,
655
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,020
this big crate
full of duty-free whiskey
that he wanted to sneak aboard.
656
00:31:11,020 --> 00:31:13,150
He appointed me boat officer,
657
00:31:13,150 --> 00:31:15,880
and a working party started
to load the crate in the gig.
658
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:17,740
It was incredibly heavy,
659
00:31:17,740 --> 00:31:22,100
and Captain Queeg...
got excited
660
00:31:22,370 --> 00:31:25,550
and started screaming out
a whole bunch
of contradictory orders.
661
00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:28,220
Sailors got rattled,
they dropped the crate
in the water,
662
00:31:28,380 --> 00:31:31,520
it sank like a stone,
I was out a thousand bucks.
663
00:31:31,670 --> 00:31:33,455
No, you mean the captain
was out a thousand bucks.
664
00:31:33,555 --> 00:31:35,600
No, no, no, sir.
I was.
665
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,180
Captain informed me
it was my responsibility,
666
00:31:38,180 --> 00:31:40,400
'cause I was boat officer
in charge of loading,
667
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,550
and he asked me
what I wanted to do about it.
668
00:31:43,700 --> 00:31:45,150
I was supposed to go
on leave the next day.
669
00:31:45,150 --> 00:31:47,090
My girlfriend had flown out
from New York to be with me,
670
00:31:47,090 --> 00:31:50,060
so I went to the captain,
671
00:31:50,180 --> 00:31:53,510
I apologized for my stupidity,
672
00:31:53,510 --> 00:31:55,610
and I offered to pay
for the crate.
673
00:31:56,130 --> 00:31:59,250
He took my money
and signed my leave papers.
674
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,490
What other reasons do you have
for disliking Captain Queeg?
675
00:32:03,970 --> 00:32:05,920
Well, my chief reason
for disliking Captain Queeg
676
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,390
was his cowardice
in dangerous situations.
677
00:32:07,390 --> 00:32:08,200
Objection!
678
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,820
Counsel
is originating evidence
679
00:32:09,820 --> 00:32:11,680
beyond the scope
of direct examination.
680
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:15,880
He is leading the witness
to irresponsible libel
of an officer of the Navy.
681
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:19,000
Please the court,
the witness's dislike
of Captain Queeg
682
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,220
was not only in the scope
of direct examination,
683
00:32:21,220 --> 00:32:22,990
it was the key fact
brought out.
684
00:32:23,980 --> 00:32:27,340
Now, the witness has confessed
an ignorance of psychiatry.
685
00:32:28,330 --> 00:32:30,040
Things Captain Queeg did
686
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:33,310
which forced the witness
in his ignorance
to dislike him
687
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,400
may in fact have been
the helpless acts
of a sick man.
688
00:32:36,790 --> 00:32:39,640
I respectfully
urge my objection, sir.
689
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,740
Let me remind everyone
690
00:32:42,790 --> 00:32:45,640
of the serious nature
of the issues
in this line of questioning
691
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:47,440
and the implications involved.
692
00:32:48,820 --> 00:32:51,220
From the earliest days
of our service,
693
00:32:51,220 --> 00:32:54,820
the worst charge
that can be leveled against
a naval service officer,
694
00:32:54,820 --> 00:32:56,800
especially
the commanding officer
of a vessel,
695
00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:02,050
is that he displays cowardice
or negligence in the face
of danger to his ship or crew.
696
00:33:03,810 --> 00:33:05,820
Counsel and the witness
are herewith cautioned
697
00:33:05,820 --> 00:33:09,330
that they are treading on
dangerous and unprecedented
grounds here.
698
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,370
Court offers defense counsel
the opportunity
699
00:33:13,370 --> 00:33:15,470
to withdraw his question
from the record.
700
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,290
My question stands, sir.
701
00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:20,180
Lieutenant Keith,
702
00:33:21,210 --> 00:33:24,270
you have the opportunity
to withdraw
or amend your answers.
703
00:33:24,780 --> 00:33:26,190
I stand by
what I said, sir.
704
00:33:27,770 --> 00:33:28,550
Very well.
705
00:33:29,990 --> 00:33:33,260
Court finds that the question
is within the scope
of direct examination
706
00:33:33,380 --> 00:33:35,060
and that the answer
is material.
707
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:37,970
The objection
of the trial counsel
is overruled.
708
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,410
Mr. Keith, can you describe
when and where
709
00:33:41,410 --> 00:33:44,380
the captain displayed
this aversion to danger?
710
00:33:45,380 --> 00:33:48,520
Uh, well,
I guess the worst time
was a mine-sweeping operation
711
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:49,750
in the Straits of Hormuz.
712
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:51,760
That's where
he got the nickname
Old Yellowstain.
713
00:33:52,180 --> 00:33:54,820
And this nickname,
Old Yellowstain,
what does it imply?
714
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:56,830
Well, cowardice, of course.
715
00:33:56,830 --> 00:33:59,590
It refers to a yellow dye marker
he dropped over the side.
716
00:33:59,590 --> 00:34:02,620
Describe. Describe
this Yellowstain incident
for us, please.
717
00:34:03,097 --> 00:34:04,104
I wasn't on
the bridge at the time.
718
00:34:04,204 --> 00:34:06,960
I only heard
about it afterwards--
Oh! Objection.
719
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,750
Does defense counsel
seriously expect to enter these
hearsay libels on the record?
720
00:34:10,750 --> 00:34:12,739
I withdraw the question, okay?
721
00:34:12,739 --> 00:34:16,870
Defense will introduce
direct evidence
on the Yellowstain incident.
722
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,120
Strike the question
and the answer
from the record.
723
00:34:20,170 --> 00:34:21,880
Describe incidents
of cowardice
724
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:23,889
to which you were
an eyewitness,
Mr. Keith.
725
00:34:24,939 --> 00:34:27,900
Any time there was
a difficult situation,
726
00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:31,060
Captain Queeg was always
to be found on the side
of the bridge away from it all.
727
00:34:31,060 --> 00:34:34,199
I saw that a dozen times
when I was officer of the day.
Thank you.
728
00:34:35,380 --> 00:34:36,699
No further questions.
729
00:34:37,730 --> 00:34:41,139
Mr. Keith,
has Lieutenant Commander Queeg
730
00:34:41,139 --> 00:34:45,380
ever been investigated
or charged by higher authority
731
00:34:45,380 --> 00:34:49,310
for any of this alleged
unprofessional behavior
that you describe?
732
00:34:49,310 --> 00:34:50,090
No.
733
00:34:50,750 --> 00:34:53,060
Can you cite
any official records
734
00:34:53,060 --> 00:34:56,389
that'll substantiate
any of these fantastic
735
00:34:56,389 --> 00:34:58,670
and libelous stories
that you've been telling
736
00:34:58,670 --> 00:35:00,590
under the guidance
of defense counsel?
737
00:35:00,590 --> 00:35:02,060
Official records, no.
738
00:35:02,180 --> 00:35:04,610
Mr. Keith, do you
know for a fact
739
00:35:04,940 --> 00:35:07,910
that the crate that was lost
contained smuggled liquor?
740
00:35:08,300 --> 00:35:09,440
It's common knowledge.
741
00:35:10,140 --> 00:35:11,190
Common knowledge.
742
00:35:11,870 --> 00:35:14,330
Did you see the liquor
in the crate?
No.
743
00:35:14,330 --> 00:35:18,410
Can you name one person
who will testify that they
saw liquor in the crate?
744
00:35:18,590 --> 00:35:21,650
Naturally, he was pretty
careful about that.
Okay, not one person.
745
00:35:21,750 --> 00:35:24,800
I just-- I don't--
I don't know who would
have actually seen it.
746
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:27,430
Mr. Keith,
you've testified
747
00:35:27,430 --> 00:35:28,873
that you don't like
Captain Queeg.
748
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:32,560
You're reporting as fact
every evil rumor about him
749
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,450
and you're making
wildly irresponsible charges
under oath.
750
00:35:35,450 --> 00:35:37,820
Isn't that the plain truth
of your testimony,
Mr. Keith?
751
00:35:37,820 --> 00:35:39,750
I haven't lied once.
752
00:35:39,750 --> 00:35:42,310
Mr. Keith, on the morning
that the captain was relieved,
753
00:35:42,490 --> 00:35:44,530
did you really think
he'd gone crazy?
754
00:35:45,830 --> 00:35:46,850
I said before,
755
00:35:46,970 --> 00:35:49,700
I can't say for sure
what my state of mind was,
or his.
756
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:52,870
No more questions.
757
00:35:56,970 --> 00:35:58,170
Call Captain Southard.
758
00:36:04,370 --> 00:36:06,320
State your name, rank
and present station.
759
00:36:07,310 --> 00:36:08,390
Randolph Southard,
760
00:36:08,540 --> 00:36:11,780
Captain, US Navy
operations officer,
Fifth Fleet.
761
00:36:11,900 --> 00:36:14,150
You understand
that you've been called
as an expert witness
762
00:36:14,150 --> 00:36:15,680
on Avenger-class
ship handling?
763
00:36:15,770 --> 00:36:16,520
I do.
764
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,060
State your qualifications.
765
00:36:18,060 --> 00:36:20,660
Some 20 years
on smaller combatants,
766
00:36:20,660 --> 00:36:22,520
ten years
of commanding all types,
767
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:25,340
including ships
ranging up to
guided missile destroyers.
768
00:36:25,340 --> 00:36:29,170
To clarify for the members,
will you use the map
marked "Exhibit A"
769
00:36:29,170 --> 00:36:32,120
to illustrate
the position of the Caine
when she encountered the storm?
770
00:36:33,590 --> 00:36:36,800
The
Caine
was approximately here.
771
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:41,390
The storm hit
from the northeast,
heading southwest.
772
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,880
Vessels of the task force
steered south
773
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,590
in an attempt
to outrun the weather.
774
00:36:45,590 --> 00:36:48,830
of the sweep pattern, Caine,
in her spot
on the right flank
775
00:36:48,830 --> 00:36:49,910
caught the worst of it.
776
00:36:49,910 --> 00:36:52,760
Rather than steering
with the wind aft,
777
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:56,683
she turned north
into the wind and seized.
778
00:36:56,783 --> 00:37:00,170
That was the situation
in the strait
on the day in question.
779
00:37:00,500 --> 00:37:02,240
Thank you, Captain.
You may be seated.
780
00:37:02,510 --> 00:37:04,730
Trial counsel,
you may proceed.
781
00:37:04,730 --> 00:37:05,360
Thank you.
782
00:37:07,450 --> 00:37:10,660
Captain, let's say that, hypothetically,
783
00:37:10,870 --> 00:37:12,820
you're the one
who's in command
of the vessel.
784
00:37:13,610 --> 00:37:16,640
A cyclone blows up
without warning
traveling west
785
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:18,230
and you're directly
in the path of it.
786
00:37:18,230 --> 00:37:20,060
The wind keeps increasing,
787
00:37:20,060 --> 00:37:22,280
its direction
holding steady from the north.
788
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:26,570
Soon your wind
is force ten to 12
and your seas are mountainous.
789
00:37:26,750 --> 00:37:29,527
Under the circumstances,
what would you do?
790
00:37:29,626 --> 00:37:32,000
Well, I'd execute
the classic Navy maneuver
791
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:33,920
known as getting
the hell out of there.
792
00:37:34,460 --> 00:37:35,750
And how would you go
about that, Captain?
793
00:37:35,750 --> 00:37:37,640
Well, it's almost
rule of thumb.
794
00:37:38,090 --> 00:37:40,600
You say the winds
from the north are 90 knots,
795
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,040
center of the cyclone
coming at you from the west.
796
00:37:43,590 --> 00:37:45,170
The best course is south.
797
00:37:45,610 --> 00:37:48,120
You might have to head
a couple of points
one way or the other,
798
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:49,080
depending on your seas,
799
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:53,190
but there's only one way
out of that mess-- south.
800
00:37:53,610 --> 00:37:57,240
But then you have
a terribly strong stern wind,
don't you?
801
00:37:57,330 --> 00:37:58,260
What about it?
802
00:37:58,350 --> 00:38:02,790
Well, can a small vessel
ride safely going downwind
in such conditions?
803
00:38:02,790 --> 00:38:05,760
She'll ride just as well
going downwind as upwind.
804
00:38:06,300 --> 00:38:08,805
In fact,
with your high freeboard
going forward,
805
00:38:08,905 --> 00:38:11,160
a smaller vessel
tends to back in the wind.
806
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:15,180
Other things being equal,
she'll do slightly
better going downwind.
807
00:38:15,930 --> 00:38:19,005
How about turning north
in those circumstances
and heading into the wind?
808
00:38:19,105 --> 00:38:23,580
Well, that would be
dubious and dangerous,
not to mention idiotic.
809
00:38:24,420 --> 00:38:25,350
Why, sir?
810
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,990
Well, you're heading yourself
right back into the path
of the cyclone.
811
00:38:29,820 --> 00:38:32,580
Unless you're interested
in sinking,
that's not smart.
812
00:38:33,420 --> 00:38:34,570
That's all, sir.
813
00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:40,130
Captain, have you ever
conned a ship
at the center of a cyclone?
814
00:38:40,370 --> 00:38:41,270
Negative.
815
00:38:41,270 --> 00:38:44,540
Been on the fringes often,
but always managed
to avoid the center.
816
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:49,100
And have you ever commanded
a mine countermeasures ship?
Negative.
817
00:38:49,100 --> 00:38:53,187
Okay, this trial, sir,
concerns an Avenger-class MCM
818
00:38:53,287 --> 00:38:55,130
at the center of
a very dangerous storm.
819
00:38:55,130 --> 00:38:56,400
I'm aware of that.
820
00:38:56,400 --> 00:39:00,050
I've had MCMs under my command,
and I've read the book on them.
821
00:39:00,260 --> 00:39:02,570
They don't differ
from smaller-class vessels
822
00:39:02,570 --> 00:39:06,560
in terms of characteristics
and handling in rough weather.
823
00:39:07,250 --> 00:39:08,570
I only ask these questions, sir,
824
00:39:08,570 --> 00:39:11,540
because you are
the only expert
ship-handling witness,
825
00:39:11,540 --> 00:39:15,380
and I believe the extent
of your expert knowledge
should be clear to the court.
826
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:17,180
Well,
I've handled these ships
827
00:39:17,180 --> 00:39:20,660
in almost
every conceivable situation
for the last ten years.
828
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:24,230
Haven't handled
a mine countermeasures
at the center of a cyclone,
829
00:39:24,230 --> 00:39:27,140
but I don't know
who the hell has besides
the skipper of the Caine.
830
00:39:27,530 --> 00:39:29,390
That's
a thousand-to-one shot.
831
00:39:29,390 --> 00:39:31,820
Then would you state,
without reservation,
832
00:39:32,090 --> 00:39:36,320
that the same rules hold
for an MCM
at the center of a cyclone?
833
00:39:37,070 --> 00:39:40,370
At the center of a cyclone,
there are no hard
and fast rules.
834
00:39:40,580 --> 00:39:43,580
That's one situation
where it's all up
to the commanding officer.
835
00:39:43,580 --> 00:39:45,500
Too many things
happen too fast.
836
00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:47,390
Mmm.
837
00:39:47,390 --> 00:39:50,910
You remember
the hypothetical question
put to you by trial counsel
838
00:39:50,910 --> 00:39:52,770
about the storm, yes?
839
00:39:52,770 --> 00:39:53,290
I do.
840
00:39:53,670 --> 00:39:55,830
I want you to assume
in that situation
841
00:39:55,830 --> 00:39:57,930
that the wind and the seas
become bigger.
842
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:02,200
They become bigger
than anything-- anything
you have ever experienced.
843
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:03,880
You have lost control
of your ship, sir.
844
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:05,980
You actually believe
she could sink.
845
00:40:05,980 --> 00:40:09,010
You are in
the worst-case scenario.
846
00:40:09,010 --> 00:40:12,180
Do you bring around north
into the wind,
847
00:40:12,180 --> 00:40:15,730
or do you continue south,
stern to the wind?
848
00:40:16,270 --> 00:40:17,530
You're getting
very extreme.
849
00:40:17,530 --> 00:40:19,960
Yes, sir, I am.
Would you prefer not
to answer the question?
850
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:21,340
I'll answer it. Please.
851
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:23,910
In the worst-case scenario,
852
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:27,300
I'd come around the north,
into the wind, if I could.
853
00:40:27,910 --> 00:40:30,580
But only
in the worst-case scenario.
Why?
854
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:34,270
Because the engines
in your rudder have
the best chance that way.
855
00:40:34,450 --> 00:40:38,080
That's why.
It's your last chance
to keep control of your ship.
856
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:41,350
But aren't you heading back
into the center of the storm?
First things first.
857
00:40:42,010 --> 00:40:43,780
If you're on
the verge of sinking,
858
00:40:43,780 --> 00:40:45,850
you about as bad off
as you can get.
859
00:40:45,850 --> 00:40:47,810
Mind you, you said
worst-case scenario.
860
00:40:47,810 --> 00:40:50,830
I did, sir.
Thank you very much.
No further questions.
861
00:40:52,210 --> 00:40:55,000
Captain,
who, in your opinion,
is the best judge
862
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,730
as to whether a ship is in
the worst-case scenario?
863
00:40:58,030 --> 00:41:00,760
There's only one judge.
The commanding officer.
864
00:41:00,970 --> 00:41:02,320
Why, sir?
865
00:41:03,250 --> 00:41:06,610
The Navy made him captain
'cause his knowledge
of the sea and of ships
866
00:41:06,610 --> 00:41:08,620
is better than anyone else's
on the ship.
867
00:41:09,660 --> 00:41:14,100
It's very common
for some subordinate officers
to think the ship is sinking
868
00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:16,080
when all that's happening
is a little weather.
869
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,010
Well, don't you think, sir,
that when his subordinates
870
00:41:20,010 --> 00:41:21,900
all agree that the ship
is going down
871
00:41:21,900 --> 00:41:23,700
that the captain ought
to listen to them?
872
00:41:23,700 --> 00:41:24,720
Negative.
873
00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:28,810
Panic is a common hazard
at sea.
874
00:41:29,290 --> 00:41:31,660
The highest function of command
is to override
875
00:41:31,660 --> 00:41:34,570
and listen to nothing
but the voice of his own
professional judgment.
876
00:41:35,900 --> 00:41:37,550
Call Dr. Joan Lundeen.
877
00:41:42,930 --> 00:41:45,480
State your name, rank
and present station.
878
00:41:45,570 --> 00:41:47,310
Lieutenant Commander
Joan Lundeen,
879
00:41:47,310 --> 00:41:49,950
Medical Corps, US Navy,
Head of Psychiatry,
880
00:41:49,950 --> 00:41:51,990
US Naval Hospital,
San Francisco.
881
00:41:51,990 --> 00:41:55,170
Were you the head of
the medical board that examined
Lieutenant Commander Queeg?
882
00:41:55,170 --> 00:41:56,040
I was.
883
00:41:56,250 --> 00:41:59,610
And how long
did your examination last,
Doctor?
884
00:41:59,610 --> 00:42:03,990
We had the commander
under constant observation
and testing for three weeks.
885
00:42:03,990 --> 00:42:05,430
[Challee]
And what was the finding
of the board?
886
00:42:05,730 --> 00:42:08,850
Commander Queeg was discharged
with a clean bill of health.
887
00:42:08,850 --> 00:42:12,980
Doctor, is it possible
that two months ago,
on December 18th,
888
00:42:13,510 --> 00:42:16,180
he was in such a state
of psychotic collapse
889
00:42:16,180 --> 00:42:19,360
that relieving him
from naval command
would be justified?
890
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:20,200
No.
891
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,060
Is it possible
for a sane man
892
00:42:22,060 --> 00:42:26,350
to perform offensive, disagreeable,
foolish acts?
893
00:42:26,350 --> 00:42:28,000
It happens every day.
894
00:42:28,150 --> 00:42:31,080
We didn't find
that the commander
was a perfect officer.
895
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:34,780
Yet, you still say
that to relieve him
from naval command
896
00:42:34,780 --> 00:42:38,230
because of mental illness
would be unjustified?
897
00:42:38,230 --> 00:42:40,600
Completely unjustified.
898
00:42:41,690 --> 00:42:42,290
Thank you.
899
00:42:43,670 --> 00:42:44,900
Dr. Lundeen,
900
00:42:45,890 --> 00:42:47,840
my background is legal,
not medical,
901
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:51,590
so I hope you'll bear with me
as I try to clarify
some technical terms.
902
00:42:52,070 --> 00:42:52,970
Of course.
903
00:42:52,970 --> 00:42:56,330
I'm going to ask some
pretty elementary questions.
All right.
904
00:42:57,050 --> 00:43:00,020
Would you say Commander Queeg
is absolutely normal?
905
00:43:00,020 --> 00:43:01,250
[chuckles]
906
00:43:01,250 --> 00:43:05,030
Well, normality, you know,
is a fiction in psychiatry. Mmm.
907
00:43:05,030 --> 00:43:08,510
No adult is without problems
except a happy imbecile.
908
00:43:08,630 --> 00:43:10,370
What are
Commander Queeg's problems?
909
00:43:10,370 --> 00:43:14,720
You might say his
overall problem is one of
an inferiority complex
910
00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:16,610
generated
by an unhappy childhood
911
00:43:16,610 --> 00:43:19,520
and aggravated
by certain adult experiences.
912
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:21,620
Unhappy childhood
in what way?
913
00:43:22,310 --> 00:43:25,850
Divorced parents,
financial trouble,
914
00:43:26,750 --> 00:43:28,160
problems at school.
915
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,470
And the aggravating factors
in adult life?
916
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:33,080
In his adult life,
917
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,600
the commander is troubled
by his low standing
918
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,820
in his academy class
and other such factors,
919
00:43:37,820 --> 00:43:39,950
but he has
become well-adjusted.
920
00:43:40,050 --> 00:43:42,560
Mmm. Can you describe
the nature of that adjustment?
921
00:43:42,710 --> 00:43:46,500
His identity as a naval officer
is the essential factor.
922
00:43:46,500 --> 00:43:48,770
It's the key
to his personal security.
923
00:43:48,770 --> 00:43:52,550
Therefore,
he has a fixed anxiety
about protecting his standing.
924
00:43:52,550 --> 00:43:54,560
That would account
for his harshness.
925
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,300
Would he be slow
to admit mistakes?
926
00:43:56,390 --> 00:43:59,330
Yes, of course.
There's nothing
unbalanced in that.
927
00:43:59,330 --> 00:44:01,850
Oh, really? I mean,
would he be a perfectionist?
928
00:44:02,690 --> 00:44:04,460
Such a personality
would be.
929
00:44:04,460 --> 00:44:06,500
Inclined to hound
his subordinates
930
00:44:06,500 --> 00:44:08,330
over the smallest
little details.
931
00:44:08,330 --> 00:44:11,630
Any mistake
of a subordinate
is intolerable
932
00:44:11,630 --> 00:44:13,550
because it might cause him harm.
933
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,210
Yet he will not admit mistakes
that he makes himself.
934
00:44:17,380 --> 00:44:21,610
You might say
that he revises reality
in his own mind
935
00:44:21,610 --> 00:44:23,320
so he comes out blameless.
936
00:44:23,470 --> 00:44:27,040
Doctor, isn't
distortion of reality
a symptom of mental illness?
937
00:44:27,670 --> 00:44:29,200
It's a question of degree.
938
00:44:30,420 --> 00:44:32,690
Each one of us
has our own reality.
939
00:44:32,690 --> 00:44:36,880
Yes, Doctor, but doesn't
Commander Queeg distort reality
more, say, than you do?
940
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,000
Yes, that's his weakness.
941
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:41,280
Other people
have other weaknesses.
942
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:43,490
It's definitely
not disabling.
943
00:44:43,490 --> 00:44:48,060
Well, if he's criticized,
would he think he was
being unjustly persecuted?
944
00:44:49,140 --> 00:44:50,670
It's all one pattern,
945
00:44:50,850 --> 00:44:55,360
all stemming
from one basic premise
that he must try to be perfect.
946
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:57,260
Inclined to stubbornness, then.
947
00:44:57,460 --> 00:45:00,490
Well, you'll have
a certain rigidity
of personality
948
00:45:00,490 --> 00:45:01,990
in such an individual.
949
00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:04,990
His inner insecurity
stops him from admitting
950
00:45:04,990 --> 00:45:07,690
that those who differ
from him may be right.
951
00:45:07,690 --> 00:45:12,280
Doctor, you just testified that
the following symptoms exist
in Commander Queeg's behavior.
952
00:45:12,670 --> 00:45:14,710
We have rigidity
of personality.
953
00:45:14,710 --> 00:45:16,480
We have feelings
of persecution.
954
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:18,520
We have
unreasonable suspicion.
955
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:20,440
We have withdrawal
from reality.
956
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:22,210
We have performance anxiety.
957
00:45:22,210 --> 00:45:24,760
We have an unreal basic premise
958
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:28,028
and an obsessive sense
of self-righteousness.
959
00:45:28,128 --> 00:45:31,060
All mild, sir.
All well-compensated.
960
00:45:31,060 --> 00:45:31,900
Yes, Doctor, yes.
961
00:45:31,900 --> 00:45:36,400
But is there
an inclusive psychiatric term,
one label for this syndrome?
962
00:45:37,390 --> 00:45:40,420
Syndrome? Who said anything
about a syndrome?
963
00:45:40,420 --> 00:45:44,750
You're misusing a term.
There's no syndrome
because there's no disease.
964
00:45:44,750 --> 00:45:45,760
I'll rephrase it.
965
00:45:46,610 --> 00:45:48,170
Do these symptoms
fall into
966
00:45:48,170 --> 00:45:52,820
a single pattern
of neurotic disturbance,
a common psychiatric class?
967
00:45:53,210 --> 00:45:55,160
I know
what you're getting at.
Well?
968
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:59,900
It's a paranoid personality,
but that is not
a disabling affliction.
969
00:46:00,140 --> 00:46:02,230
Doctor--
A what personality,
Doctor?
970
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:04,050
Paranoid.
971
00:46:04,050 --> 00:46:06,750
A paranoid?
Yes, paranoid.
972
00:46:09,750 --> 00:46:12,727
Um, Doctor, in a--
973
00:46:14,230 --> 00:46:17,770
in a paranoid personality,
like Commander Queeg's,
974
00:46:17,770 --> 00:46:18,880
would he-- I'm--
975
00:46:20,670 --> 00:46:22,350
I'm gonna put this to you hypothetically.
976
00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:24,660
Can a man have
a paranoid personality
977
00:46:24,660 --> 00:46:27,060
that would not disable him
for subordinate duties,
978
00:46:27,060 --> 00:46:28,980
but would disable him
for command?
979
00:46:29,220 --> 00:46:30,720
It's conceivable.
980
00:46:30,720 --> 00:46:34,140
And is the disabling factor
likely to be detected
in a personal interview?
981
00:46:34,140 --> 00:46:36,180
With a skilled
psychiatrist, yes.
982
00:46:36,180 --> 00:46:39,110
Why? I mean,
why is a psychiatrist needed?
983
00:46:39,110 --> 00:46:41,960
Can't an educated, intelligent
person detect a paranoid?
984
00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:44,710
Well, you evidently
aren't too well acquainted
with the pattern.
985
00:46:44,710 --> 00:46:47,410
The distinguishing mark
of this neurosis
986
00:46:47,410 --> 00:46:51,880
is the extreme plausibility
and a most convincing normal
manner on the surface,
987
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,340
particularly
in self-justification.
988
00:46:54,340 --> 00:46:56,170
Self-justification.
989
00:46:56,170 --> 00:46:57,220
Thank you, Doctor.
990
00:46:58,890 --> 00:47:00,390
No further questions.
991
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:02,580
[officer] The court wishes
to clear up one point.
992
00:47:03,460 --> 00:47:06,420
Doctor, is...
is such a thing possible--
993
00:47:07,830 --> 00:47:09,090
Well, let me put it this way.
994
00:47:10,230 --> 00:47:12,390
Let's say that a man
with a mild condition
995
00:47:12,390 --> 00:47:15,630
is not disabled for all
the usual stresses of command.
996
00:47:16,210 --> 00:47:20,230
Now let's say those stresses
are multiplied manifold
by an extreme emergency.
997
00:47:20,790 --> 00:47:23,700
Would there then be a tendency
to make erroneous judgments?
998
00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:25,290
There might be, sir.
999
00:47:25,290 --> 00:47:28,620
Of course, extreme stress
does that to almost anybody.
1000
00:47:28,620 --> 00:47:30,990
It's not supposed to do it
to commanding officers.
1001
00:47:30,990 --> 00:47:34,680
No, but practically speaking,
sir, they're human.
1002
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:40,790
State your name, rank
and present station.
1003
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,895
Allen Bird, MD,
US Navy Reserve.
1004
00:47:43,995 --> 00:47:47,270
I was called to serve on
the psychiatric evaluation team.
1005
00:47:47,270 --> 00:47:49,760
Was this the board that
was headed by Dr. Lundeen
1006
00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:52,670
which recently inquired into
the mental health of
Lieutenant Commander Queeg?
1007
00:47:52,670 --> 00:47:54,500
Yes.
And what was the finding
of the board?
1008
00:47:54,620 --> 00:47:57,620
We found that the commander
is mentally fit
for command now
1009
00:47:57,620 --> 00:47:59,270
and has never been unfit.
1010
00:48:00,310 --> 00:48:03,520
Did you find any indication
that Commander Queeg
1011
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:06,610
had what is known
as a paranoid personality?
1012
00:48:06,940 --> 00:48:10,900
Well, I prefer to call it
obsessive personality
with paranoid features.
1013
00:48:10,900 --> 00:48:14,380
Right, but this did not
indicate mental unfitness. No.
1014
00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:18,430
You agree, Doctor,
that Commander Queeg
is mentally fit now
1015
00:48:18,430 --> 00:48:21,160
and must have been
mentally fit
on December 18th
1016
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:23,200
when he was relieved
on the grounds
of mental illness?
1017
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:25,510
That was
our unanimous conclusion.
1018
00:48:25,750 --> 00:48:26,470
Thank you, Doctor.
1019
00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:28,370
[Greenwald]
Dr. Bird,
1020
00:48:29,380 --> 00:48:32,140
do you have any special training
in psychoanalysis?
1021
00:48:32,140 --> 00:48:32,980
Yes.
1022
00:48:33,710 --> 00:48:37,250
Okay, and in psychoanalysis,
is there such a thing
as mental illness?
1023
00:48:38,030 --> 00:48:40,330
There are disturbed people
and adjusted people.
1024
00:48:40,330 --> 00:48:42,170
But those terms,
"disturbed" and "adjusted,"
1025
00:48:42,170 --> 00:48:44,480
they correspond roughly
in layman's terms
1026
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,580
to "sick" and "well,"
as we use them.
1027
00:48:46,580 --> 00:48:48,110
Very roughly, yes.
1028
00:48:48,380 --> 00:48:52,850
Would you say
Commander Queeg suffers
from an inferiority complex?
1029
00:48:53,450 --> 00:48:57,260
Yes, but it's...
well-compensated.
1030
00:48:57,460 --> 00:49:00,170
Is there a difference
between "compensated"
and "adjusted"?
1031
00:49:00,290 --> 00:49:01,190
Most definitely.
1032
00:49:01,190 --> 00:49:03,080
Okay, could you please
describe that for us?
1033
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:06,510
Well, let's say
a man is suffering
1034
00:49:06,690 --> 00:49:09,490
from some deep-seated
psychological disturbance.
1035
00:49:09,490 --> 00:49:13,770
He can compensate
by finding outlets
for his peculiar drives.
1036
00:49:13,770 --> 00:49:19,230
Okay. So, has Commander Queeg
ever been psychoanalyzed?
1037
00:49:19,580 --> 00:49:22,290
No.
He's in your terms, then,
a disturbed person?
1038
00:49:22,410 --> 00:49:25,440
Yes, he is.
Not disabled, however,
by the disturbance.
1039
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:26,850
Okay, how is he compensated?
1040
00:49:28,290 --> 00:49:29,550
Mainly two ways.
1041
00:49:29,550 --> 00:49:32,910
The paranoid pattern,
which is useless
and not desirable,
1042
00:49:32,910 --> 00:49:36,900
and his naval career,
which is extremely useful
and desirable.
1043
00:49:36,900 --> 00:49:39,000
Yes, Doctor, have you
noticed that little thing
he does with his hands?
1044
00:49:39,570 --> 00:49:41,150
You mean
rolling the steel balls?
Yes.
1045
00:49:41,150 --> 00:49:42,780
Could you describe
that for us, please?
1046
00:49:43,020 --> 00:49:46,080
It's an incessant rolling
of two marbles in his hand.
1047
00:49:47,294 --> 00:49:48,660
Mm-hmm.
Why does he do it?
1048
00:49:49,260 --> 00:49:51,420
Oh, uh, his hands tremble.
1049
00:49:51,420 --> 00:49:54,140
He does it to still his hands
and conceal the trembling.
1050
00:49:54,140 --> 00:49:55,350
Why do his hands tremble?
1051
00:49:55,890 --> 00:49:58,810
Inner tension.
It's a surface symptom.
1052
00:49:58,810 --> 00:50:01,230
Doctor, you've testified
that Commander Queeg
1053
00:50:01,230 --> 00:50:03,430
is a disturbed,
not an adjusted person, yes?
1054
00:50:03,430 --> 00:50:03,930
Yes.
So he is,
in layman's terms, sick.
1055
00:50:03,930 --> 00:50:04,470
Yes?
1056
00:50:08,230 --> 00:50:12,270
I remember agreeing to the
rough resemblance of the terms
"disturbed" and "sick,"
1057
00:50:12,270 --> 00:50:14,580
but by those terms
an awful lot of people
are sick.
1058
00:50:14,580 --> 00:50:17,700
Yes, Doctor, but this court
only has Commander Queeg's
sickness at issue.
1059
00:50:17,700 --> 00:50:21,645
If he is sick, how could
your board have given him
a clean bill of health?
1060
00:50:21,745 --> 00:50:24,960
Y-You're playing on words.
We found no disability.
1061
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:26,610
Doctor, just suppose
for an instant
1062
00:50:26,610 --> 00:50:30,780
that the requirements of command
are way more severe
than you believe them to be.
1063
00:50:30,780 --> 00:50:34,140
Wouldn't even this mild sickness
be enough to disable him?
1064
00:50:34,140 --> 00:50:36,300
That's absurdly hypothetical,
because--
Oh, is it?
1065
00:50:36,300 --> 00:50:38,730
Have you ever had
sea duty, Doctor?
No.
1066
00:50:38,730 --> 00:50:41,610
No? How long have you been
in the service of the Navy?
1067
00:50:41,850 --> 00:50:43,440
Five months.
Five months?
1068
00:50:43,980 --> 00:50:45,750
Five--
Six months.
Six, I guess now.
1069
00:50:45,750 --> 00:50:47,310
Six months in the service
of the Navy.
1070
00:50:47,410 --> 00:50:50,950
Have you ever had any dealings
with ships' captains
prior to this case?
1071
00:50:51,730 --> 00:50:52,390
No.
No?
1072
00:50:52,390 --> 00:50:53,620
Then on what do you base
1073
00:50:53,620 --> 00:50:55,960
your estimate
of the requirements of command?
1074
00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:56,920
My general knowledge.
1075
00:50:56,920 --> 00:51:00,280
Would you say it takes somebody,
a person of exceptional ability,
1076
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:03,260
highly gifted, highly skilled
to be a commander
of a naval vessel?
1077
00:51:03,260 --> 00:51:04,810
No.
No. Really?
1078
00:51:04,810 --> 00:51:07,100
Not highly gifted, no.
Then what?
1079
00:51:07,100 --> 00:51:09,830
Uh, reasonable responses.
"Reasonable"?
1080
00:51:09,830 --> 00:51:11,710
Uh, fairly good intelligence.
"Fairly good"?
1081
00:51:11,710 --> 00:51:14,290
Sufficient training
and experience, but--
1082
00:51:14,290 --> 00:51:17,200
Is this enough equipment,
say, for a highly skilled
psychiatrist?
1083
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:18,220
Not exactly.
1084
00:51:18,220 --> 00:51:21,370
So in other words,
it takes more ability
to be a psychiatrist
1085
00:51:21,370 --> 00:51:23,800
than it does to be
the commander of
a US naval vessel.
1086
00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:26,860
It takes-- That is,
uh, different abilities
are required.
1087
00:51:26,860 --> 00:51:28,690
You're making the comparison,
not I.
1088
00:51:28,690 --> 00:51:32,200
No, Doctor, you're the one
that said you don't think
Commander Queeg's sickness
1089
00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:33,490
should disable him for command.
1090
00:51:33,490 --> 00:51:37,570
I am suggesting that since
you evidently know little about
the requirements of command,
1091
00:51:37,570 --> 00:51:39,370
that you may be wrong
in your conclusion.
1092
00:51:39,370 --> 00:51:41,560
Well, I reject
your suggestion.
Oh, you do? Why?
1093
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:44,290
Because you've deliberately
substituted the word "sick,"
1094
00:51:44,290 --> 00:51:46,894
which is a loose--
a polarizing--
Have I?
1095
00:51:46,894 --> 00:51:48,790
A what word, Doctor?
Polarizing.
1096
00:51:48,790 --> 00:51:50,020
A polarizing word.
I never said "sick."
1097
00:51:50,140 --> 00:51:53,360
My grasp of the requirements
of command is adequate,
1098
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:56,300
or I would have
disqualified myself
from serving on the board.
1099
00:51:56,300 --> 00:51:57,800
Maybe you should
have disqualified yourself.
1100
00:51:58,380 --> 00:51:59,310
Objection!
The witness is being badgered!
1101
00:51:59,310 --> 00:52:01,100
I withdraw
my last statement.
1102
00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:03,130
No further questions.
1103
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:06,490
Doctor, the defense counsel
has managed to put
words into your mouth
1104
00:52:06,490 --> 00:52:07,690
that I'm certain
you don't mean.
1105
00:52:08,140 --> 00:52:11,590
I'm not aware that
he succeeded in putting
any words into my mouth.
1106
00:52:11,590 --> 00:52:14,650
Doctor, he drew
the implication from you
that Captain Queeg is sick.
1107
00:52:14,650 --> 00:52:17,510
Surely you don't--
I'm careful in my use
of terminology.
1108
00:52:17,510 --> 00:52:19,690
I did not use the term "sick."
1109
00:52:20,710 --> 00:52:25,300
Captain Queeg is definitely
not disabled for command,
which is the only issue here.
1110
00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:30,010
Prosecution rests.
1111
00:52:31,870 --> 00:52:33,550
Defense,
present your case.
1112
00:52:34,890 --> 00:52:36,330
I call the accused.
1113
00:52:37,860 --> 00:52:41,580
Does the accused request that
he be permitted to testify?
Yes, sir.
1114
00:52:41,850 --> 00:52:43,590
You have the right
not to take the stand.
1115
00:52:43,590 --> 00:52:46,530
If you don't take the stand,
that fact won't be
to your prejudice.
1116
00:52:46,530 --> 00:52:50,580
If you take the stand,
you may be subjected to
a rigorous cross-examination.
1117
00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:51,960
I understand that, sir.
1118
00:52:52,290 --> 00:52:53,400
You may take the stand.
1119
00:52:57,500 --> 00:52:59,880
State your name, rank
and present position.
1120
00:52:59,880 --> 00:53:01,500
Steven Maryk,
Lieutenant, US Navy,
1121
00:53:01,500 --> 00:53:03,110
executive officer
of the USS Caine.
1122
00:53:03,230 --> 00:53:05,660
Are you the accused
in this court-martial?
Yes, I am.
1123
00:53:05,660 --> 00:53:07,850
What was your occupation
in civilian life?
1124
00:53:08,390 --> 00:53:10,800
Helping my father
in his fishing business.
We own a couple boats.
1125
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:12,500
Where?
San Francisco.
1126
00:53:12,500 --> 00:53:15,230
Then you were familiar
with the problems
of ocean-going ship handling
1127
00:53:15,230 --> 00:53:16,670
prior to joining the Navy?
1128
00:53:17,120 --> 00:53:19,280
Yes, I've been on boats
since I was 14.
1129
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:23,780
Did you relieve
the commander of the USS Caine
18th December, 2022?
1130
00:53:23,780 --> 00:53:24,590
Yes, I did.
1131
00:53:24,590 --> 00:53:27,693
Yes, it was. Caine
in trouble
when you relieved its captain?
1132
00:53:27,793 --> 00:53:31,040
And on what facts
do you base that judgment?
Well, several things.
1133
00:53:31,310 --> 00:53:32,810
We couldn't hold course.
1134
00:53:32,900 --> 00:53:35,390
We broached three times
in an hour.
"Broached"?
1135
00:53:35,390 --> 00:53:39,260
Yes, wind and sea took charge
and tossed us sideways
ten minutes at a time.
1136
00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:42,080
We were rolling too steeply
for the inclinometer to record.
1137
00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:45,380
We were shipping water
out of the wheelhouse.
The generators were cutting out.
1138
00:53:45,380 --> 00:53:48,080
The ship was not responding
to emergency rudder
and engine settings.
1139
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:49,400
We were lost
and out of control.
1140
00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:51,530
And did you inform
your captain of this?
Yes.
1141
00:53:51,530 --> 00:53:55,640
Repeatedly for an hour.
I begged him
to come north into the wind.
1142
00:53:55,640 --> 00:53:57,110
What was his reply?
1143
00:53:57,210 --> 00:54:00,150
Well, mostly
just a glazed look
and no answer.
1144
00:54:01,660 --> 00:54:02,530
Mr. Maryk,
1145
00:54:02,770 --> 00:54:06,310
when did you start
keeping your medical log
on Commander Queeg?
1146
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:09,410
Shortly after the incident
with the mines
in the Straits of Hormuz.
1147
00:54:09,510 --> 00:54:13,440
And why did you start it?
I began to think the captain
might be mentally ill.
1148
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:16,210
Why?
Because of the yellow
dye marker business.
1149
00:54:16,210 --> 00:54:19,260
You mean the incident
where the commander acquired
the nickname Old Yellowstain?
1150
00:54:19,710 --> 00:54:20,310
Yes.
1151
00:54:20,610 --> 00:54:23,070
Were you an eyewitness
to this occurrence?
1152
00:54:23,580 --> 00:54:25,370
I was navigator.
I was right there
on the bridge.
1153
00:54:25,370 --> 00:54:27,540
Please describe
this Yellowstain incident.
1154
00:54:29,370 --> 00:54:32,370
It was the third day
of an assigned sweep
with two other MCMs.
1155
00:54:32,370 --> 00:54:33,600
Mm-hmm.
1156
00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:36,720
We had detected
a field of acoustic mines.
1157
00:54:37,530 --> 00:54:38,490
[speaking louder]
It was the third day
1158
00:54:38,490 --> 00:54:40,710
of an assigned sweep
with two other MCMs.
1159
00:54:40,710 --> 00:54:42,480
We detected a field
of acoustic mines
1160
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:43,680
in the narrowest part
of the strait
1161
00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:46,980
and we'd been ordered
to destroy them in place
using high explosives.
1162
00:54:46,980 --> 00:54:49,590
And that's delicate business.
It's gotta be done just right.
1163
00:54:50,200 --> 00:54:52,570
We milled around out there
for a while.
1164
00:54:52,900 --> 00:54:55,750
Then the captain decided
not to set the charges.
1165
00:54:56,050 --> 00:54:57,940
He gave us some excuse
about faulty equipment.
1166
00:54:57,940 --> 00:55:00,640
I checked the gear.
It was in perfect working order.
1167
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:02,500
And the captain
wouldn't hear it.
1168
00:55:02,740 --> 00:55:05,080
He said the tech was incompetent
and he knew better.
1169
00:55:05,350 --> 00:55:07,900
So we dropped
a yellow dye marker
over the side,
1170
00:55:07,900 --> 00:55:10,330
radioed to the other MCM
to destroy the mines.
1171
00:55:10,330 --> 00:55:14,200
They radioed back
to slow down, but we just--
we steamed right out of there.
1172
00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:15,070
[Greenwald] "Steamed."
Now, Mr. Maryk--
1173
00:55:15,070 --> 00:55:16,720
The court wishes to
question the witness.
1174
00:55:18,340 --> 00:55:21,640
Lieutenant, you say
the gear was in working order.
Did you check it personally?
1175
00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:24,100
Yes, sir, along with
the chief electronic tech
and the sonar men.
1176
00:55:24,100 --> 00:55:26,410
It was fine.
There was absolutely
nothing wrong with the gear.
1177
00:55:26,410 --> 00:55:29,410
And after you steamed away,
was there any danger
due to shock waves
1178
00:55:29,410 --> 00:55:30,640
from the underwater
detonations?
1179
00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:32,200
No.
No, there was not.
1180
00:55:32,380 --> 00:55:35,980
MCMs are designed to
withstand that kind of thing.
We do this all the time.
1181
00:55:35,980 --> 00:55:39,280
Now, you say these boats
signaled to you
to slow down.
1182
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:41,785
Yes, sir.
Was the signal reported
to your captain?
1183
00:55:41,885 --> 00:55:43,300
I reported it to him myself.
1184
00:55:43,540 --> 00:55:45,550
Was he aware that
he was steaming away
1185
00:55:45,550 --> 00:55:47,830
from his assigned spot
in the sweep formation?
1186
00:55:47,830 --> 00:55:50,650
It was obvious to
everyone on the bridge.
I pointed it out.
1187
00:55:50,650 --> 00:55:52,240
I said we were breaking
the sweep pattern,
1188
00:55:52,240 --> 00:55:54,580
that the other vessels
would not know
where we'd found the mines.
1189
00:55:54,580 --> 00:55:58,810
And that is when he said,
"We'll drop a yellow dye marker
over the side then."
1190
00:55:59,950 --> 00:56:01,060
You may continue.
1191
00:56:01,210 --> 00:56:04,900
Mr. Maryk, why didn't
you go immediately
to a higher authority
1192
00:56:04,900 --> 00:56:07,500
with your doubts
about Captain Queeg's
mental health?
1193
00:56:07,500 --> 00:56:10,150
I felt if I had a record,
I'd be on stronger ground.
1194
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:11,980
That's when I decided
to keep the medical log.
1195
00:56:12,250 --> 00:56:16,090
If I was wrong,
I'd just burn it.
I kept it under lock and key.
1196
00:56:16,090 --> 00:56:17,740
And what,
in your opinion,
1197
00:56:17,740 --> 00:56:20,620
made an incident worthy
of keeping a record
in the medical log?
1198
00:56:20,620 --> 00:56:22,390
Any act that seemed
abnormal or strange.
1199
00:56:22,390 --> 00:56:24,880
Like what?
Like the coffee machine.
1200
00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:26,350
The coffee machine
business?
Yes.
1201
00:56:26,350 --> 00:56:28,240
Well, please describe
the coffee machine thing.
1202
00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:30,040
We had a new coffee machine
in the wardroom.
1203
00:56:30,040 --> 00:56:34,040
And, uh, Captain
really liked his coffee.
But you had to be careful.
1204
00:56:34,040 --> 00:56:36,320
You couldn't leave it
plugged in too long
or the thing would burn out.
1205
00:56:36,500 --> 00:56:37,580
That's exactly what happened.
1206
00:56:37,580 --> 00:56:40,700
One of the guys assigned
to the wardroom mess duty
forgot to unplug it
1207
00:56:40,700 --> 00:56:42,860
and the thing was--
it was just fried.
1208
00:56:42,860 --> 00:56:44,870
And none of them would admit
which one had done it.
1209
00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:49,510
So the captain ordered
all the officers of the ship
to sit as a trial of inquiry
1210
00:56:49,510 --> 00:56:51,370
to find out who'd burned out
the coffee machine.
1211
00:56:51,370 --> 00:56:54,520
Which-- Look, in itself,
it's a silly thing.
1212
00:56:54,790 --> 00:56:58,090
But this went on
for 36 hours.
1213
00:56:58,090 --> 00:56:58,960
[Greenwald whistles]
1214
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:00,910
[Maryk]
All ship's work suspended.
1215
00:57:00,910 --> 00:57:03,610
And there we are, all of us,
we're in the wardroom.
1216
00:57:03,910 --> 00:57:05,560
We're dying for sleep,
we need showers,
1217
00:57:05,560 --> 00:57:08,710
and we're trying to figure out
which one of these poor bastards
burned out the coffee machine.
1218
00:57:08,710 --> 00:57:11,860
And they're so scared,
they think whoever did it
is gonna get shot.
1219
00:57:11,860 --> 00:57:13,750
They'd have sooner died
before they told us.
1220
00:57:13,750 --> 00:57:16,360
And so, finally,
I go to the captain
1221
00:57:16,360 --> 00:57:19,720
and I say all the officers
will admit that they're
incompetent investigators
1222
00:57:19,720 --> 00:57:21,760
and take the hit
on their fitness reports,
1223
00:57:21,760 --> 00:57:25,570
but we can't find out
who left the coffee machine
plugged in for too long.
1224
00:57:26,180 --> 00:57:29,100
And so he makes a mark
in his black book
and he calls off the inquiry.
1225
00:57:29,100 --> 00:57:32,180
It's things like that.
Or the water business.
1226
00:57:32,180 --> 00:57:33,410
The water business. Yes.
1227
00:57:33,410 --> 00:57:35,030
Please describe
that water business.
1228
00:57:35,870 --> 00:57:38,870
Look, it's all in the log.
I know, but please describe
the water business.
1229
00:57:40,070 --> 00:57:42,770
The captain
restricted water use
from the entire crew
1230
00:57:42,770 --> 00:57:44,810
for two days
in the middle
of a dust storm
1231
00:57:44,810 --> 00:57:47,510
because he caught
one of the deck gang
taking a shower.
1232
00:57:48,470 --> 00:57:51,460
Or it's plain crazy things.
Cheese business.
1233
00:57:51,460 --> 00:57:52,520
The cheese business.
The strawberry-- Yes.
1234
00:57:52,520 --> 00:57:56,000
Cheese business?
I don't recall
any cheese business.
1235
00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:59,000
This was on the first ship
the captain was assigned to,
sir, as an ensign.
1236
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:02,210
Cheese was going missing
from the ship's stores.
1237
00:58:02,210 --> 00:58:04,910
And the captain investigated
and he caught a sailor
1238
00:58:04,910 --> 00:58:08,270
who'd made a duplicate key
to the padlock
to the refrigerator.
1239
00:58:08,270 --> 00:58:10,460
Now, for catching
this cheese thief,
1240
00:58:10,460 --> 00:58:12,320
he was given a letter
of commendation.
1241
00:58:12,650 --> 00:58:15,710
This is during peacetime,
so naturally
he's pretty proud of the thing.
1242
00:58:15,710 --> 00:58:19,430
So when the strawberry stuff
started, he insisted
it was the same thing.
1243
00:58:19,430 --> 00:58:21,200
And all we had to do
was find the guy
1244
00:58:21,200 --> 00:58:23,690
who had made a duplicate key
to the wardroom fridge.
1245
00:58:23,690 --> 00:58:25,940
But of course
that's ridiculous.
1246
00:58:25,940 --> 00:58:28,640
It was one of the guys assigned
to the wardroom mess again.
1247
00:58:29,210 --> 00:58:31,760
We all knew that they'd eaten
this quart of strawberries.
1248
00:58:32,030 --> 00:58:33,590
It was left over
from the wardroom mess.
1249
00:58:33,590 --> 00:58:35,120
They were entitled to it.
That was the custom.
1250
00:58:35,120 --> 00:58:37,940
But when the captain
started to freak out
about those strawberries,
1251
00:58:37,940 --> 00:58:39,650
they froze up,
said they didn't
know who'd eaten them.
1252
00:58:39,650 --> 00:58:41,990
And the captain's
so hot on his theory
he believes them.
1253
00:58:41,990 --> 00:58:44,420
So he ordered the search
for the key.
Yes, sir.
1254
00:58:44,570 --> 00:58:49,110
We have never seen Captain Queeg
so happy before or since.
1255
00:58:49,230 --> 00:58:52,020
He's living the cheese business
all over again.
1256
00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:54,750
He organized the search himself.
1257
00:58:54,750 --> 00:58:57,480
We collected every key
on that ship.
1258
00:58:57,480 --> 00:59:01,290
We had just boxes--
barrels of keys.
1259
00:59:01,290 --> 00:59:03,660
That's about 2,800 of them
all told,
1260
00:59:03,660 --> 00:59:05,700
each tagged
with the owner's name.
1261
00:59:05,700 --> 00:59:09,060
And just to be safe,
we searched that ship
from stem to stern,
1262
00:59:09,060 --> 00:59:11,250
from the radar mast
to the bilge.
1263
00:59:11,520 --> 00:59:13,200
We stripped the crew naked.
1264
00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:15,030
[Greenwald]
Naked?
Yes, sir. Naked.
1265
00:59:15,030 --> 00:59:17,610
Each one of them lined up,
stark naked,
1266
00:59:17,610 --> 00:59:19,230
and we shook out their clothes.
1267
00:59:19,230 --> 00:59:22,710
We searched their lockers.
We searched every hole,
every place on that ship.
1268
00:59:22,710 --> 00:59:25,500
We crawled under the bilge
and pulled out
the lead ballast blocks
1269
00:59:25,500 --> 00:59:27,240
that are 200 pounds apiece.
1270
00:59:27,240 --> 00:59:30,630
This went on for three days.
1271
00:59:30,630 --> 00:59:32,250
[Greenwald]
Three days?
[Maryk] Yes, sir.
1272
00:59:32,250 --> 00:59:35,940
All in the name of a key
that never existed.
1273
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:41,160
So, when I saw the captain
sitting by the fridge,
1274
00:59:41,160 --> 00:59:43,350
pulling keys one by one
from a barrel
1275
00:59:43,350 --> 00:59:47,820
and trying them in a padlock
for hours on end
with a gleam in his eye,
1276
00:59:47,820 --> 00:59:48,660
I gave up.
1277
00:59:49,660 --> 00:59:53,230
And that is when
I showed the medical log
to Lieutenant Keefer.
1278
00:59:54,409 --> 00:59:56,160
Mr. Maryk,
1279
00:59:56,160 --> 00:59:58,890
when Lieutenant Keefer
finished reading
your medical log,
1280
00:59:58,890 --> 01:00:00,210
what was
his first comment?
1281
01:00:02,616 --> 01:00:03,640
Sir, I don't remember.
1282
01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:06,080
Did he encourage you
to go to Admiral Williams?
1283
01:00:06,080 --> 01:00:07,790
No, sir,
I did that on my own.
1284
01:00:08,030 --> 01:00:09,890
But he went with you
to the flagship.
1285
01:00:10,190 --> 01:00:13,400
Yes, sir.
So, at first,
he didn't discourage you?
1286
01:00:15,500 --> 01:00:18,380
Once we were
aboard the flagship,
he discouraged me
1287
01:00:18,380 --> 01:00:20,600
and said we shouldn't
go through it and we didn't.
1288
01:00:20,600 --> 01:00:23,720
Would you say his testimony
on the subject was
substantially correct?
1289
01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:25,370
Yes, sir.
This was all my doing, sir.
1290
01:00:26,320 --> 01:00:27,460
Continue your examination.
1291
01:00:27,460 --> 01:00:29,530
Mr. Maryk,
when the cyclone was over,
1292
01:00:29,840 --> 01:00:32,980
did Commander Queeg
make an attempt
to regain command?
1293
01:00:32,980 --> 01:00:33,970
Yes.
1294
01:00:34,150 --> 01:00:36,880
On the morning of the 19th,
after the storm had blown out.
1295
01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:37,900
What happened?
1296
01:00:39,740 --> 01:00:42,080
Well, I was in the chart house
writing up a dispatch.
1297
01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:45,080
And?
I was reporting the relief
to Admiral Williams.
1298
01:00:45,080 --> 01:00:45,860
And?
1299
01:00:47,510 --> 01:00:50,240
Captain Queeg came and asked
if I would go to his cabin
and speak to him
1300
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:52,100
before I sent the dispatch.
1301
01:00:52,100 --> 01:00:55,010
So I went below
and we talked.
1302
01:00:55,370 --> 01:00:56,360
And what happened?
1303
01:00:58,590 --> 01:01:01,350
It was the same as before,
uh, at first.
1304
01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:04,030
He said I'd be
court-martialed for mutiny.
1305
01:01:04,030 --> 01:01:08,050
And then he went
on this long thing about
how much he loved the Navy,
1306
01:01:08,050 --> 01:01:09,610
that he has no other interests,
1307
01:01:09,610 --> 01:01:12,790
and even if
he was cleared of this
that his record would be ruined.
1308
01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:15,510
And I told him
I felt sorry for him.
1309
01:01:16,090 --> 01:01:17,650
And I-- I really did.
1310
01:01:20,160 --> 01:01:21,990
And that's when
he came out with
his proposal.
1311
01:01:22,840 --> 01:01:23,680
Which?
1312
01:01:26,110 --> 01:01:28,070
He said he wouldn't
write me up and report me,
1313
01:01:28,070 --> 01:01:30,080
that he would resume
command of the ship
1314
01:01:30,080 --> 01:01:32,450
and that the whole thing would
be written off and forgotten.
1315
01:01:33,350 --> 01:01:35,450
And what was your reply
to his proposal?
1316
01:01:36,430 --> 01:01:37,360
I was amazed.
1317
01:01:37,690 --> 01:01:40,990
I said, Captain,
the whole ship knows about it.
[Greenwald] Yes.
1318
01:01:40,990 --> 01:01:42,700
It's written up
in the quartermaster's log.
1319
01:01:42,700 --> 01:01:44,690
It's written up
in the officer
of the deck's log.
1320
01:01:44,690 --> 01:01:45,190
And, uh--
And he hemmed and hawed.
1321
01:01:45,190 --> 01:01:45,820
[Greenwald]
And?
1322
01:01:51,050 --> 01:01:52,280
What happened next?
1323
01:01:53,560 --> 01:01:55,210
Finally, he said
it wouldn't be
the first time
1324
01:01:55,210 --> 01:01:57,740
that a rough log
had been corrected
and fixed up after the fact.
1325
01:01:57,740 --> 01:02:00,980
Did you remind him
that the alteration of logs
is strictly forbidden?
1326
01:02:00,980 --> 01:02:03,370
Yes, I did.
And he kind of laughed.
1327
01:02:03,700 --> 01:02:06,070
He said it was either that
or a court-martial
for mutiny for me
1328
01:02:06,070 --> 01:02:08,710
and a black mark
on his record which he felt
he did not deserve.
1329
01:02:08,710 --> 01:02:09,670
And what followed?
1330
01:02:09,670 --> 01:02:11,230
He begged and he pleaded.
1331
01:02:11,830 --> 01:02:17,310
And, uh, at one point he cried
and eventually got very angry
1332
01:02:17,310 --> 01:02:18,510
and he ordered me out
of his cabin.
1333
01:02:18,660 --> 01:02:20,280
That is when
I sent the dispatch.
1334
01:02:20,490 --> 01:02:25,230
Then you had the opportunity,
less than 24 hours later,
1335
01:02:25,230 --> 01:02:28,680
to expunge this whole event
from the official records
1336
01:02:28,860 --> 01:02:31,890
with your captain's
knowledge and approval.
1337
01:02:31,890 --> 01:02:32,850
Yes, sir.
1338
01:02:33,270 --> 01:02:36,570
Mr. Maryk,
were you panicky at all
during the storm?
1339
01:02:36,570 --> 01:02:37,920
No, I was not.
1340
01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:42,030
Lieutenant, you are charged
with relieving
your captain willfully,
1341
01:02:42,300 --> 01:02:46,530
without authority
and without justifiable cause.
1342
01:02:47,250 --> 01:02:49,440
Did you relieve
Commander Queeg willfully?
1343
01:02:49,590 --> 01:02:51,960
Yes.
I knew what I was doing.
1344
01:02:52,320 --> 01:02:54,690
Did you relieve him
without authority?
1345
01:02:54,690 --> 01:02:57,600
No, my authority is Chapter 11
of Navy Regulations.
1346
01:02:57,600 --> 01:03:00,540
Did you relieve
without justifiable cause?
No.
1347
01:03:00,810 --> 01:03:03,390
My justifiable cause was
the captain's mental breakdown
1348
01:03:03,390 --> 01:03:05,280
at a time when the ship
was in danger.
1349
01:03:05,400 --> 01:03:07,950
Thank you.
No further questions.
1350
01:03:10,040 --> 01:03:13,580
Mr. Maryk,
this amazing interview
1351
01:03:13,580 --> 01:03:17,570
in which the captain offered
to falsify official records,
1352
01:03:17,570 --> 01:03:19,280
were there
any witnesses to it?
1353
01:03:20,940 --> 01:03:22,490
We were alone in his cabin. No.
1354
01:03:22,490 --> 01:03:25,850
This incident with the mines.
Did anyone else
see these records?
1355
01:03:25,850 --> 01:03:28,310
Which, according to you,
indicated that the Caine
1356
01:03:28,310 --> 01:03:30,330
had departed
her assigned sweep formation?
1357
01:03:30,330 --> 01:03:32,810
Was there anything
in the records
of the ship's movements
1358
01:03:32,810 --> 01:03:35,030
that would verify
that departure?
1359
01:03:35,180 --> 01:03:37,120
Well, about an hour
after it happened,
1360
01:03:37,120 --> 01:03:39,800
the captain asked
to see the chart,
he took it to his cabin,
1361
01:03:39,800 --> 01:03:42,730
and when I got the log back,
there was no mention
of the incident.
1362
01:03:42,730 --> 01:03:45,680
Right. Then you have
no corroboration
of this story.
1363
01:03:46,360 --> 01:03:47,350
No.
[clears throat]
1364
01:03:48,580 --> 01:03:51,550
Mr. Maryk, who coined
the nickname Old Yellowstain?
1365
01:03:52,900 --> 01:03:55,060
That just sprung
into existence.
1366
01:03:55,060 --> 01:03:57,250
Throughout the ship
or just among
the officers?
1367
01:03:57,700 --> 01:03:59,110
Just among the officers.
1368
01:03:59,260 --> 01:04:00,940
You sure you didn't
coin it yourself?
1369
01:04:01,850 --> 01:04:02,570
I didn't.
1370
01:04:04,430 --> 01:04:07,820
What kind of rating
would you give yourself
for loyalty to your captain?
1371
01:04:08,543 --> 01:04:10,430
I'd say
I was a loyal officer.
1372
01:04:11,960 --> 01:04:15,410
Did you issue
a 72-hour liberty
1373
01:04:15,410 --> 01:04:18,530
to Petty Officer Stilwell
in December
1374
01:04:18,530 --> 01:04:21,500
against your captain's
express instructions?
1375
01:04:21,500 --> 01:04:23,780
Yes.
You call that
a loyal act?
1376
01:04:23,780 --> 01:04:24,360
No.
1377
01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:27,500
Then you admit to
a disloyal act
1378
01:04:27,500 --> 01:04:29,930
in your first days
as executive officer.
1379
01:04:30,110 --> 01:04:30,980
Yes.
1380
01:04:31,070 --> 01:04:34,520
Mr. Maryk, where did you
get your schooling?
1381
01:04:35,390 --> 01:04:37,340
Public schools,
San Francisco. Okay.
1382
01:04:37,340 --> 01:04:38,900
And San Francisco
State University.
1383
01:04:38,900 --> 01:04:40,820
And how were your grades
in elementary school?
1384
01:04:40,820 --> 01:04:41,877
[scoffs]
They were okay.
1385
01:04:41,877 --> 01:04:43,379
Average? Above average?
Below average?
1386
01:04:43,379 --> 01:04:44,220
Average.
1387
01:04:47,580 --> 01:04:49,560
How about your
high school grades?
1388
01:04:50,130 --> 01:04:53,520
Well, I didn't do
so good there.
Uh, below average.
1389
01:04:54,720 --> 01:04:56,730
What kind of courses
did you take in college?
1390
01:04:57,120 --> 01:04:57,750
Business courses.
1391
01:04:57,750 --> 01:05:00,060
Any pre-medical courses?
No.
1392
01:05:00,060 --> 01:05:03,120
Any psychology?
Any psychiatry courses?
No.
1393
01:05:03,120 --> 01:05:05,411
How were your grades
in college?
They--
1394
01:05:05,511 --> 01:05:08,070
I got by.
Below average?
1395
01:05:09,070 --> 01:05:10,120
[Maryk]
Yes.
1396
01:05:11,270 --> 01:05:14,480
[Challee] Where did you
get these ideas
about paranoia?
1397
01:05:15,120 --> 01:05:18,515
Prob-- Well, books.
And, uh... [clears throat]
...a lot of research online.
1398
01:05:18,615 --> 01:05:20,720
Books? What books?
Name the titles.
Which websites?
1399
01:05:20,720 --> 01:05:23,570
They're medical type books
about mental illness,
1400
01:05:23,570 --> 01:05:26,300
and I-I don't remember
the exact names of the sites.
1401
01:05:26,300 --> 01:05:29,510
Oh. Was this
your intellectual hobby,
reading about psychiatry?
1402
01:05:29,510 --> 01:05:31,790
No.
Well, then where did
you get these books?
1403
01:05:31,790 --> 01:05:35,180
Fr-- I borrowed them
from, uh, ships' doctors
here and there.
1404
01:05:35,180 --> 01:05:39,080
[chuckles]
And with your background,
your scholastic record,
1405
01:05:39,080 --> 01:05:42,940
you imagine that you understood
these highly technical
and scientific works?
1406
01:05:43,039 --> 01:05:44,240
I got something out of them.
1407
01:05:44,960 --> 01:05:46,730
What is
a conditioned reflex?
1408
01:05:47,440 --> 01:05:48,490
I don't know.
1409
01:05:48,490 --> 01:05:50,350
What is schizophrenia?
1410
01:05:51,227 --> 01:05:52,870
Uh, I think it's--
it's a mental illness.
1411
01:05:52,870 --> 01:05:54,100
You think so?
Yes.
1412
01:05:54,100 --> 01:05:57,010
What are its symptoms?
I don't know.
1413
01:05:57,010 --> 01:06:00,550
In fact, you don't know
what you're talking about
when you discuss mental illness.
1414
01:06:00,550 --> 01:06:03,070
Is that right?
Well, you know, I never said
I knew much about it.
1415
01:06:03,820 --> 01:06:04,780
[chuckles]
1416
01:06:04,780 --> 01:06:06,310
Have you ever heard
the expression
1417
01:06:06,310 --> 01:06:08,560
that a little learning
is a dangerous thing?
1418
01:06:08,710 --> 01:06:09,640
Yes.
1419
01:06:09,790 --> 01:06:12,460
You had a head full of terms
you didn't understand,
1420
01:06:12,460 --> 01:06:15,130
and on that basis
felt you had the right
1421
01:06:15,130 --> 01:06:17,590
to depose
a commanding officer
1422
01:06:17,590 --> 01:06:19,450
on the grounds
of mental illness.
1423
01:06:19,450 --> 01:06:22,450
Is that right?
I didn't relieve Captain Queeg
because what the book said.
1424
01:06:22,450 --> 01:06:26,020
I relieved him because the ship
was in danger of sinking.
No, never mind the ship.
1425
01:06:26,470 --> 01:06:29,560
We are discussing
your grasp of psychiatry.
Mm-hmm.
1426
01:06:29,560 --> 01:06:34,290
Did you hear the diagnosis
of the qualified psychiatrist
who examined your captain?
1427
01:06:34,290 --> 01:06:36,160
Yes.
And what was
their diagnosis?
1428
01:06:36,160 --> 01:06:39,280
Was he crazy or wasn't he
on December 18th?
1429
01:06:39,280 --> 01:06:40,510
They say he wasn't.
1430
01:06:40,510 --> 01:06:43,780
But you,
with your whining gripes
of strawberries
1431
01:06:43,780 --> 01:06:45,670
and coffee makers,
know better.
1432
01:06:45,970 --> 01:06:49,000
Mr. Maryk, who was
the third ranking officer
on your ship?
1433
01:06:49,990 --> 01:06:51,340
Lieutenant Keefer.
1434
01:06:51,430 --> 01:06:53,620
Was he
a good officer?
Yes.
1435
01:06:53,620 --> 01:06:56,050
Do you consider his mind
as good as yours?
1436
01:06:56,380 --> 01:06:58,750
Yes. Uh, better. Better.
1437
01:06:59,080 --> 01:07:02,200
Did you show
your medical log to him?
Yes.
1438
01:07:02,200 --> 01:07:05,420
Was he convinced by it
that the captain
was mentally ill?
1439
01:07:06,640 --> 01:07:07,360
No.
1440
01:07:07,360 --> 01:07:10,820
He talked to you
out of trying to have
the captain relieved.
1441
01:07:10,820 --> 01:07:11,560
Yes.
1442
01:07:11,560 --> 01:07:13,450
And yet two weeks later,
1443
01:07:14,040 --> 01:07:17,120
despite the whole weight
of naval discipline,
1444
01:07:17,120 --> 01:07:20,520
despite the arguments
of the next officer
in rank to you,
1445
01:07:20,520 --> 01:07:22,410
a superior intellect,
1446
01:07:22,410 --> 01:07:24,060
despite all this,
1447
01:07:24,180 --> 01:07:27,450
you went ahead
and seized command
of your ship?
1448
01:07:29,180 --> 01:07:31,070
I relieved Captain Queeg
1449
01:07:31,070 --> 01:07:32,930
because he definitely
seemed sick
1450
01:07:32,930 --> 01:07:34,700
on the morning
of the cyclone.
1451
01:07:35,590 --> 01:07:38,230
You still believe
that your diagnosis
of Captain Queeg
1452
01:07:38,230 --> 01:07:40,240
is superior
to the doctors'?
1453
01:07:40,645 --> 01:07:43,510
J-- O-Only about Queeg
on the morning
of the cyclone.
1454
01:07:46,170 --> 01:07:47,460
No more questions.
1455
01:07:50,230 --> 01:07:51,700
No re-examination.
1456
01:07:53,230 --> 01:07:54,520
You may step down, Lieutenant.
1457
01:08:02,770 --> 01:08:04,870
Call
Lieutenant Commander Queeg.
1458
01:08:14,890 --> 01:08:18,399
Commander, you are reminded
that you are still under oath.
1459
01:08:18,399 --> 01:08:20,260
Yes, sir.
Be seated.
1460
01:08:23,960 --> 01:08:25,990
Commander, on the morning
of the 19th December,
1461
01:08:25,990 --> 01:08:28,840
did you have an interview
in your room
with Lieutenant Maryk?
1462
01:08:29,410 --> 01:08:30,250
Well, let's see.
1463
01:08:30,250 --> 01:08:32,850
The 19th,
the day after the storm.
1464
01:08:32,850 --> 01:08:34,359
Yes. Yes, I did.
1465
01:08:34,479 --> 01:08:36,790
Was the interview
at your request?
Yes.
1466
01:08:37,060 --> 01:08:38,680
What was the substance
of the interview?
1467
01:08:38,979 --> 01:08:41,080
Well, as I say,
I felt sorry for him.
1468
01:08:41,210 --> 01:08:43,899
Hated to see him
ruining his life
1469
01:08:43,899 --> 01:08:45,760
over one panicky mistake,
1470
01:08:46,300 --> 01:08:49,930
particularly knowing
that it was his ambition
to make the Navy a career.
1471
01:08:50,680 --> 01:08:53,620
I tried as hard as I could
to show him
what a mistake he had made,
1472
01:08:53,620 --> 01:08:56,020
suggested
he relinquish command
back to me
1473
01:08:56,020 --> 01:08:58,630
and offered to be
as lenient as possible
1474
01:08:58,630 --> 01:09:00,340
when reporting
what had happened.
1475
01:09:00,439 --> 01:09:03,310
You never offered
not to report the incident?
How could I?
1476
01:09:03,310 --> 01:09:05,740
It had already been
recorded in the logs. Yes.
1477
01:09:06,880 --> 01:09:09,210
Those logs,
were they handwritten,
typed, or what?
1478
01:09:09,640 --> 01:09:10,565
It wouldn't have
made a difference.
1479
01:09:10,665 --> 01:09:13,560
Were they handwritten,
Commander?
Well, probably.
1480
01:09:13,950 --> 01:09:15,933
Quartermasters log, OOD.
1481
01:09:16,290 --> 01:09:17,880
Rough logs
are usually handwritten.
1482
01:09:17,880 --> 01:09:22,020
I can't imagine
that the yeoman had time
to type out smooth logs,
1483
01:09:22,020 --> 01:09:23,370
given all the excitement.
1484
01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:26,069
Did you offer
to alter the logs
and not report the incident?
1485
01:09:26,069 --> 01:09:28,490
No, I did not.
Alterations are not permitted.
1486
01:09:28,490 --> 01:09:30,359
Lieutenant Maryk
testified under oath, Commander,
1487
01:09:30,359 --> 01:09:31,859
that you made
such an offer.
1488
01:09:32,630 --> 01:09:36,439
Not only that, but you
begged and pleaded with him
to alter the logs,
1489
01:09:36,439 --> 01:09:39,740
in return for which
you promised to hush up
the story completely
1490
01:09:39,740 --> 01:09:41,300
and make no report.
1491
01:09:41,810 --> 01:09:43,240
Well, that's just
not the truth.
1492
01:09:43,240 --> 01:09:44,660
There isn't any truth
in it at all?
1493
01:09:44,660 --> 01:09:48,850
It's a complete distortion
of what I've said.
My version is the exact truth.
1494
01:09:48,850 --> 01:09:51,710
You deny the proposal
to alter the logs
and hush up the story.
1495
01:09:51,710 --> 01:09:52,940
Yes. I deny it completely.
1496
01:09:53,040 --> 01:09:56,540
Th-That's the part
that he's made up,
the crying and the pleading.
1497
01:09:56,860 --> 01:09:57,830
It's fantastic.
1498
01:09:57,830 --> 01:09:59,459
You're accusing Mr. Maryk
of perjury.
1499
01:09:59,558 --> 01:10:00,980
I-I'm not accusing him--
1500
01:10:01,073 --> 01:10:02,450
[laughs]
1501
01:10:02,450 --> 01:10:04,670
He's accused of enough
as it stands.
1502
01:10:05,030 --> 01:10:07,775
I'm just saying you'll hear
a lot of strange things
about me from Maryk.
1503
01:10:07,875 --> 01:10:09,260
Th-That's all I'm saying.
1504
01:10:09,260 --> 01:10:13,580
Isn't it obvious, Commander,
that one of you is not telling
the truth about this meeting?
1505
01:10:13,580 --> 01:10:16,640
Well, it appears so.
Can you prove that
it isn't you?
1506
01:10:16,640 --> 01:10:20,030
Only by citing
a clean record of 21 years
as a naval officer
1507
01:10:20,150 --> 01:10:23,810
over the word of
a man standing trial
for a mutinous act.
1508
01:10:25,680 --> 01:10:29,700
Commander, did you ever
receive $1,000 from
Lieutenant Junior Grade Keith?
1509
01:10:30,543 --> 01:10:32,490
Uh, I don't recall offhand.
1510
01:10:32,490 --> 01:10:35,280
He testified you did.
I did?
On what occasion?
1511
01:10:35,280 --> 01:10:38,430
On the occasion of the loss
of a crate of yours
in the Port of Oman.
1512
01:10:38,430 --> 01:10:40,680
Oh, y-yes. Okay.
[chuckling] I remember that.
1513
01:10:41,160 --> 01:10:43,830
That's over a year ago,
December thereabouts.
1514
01:10:43,830 --> 01:10:45,900
He was responsible
for the loss.
1515
01:10:46,590 --> 01:10:50,400
Well, insisted
on paying for it,
a-a-and so he did.
1516
01:10:50,400 --> 01:10:52,890
And what was in this crate
that cost $1,000?
1517
01:10:53,220 --> 01:10:56,040
Well, uniforms, books,
1518
01:10:56,290 --> 01:10:58,680
n-navigating instruments,
the usual things.
1519
01:10:59,170 --> 01:11:00,630
How was Keith responsible?
1520
01:11:00,795 --> 01:11:03,060
Well, he was the boat officer.
He was responsible for loading.
1521
01:11:03,060 --> 01:11:06,600
He issued foolish,
contradictory orders
that rattled the men.
1522
01:11:06,600 --> 01:11:08,490
They dropped the crate
into the water and it sank.
1523
01:11:08,490 --> 01:11:11,310
A wooden crate,
full of clothes, sank.
1524
01:11:12,030 --> 01:11:13,650
It had other things in it.
1525
01:11:13,980 --> 01:11:16,230
Souvenir coral rocks,
for example.
[chuckles]
1526
01:11:16,500 --> 01:11:20,190
Commander, wasn't the--
the crate entirely full
of bottles of booze?
1527
01:11:20,190 --> 01:11:21,180
Certainly not.
1528
01:11:22,180 --> 01:11:26,700
Lieutenant Keith testified
that he paid you $1,000
for a crate full of liquor.
1529
01:11:26,700 --> 01:11:30,319
Well, you'll hear a lot of
strange distortions from Keith.
A-And from Maryk.
1530
01:11:30,319 --> 01:11:33,820
They're the two culprits here.
They're apt to make all kinds
of strange statements.
1531
01:11:33,820 --> 01:11:35,200
You make this crate
yourself?
1532
01:11:35,290 --> 01:11:37,570
No, a man
from the engine room did.
What's his name?
1533
01:11:38,110 --> 01:11:40,180
I don't recall. It'll be
in the personnel records.
1534
01:11:40,420 --> 01:11:43,030
He's been gone from the ship
for quite some time.
Okay, where is he now?
1535
01:11:43,771 --> 01:11:45,550
Uh, I-I don't know.
1536
01:11:45,550 --> 01:11:48,820
Because you don't know
what his name is?
No.
1537
01:11:48,820 --> 01:11:53,110
Was it Engineman Second Class
Otis F. Langhorn, sir?
1538
01:11:53,939 --> 01:11:56,191
L... Langhorn?
1539
01:11:56,350 --> 01:11:57,160
Yes.
1540
01:11:58,240 --> 01:11:59,800
Langhorn, yeah.
1541
01:11:59,800 --> 01:12:01,930
Well, th-that
sounds about right.
1542
01:12:02,080 --> 01:12:07,060
There's an Otis F. Langhorn,
engineman first class,
in transit right now.
1543
01:12:07,060 --> 01:12:09,370
Defense has arranged to
subpoena him if necessary.
1544
01:12:09,470 --> 01:12:10,900
Are you sure
it's the same one?
1545
01:12:10,900 --> 01:12:14,830
Well, it says 20 months
aboard the Caine.
It's got your signature upon it.
1546
01:12:14,830 --> 01:12:16,870
Would it be useful
to have him called, sir?
1547
01:12:16,870 --> 01:12:19,510
Objection
to this entire irrelevancy
about the crate
1548
01:12:19,510 --> 01:12:21,220
and request it be stricken
from the record.
1549
01:12:21,220 --> 01:12:23,700
The witness's credibility
is being established.
1550
01:12:23,700 --> 01:12:27,250
I put it to the court, sir,
that nothing could be
more relevant to this trial.
1551
01:12:28,720 --> 01:12:29,590
Overruled.
1552
01:12:29,890 --> 01:12:32,080
Court stenographer
will repeat the question.
1553
01:12:32,440 --> 01:12:34,720
[stenographer]
"Would it be useful to
have him subpoenaed, sir?"
1554
01:12:35,990 --> 01:12:39,250
Well, the real question is,
which crate
did Langhorn nail up?
1555
01:12:39,360 --> 01:12:41,770
I-I now recall
having two crates.
1556
01:12:41,770 --> 01:12:45,010
Oh, well,
this is new information
not mentioned by Keith.
1557
01:12:45,340 --> 01:12:47,830
Did Langhorn nail up
both crates, sir?
1558
01:12:47,830 --> 01:12:51,700
I-I can't-- I can't recall
if I had two crates
on th-that occasion
1559
01:12:51,700 --> 01:12:54,070
or two crates
on two separate occasions.
1560
01:12:54,430 --> 01:12:57,529
It's been a long time
and I've had a strenuous year
of command from ports of storm.
1561
01:12:57,628 --> 01:13:00,460
I-- I just--
I can't be clear.
1562
01:13:01,000 --> 01:13:04,390
Commander,
there are a number of issues
in this trial
1563
01:13:04,390 --> 01:13:06,160
which turn on
the issue of credibility
1564
01:13:06,160 --> 01:13:08,350
between yourself
and other officers.
1565
01:13:08,350 --> 01:13:11,440
If you wish,
I can request a quick
little five-minute recess
1566
01:13:11,440 --> 01:13:14,440
while you clear your mind
as best you can about
the matter of this crate.
1567
01:13:14,440 --> 01:13:17,430
No, no, that won't be necessary.
Just give me some time to think.
1568
01:13:17,430 --> 01:13:18,700
Please.
Please.
1569
01:13:22,112 --> 01:13:23,613
Uh...
1570
01:13:24,940 --> 01:13:25,510
Um...
1571
01:13:27,470 --> 01:13:27,830
Uh...
1572
01:13:30,060 --> 01:13:33,540
Ah, o-okay.
I-I've got it straight now.
1573
01:13:33,540 --> 01:13:35,470
Mm-hmm.
I misspoke.
1574
01:13:35,470 --> 01:13:40,230
Uh, San Diego, 2014,
I lost a crate
in similar circumstances.
1575
01:13:40,230 --> 01:13:41,970
That was the crate
with the clothes in it
1576
01:13:41,970 --> 01:13:45,440
and the crate that Keith lost
did contain liquor.
1577
01:13:45,440 --> 01:13:49,110
Entirely full of liquor.
Well, I suppose so.
1578
01:13:49,230 --> 01:13:51,150
You transported this
on your ship.
1579
01:13:51,360 --> 01:13:53,430
You are aware of
Navy Regulations, sir.
1580
01:13:53,550 --> 01:13:55,065
Of course I'm aware
of regulations.
1581
01:13:55,165 --> 01:13:57,580
Th-The crate was sealed
before I got under way.
1582
01:13:57,580 --> 01:13:59,790
I gave it
the same locked stowage
that I did
1583
01:13:59,790 --> 01:14:02,310
the medicinal brandy,
three years' steady duty.
1584
01:14:02,410 --> 01:14:06,960
I gave myself this leeway
as the captain of the Caine,
which was a common practice.
1585
01:14:07,170 --> 01:14:11,400
I do believe that rank
has its privileges,
as they say, and, well, uh--
1586
01:14:12,075 --> 01:14:14,130
I-I didn't mean to
conceal it from the court.
1587
01:14:14,700 --> 01:14:16,080
It's not something
I'm ashamed of.
1588
01:14:16,080 --> 01:14:19,310
I just got the two crates
mixed up in my mind.
1589
01:14:19,310 --> 01:14:20,940
Lieutenant Maryk
also testified, sir,
1590
01:14:20,940 --> 01:14:22,470
that you gave
all the orders
to the boat crew
1591
01:14:22,470 --> 01:14:24,780
which resulted
in the loss of the crate.
1592
01:14:24,870 --> 01:14:25,910
[chuckles]
Well, that's a lie.
1593
01:14:25,910 --> 01:14:29,688
And that you refused
to sign his leave papers
until he paid you for that loss.
1594
01:14:29,787 --> 01:14:31,140
[Queeg]
And that is another lie.
1595
01:14:32,670 --> 01:14:35,790
Commander, during the period
when the Caine
was sweeping for mines
1596
01:14:35,790 --> 01:14:37,410
off the Straits of Hormuz,
1597
01:14:37,530 --> 01:14:39,720
did you steam over
and cut your own tow line?
1598
01:14:39,990 --> 01:14:41,010
[Challee]
Objection!
1599
01:14:41,190 --> 01:14:43,500
This tow line business
is the last straw.
1600
01:14:43,500 --> 01:14:45,960
The tactics
of the defense counsel
are an outrage
1601
01:14:45,960 --> 01:14:47,640
on the dignity
of these proceedings.
1602
01:14:47,640 --> 01:14:49,500
He is systematically
turning this trial
1603
01:14:49,500 --> 01:14:51,510
into a court-martial
of Commander Queeg.
1604
01:14:51,510 --> 01:14:52,530
[Greenwald]
Please the court,
1605
01:14:52,530 --> 01:14:55,230
the trial counsel believes
she has a prima facie case
1606
01:14:55,230 --> 01:14:57,630
based on the report
of two psychiatrists.
1607
01:14:57,630 --> 01:14:59,550
Now, I believe it is
up to the court
1608
01:14:59,550 --> 01:15:02,070
and not
two shore-bound doctors,
however brilliant,
1609
01:15:02,070 --> 01:15:05,520
to decide whether
the captain of the Caine
was mentally well enough
1610
01:15:05,520 --> 01:15:09,480
to retain his self-control
and his post during a cyclone.
1611
01:15:10,050 --> 01:15:11,490
The objection is overruled.
1612
01:15:11,820 --> 01:15:13,650
The witness
will answer the question.
1613
01:15:14,190 --> 01:15:17,520
Okay, well, here's the story
on that particular slander.
1614
01:15:18,860 --> 01:15:20,705
Stilwell
was a-a-at the helm,
1615
01:15:20,805 --> 01:15:22,370
a dreamy, unreliable man
1616
01:15:23,360 --> 01:15:26,690
who failed to warn me
that we were coming around
the full 360 degrees.
1617
01:15:26,690 --> 01:15:30,110
I was the one who recognized
what was happening,
reversed course immediately.
1618
01:15:30,110 --> 01:15:34,160
We did not go over the tow line.
I-It parted in the tight turn.
1619
01:15:34,160 --> 01:15:37,400
Weren't you reprimanding
a petty officer named Urban
at length
1620
01:15:37,400 --> 01:15:42,620
for having his shirttail out
while your ship was
turning 360 degrees, sir?
1621
01:15:42,620 --> 01:15:44,480
Who told you that?
Keith again?
Answer the question, please.
1622
01:15:44,480 --> 01:15:45,930
It's a malicious lie,
of course.
1623
01:15:45,930 --> 01:15:47,360
Was Urban on the bridge?
Yes.
1624
01:15:47,360 --> 01:15:50,690
Was his shirttail out?
Yes, and I reprimanded him.
Took all of two seconds.
1625
01:15:50,690 --> 01:15:52,820
It's not like I dwell
on these sort of things.
1626
01:15:52,940 --> 01:15:54,950
But now that you've brought
the shirttail thing up,
1627
01:15:54,950 --> 01:15:58,340
I'd like to point out
that Ensign Keith,
a department head,
1628
01:15:59,090 --> 01:16:01,950
was responsible
for enforcing
uniform regulations
1629
01:16:01,950 --> 01:16:03,820
and completely screwed
the whole job up.
1630
01:16:03,820 --> 01:16:06,770
When I took over the ship,
it was like some
third-world navy,
1631
01:16:06,980 --> 01:16:10,070
and I bored down on Keith
to look out for things
like shirttails.
1632
01:16:10,070 --> 01:16:13,400
And, well, maybe
that's one of the reasons
that he hates me so much
1633
01:16:13,400 --> 01:16:18,260
and insists on circulating
this nonsense about me
cutting the tow line.
1634
01:16:18,260 --> 01:16:20,960
Did you drop a yellow dye marker
off the Straits of Hormuz?
1635
01:16:21,320 --> 01:16:23,950
No, I, uh-- Maybe.
I-I don't recall.
1636
01:16:23,950 --> 01:16:25,640
Do you recall
what your first mission was?
1637
01:16:25,800 --> 01:16:29,860
Well, uh, to detect
and destroy mines
in the Straits of Hormuz.
1638
01:16:29,860 --> 01:16:31,810
And did you fulfill
that mission?
Yes.
1639
01:16:31,810 --> 01:16:34,550
So why did you drop
the dye marker?
I'm not saying that I did.
1640
01:16:34,790 --> 01:16:38,060
But if I had,
it would have been to mark
a mine that we had detected.
1641
01:16:38,060 --> 01:16:41,240
Commander,
didn't you drop the marker
and retire at high speed,
1642
01:16:41,240 --> 01:16:44,030
taking the Caine
out of its assigned
sweep pattern?
1643
01:16:44,030 --> 01:16:48,590
Now, didn't you do this
to avoid contact with
a dangerous underwater mine
1644
01:16:48,590 --> 01:16:50,510
and leave it
for another ship
to handle?
1645
01:16:50,510 --> 01:16:52,820
The question is abusive
and flagrantly leading.
1646
01:16:52,820 --> 01:16:56,180
I withdraw my last question
on account of
the witness's dim memory.
1647
01:16:56,570 --> 01:16:58,430
I'll proceed
to more recent events.
1648
01:16:58,430 --> 01:17:00,260
[officer] Court desires
to question the witness.
1649
01:17:00,740 --> 01:17:01,360
Commander Queeg,
1650
01:17:03,120 --> 01:17:05,520
in view of the implications
in this line of testimony,
1651
01:17:05,520 --> 01:17:08,070
I urge you
to search your memory
for correct answers.
1652
01:17:08,070 --> 01:17:09,660
Well, I certainly
am trying, sir.
1653
01:17:10,020 --> 01:17:14,280
These are very fine points,
and I've had a number of arduous
missions since that storm.
1654
01:17:14,280 --> 01:17:16,900
And th-then there's,
well, all of this business.
1655
01:17:16,900 --> 01:17:18,210
I appreciate that.
1656
01:17:18,540 --> 01:17:21,660
But it will facilitate justice
if you can remember enough
1657
01:17:21,660 --> 01:17:24,210
to give a few definite answers
on points of fact.
1658
01:17:24,210 --> 01:17:28,470
First of all, did you depart
your assigned sector
due to equipment problems?
1659
01:17:30,830 --> 01:17:33,860
Yes. Yes.
Okay-- Okay, I-I remember.
1660
01:17:33,860 --> 01:17:35,840
Yes,
that was the case here.
1661
01:17:35,840 --> 01:17:39,710
So you departed the pattern
rather than try to repair
or troubleshoot the equipment?
1662
01:17:39,710 --> 01:17:43,010
But... [scoffs]
...an active mine
had been detected.
1663
01:17:43,010 --> 01:17:46,460
Is that why you dropped
the dye marker?
There was a safety factor.
1664
01:17:47,446 --> 01:17:51,320
Uh, it didn't make sense to me
to try and detonate mines
using defective gear.
1665
01:17:51,320 --> 01:17:54,705
But I wanted every vessel
in the area to know exactly
where that mine was,
1666
01:17:54,805 --> 01:17:55,970
s-so I marked it.
1667
01:17:56,180 --> 01:17:59,240
Now, if I erred on the side
of being overcautious,
well, I-I'm sorry.
1668
01:17:59,240 --> 01:18:03,200
But then again, sir,
I don't think you can err
on the side of safety.
1669
01:18:03,200 --> 01:18:05,023
Did you have the conn?
Well, no.
1670
01:18:05,123 --> 01:18:07,160
A-As I recall,
Maryk was on the conn.
1671
01:18:07,160 --> 01:18:11,150
And I also recall
warning him not to stray
too far out of formation.
1672
01:18:11,150 --> 01:18:16,640
But we did need to leave room
for other ships to come in
and deal with that mine.
1673
01:18:16,640 --> 01:18:19,370
Well, how much room?
I don't remember exactly.
1674
01:18:19,370 --> 01:18:22,820
I-I just know that
we had strayed outside
of our assigned sector,
1675
01:18:22,820 --> 01:18:26,410
and then, well,
I pulled him aside
and admonished him.
1676
01:18:26,410 --> 01:18:28,970
Didn't you direct him
to return to station
immediately?
1677
01:18:28,970 --> 01:18:30,870
Sir, everything
was happening very fast.
1678
01:18:30,870 --> 01:18:33,510
We had to mark the area
and then get out of there
1679
01:18:33,510 --> 01:18:36,300
and make room for other ships
to come into the area,
as I said.
1680
01:18:36,300 --> 01:18:38,640
These are your factual
recollections, Commander?
1681
01:18:39,180 --> 01:18:40,800
Those are the facts, sir.
1682
01:18:43,240 --> 01:18:44,440
Resume your examination.
1683
01:18:44,590 --> 01:18:46,210
Commander,
did you make it a practice
1684
01:18:46,210 --> 01:18:48,775
to retire to your room
during minesweeping operations?
1685
01:18:48,875 --> 01:18:50,666
Well, that's
an insulting question.
The answer is no.
1686
01:18:50,765 --> 01:18:53,830
I had to be on
every side of that bridge
at all times.
1687
01:18:53,933 --> 01:18:58,600
I-I had Maryk as a navigator
and Keith as an officer of
the deck at general quarters.
1688
01:18:59,080 --> 01:19:01,870
Invariably, they'd squirrel
over to the same side
of the bridge
1689
01:19:01,870 --> 01:19:05,230
and I'd have to be captain,
navigator and officer of
the deck all rolled up into one.
1690
01:19:05,230 --> 01:19:08,530
That's why I had to go
from one side of the bridge
to the other all the time.
1691
01:19:08,530 --> 01:19:09,370
And that's the truth.
1692
01:19:09,610 --> 01:19:13,030
I don't care how many damn lies
have been told about me
in this courtroom.
1693
01:19:13,030 --> 01:19:14,650
The court
will question the witness.
1694
01:19:14,770 --> 01:19:19,720
Sir, the witness
is obviously and understandably
agitated by this ordeal
1695
01:19:19,720 --> 01:19:22,360
and I request a recess
to give him
a breathing space.
1696
01:19:22,870 --> 01:19:24,130
I'm not agitated
in the least.
1697
01:19:24,130 --> 01:19:26,350
I'm glad to answer
any and all questions.
1698
01:19:26,350 --> 01:19:28,030
[marbles clacking]
1699
01:19:28,030 --> 01:19:31,270
In fact,
I-I demand the opportunity
to set the record straight
1700
01:19:31,270 --> 01:19:35,440
for any derogatory statements
made about me in testimony
that's gone before.
1701
01:19:36,030 --> 01:19:39,310
I didn't make a single mistake
in the 15 months
I was aboard the Caine,
1702
01:19:39,310 --> 01:19:40,630
and I-I can prove it.
1703
01:19:41,290 --> 01:19:43,310
I've had a spotless record
up until now
1704
01:19:43,310 --> 01:19:45,020
and I don't want it
being discredited
1705
01:19:45,020 --> 01:19:49,580
by these lies and distortions
told by these disloyal officers.
1706
01:19:49,580 --> 01:19:52,820
Commander,
would you like a recess?
1707
01:19:52,820 --> 01:19:53,876
Certainly not.
1708
01:19:54,110 --> 01:19:56,870
In fact, if I had
any say in this,
1709
01:19:56,870 --> 01:19:59,600
I would ask
there be no recess.
1710
01:20:00,690 --> 01:20:01,470
[marbles continue clacking]
[officer]
Very well.
1711
01:20:03,020 --> 01:20:04,460
I simply want to ask,
1712
01:20:04,910 --> 01:20:08,630
if the performance
of these two officers
was so unspeakably bad,
1713
01:20:08,630 --> 01:20:09,890
why did you tolerate it?
1714
01:20:09,890 --> 01:20:12,530
Why didn't you beach them
or rotate them
out of your command?
1715
01:20:15,840 --> 01:20:19,350
Well, this is gonna sound
strange to you, sir, but,
1716
01:20:21,330 --> 01:20:24,830
well, the truth is
I'm-I'm a softhearted man
1717
01:20:24,830 --> 01:20:26,360
and not many people
know that.
1718
01:20:26,360 --> 01:20:29,540
But I wanted to keep
them under-- under eye
1719
01:20:29,540 --> 01:20:32,060
to try and train them up,
make them good officers.
1720
01:20:32,760 --> 01:20:35,930
L-Last thing I wanted to do
was wreck their careers.
1721
01:20:36,840 --> 01:20:40,690
A concern they certainly
didn't share for me.
E-Either one of them.
1722
01:20:44,320 --> 01:20:45,970
Commander, on the morning
of the 18th of December,
1723
01:20:45,970 --> 01:20:48,250
the exact moment
you were relieved of command,
1724
01:20:48,250 --> 01:20:50,200
was the Caine
in the last extremity?
1725
01:20:50,200 --> 01:20:52,770
Certainly not.
Was it in grave danger
at that moment?
1726
01:20:52,770 --> 01:20:55,450
Absolutely not.
I was in complete control
of the ship.
1727
01:20:55,450 --> 01:20:58,030
And did you inform
any of your other officers
of your intention
1728
01:20:58,030 --> 01:21:00,396
to change course,
come north at ten o'clock,
1729
01:21:00,496 --> 01:21:03,040
15 minutes
after Lieutenant Maryk
relieved you of command?
1730
01:21:03,040 --> 01:21:05,700
Yes, yes.
I made that statement
and that was my intention.
1731
01:21:05,700 --> 01:21:09,640
Then Lieutenant Maryk's decision
to come north was not
a panicky, irrational blunder.
1732
01:21:09,640 --> 01:21:11,770
His panicky blunder
was relieving me.
1733
01:21:11,770 --> 01:21:14,500
I kept him from making
any disastrous mistakes thereafter.
1734
01:21:14,500 --> 01:21:16,570
I wasn't trying
to vindicate myself.
1735
01:21:16,570 --> 01:21:20,230
Commander, have you seen
Lieutenant Maryk's medical log?
1736
01:21:20,470 --> 01:21:21,340
Yes. [chuckles]
1737
01:21:22,180 --> 01:21:25,690
Yes, I've read
that interesting document.
Yes, sir, I have.
1738
01:21:26,020 --> 01:21:29,140
Biggest conglomeration
of lies and distortions
and half-truths
1739
01:21:29,140 --> 01:21:30,280
I've ever seen.
1740
01:21:30,430 --> 01:21:32,200
But I'm extremely glad
that you've asked
1741
01:21:32,200 --> 01:21:34,630
'cause I wanna
get my side of it
all on the record.
1742
01:21:34,630 --> 01:21:35,500
Please.
1743
01:21:35,500 --> 01:21:38,860
Please give us your version
of any comments
1744
01:21:38,860 --> 01:21:40,930
factually related
to episodes in the log.
1745
01:21:40,930 --> 01:21:43,900
Okay, well,
starting right with
that strawberry business.
1746
01:21:44,000 --> 01:21:45,815
The real truth
is that I was betrayed,
1747
01:21:45,915 --> 01:21:47,990
d-double-crossed
by my executive officer
1748
01:21:47,990 --> 01:21:50,450
and this precious gentleman,
Mr. Keith,
1749
01:21:50,450 --> 01:21:52,520
who between them
corrupted my wardroom
1750
01:21:52,520 --> 01:21:54,170
so I was one man
against the whole ship.
1751
01:21:54,500 --> 01:21:56,360
No support
from my officers, okay?
1752
01:21:56,360 --> 01:21:59,270
[chuckles] Now, you take
that strawberry business.
1753
01:21:59,270 --> 01:22:03,500
Why, if that wasn't a case of
outright conspiracy to protect
a malefactor from justice.
1754
01:22:04,110 --> 01:22:05,750
Maryk carefully leaves out
the little fact
1755
01:22:05,750 --> 01:22:09,200
that I had conclusively proved
by a process of elimination
1756
01:22:09,200 --> 01:22:11,750
that someone
had a key to the fridge.
1757
01:22:11,750 --> 01:22:14,810
Now, he says the messmen
ate the strawberries.
1758
01:22:14,810 --> 01:22:16,370
But if I wanted
to take the trouble,
1759
01:22:16,370 --> 01:22:19,306
I could prove to this court categorically
that they couldn't have.
1760
01:22:19,405 --> 01:22:21,710
I-It's the water business
all over again.
1761
01:22:21,710 --> 01:22:24,590
Like when the crew
was taking showers
seven times a day
1762
01:22:24,590 --> 01:22:28,250
and I tried to initiate
the simplest principles
of water conservation.
1763
01:22:28,250 --> 01:22:30,860
But, oh, no, Mr. Maryk,
the hero of the crew,
1764
01:22:30,860 --> 01:22:32,600
wanted to go right on
coddling them.
1765
01:22:33,530 --> 01:22:36,140
Well, you take
that coffee business.
1766
01:22:36,140 --> 01:22:36,830
Well-- No.
1767
01:22:38,460 --> 01:22:39,750
[laughs]
No. Excuse me.
1768
01:22:39,750 --> 01:22:41,250
Sorry, sir.
1769
01:22:42,050 --> 01:22:44,750
Strawberry thing first. Okay.
1770
01:22:46,040 --> 01:22:48,500
Everything hinged
on a thorough search
for the key,
1771
01:22:48,500 --> 01:22:52,340
and that's when Maryk
and, as usual, with help
from Mr. Keith, fudged it.
1772
01:22:52,490 --> 01:22:54,740
Went through
a lot of phony motions,
didn't prove anything.
1773
01:22:54,740 --> 01:22:57,492
Like thinking
that the burning out
of the coffee makers,
1774
01:22:57,592 --> 01:22:59,180
which were government property,
1775
01:22:59,180 --> 01:23:00,770
was some kind of joke.
1776
01:23:01,130 --> 01:23:03,950
And that was
the attitude of everybody
from Maryk on down.
1777
01:23:03,950 --> 01:23:06,650
No-- No sense
of responsibility.
1778
01:23:06,650 --> 01:23:09,290
And I kept emphasizing
over and over
1779
01:23:09,290 --> 01:23:12,560
that all of these things
were gonna have to be
accounted for.
1780
01:23:13,460 --> 01:23:14,980
[groans]
It was a constant battle.
1781
01:23:14,980 --> 01:23:16,610
Always--
Always the same thing.
1782
01:23:16,610 --> 01:23:19,430
Maryk and Keith
undermining my authority,
always arguing.
1783
01:23:19,430 --> 01:23:23,840
Now, I wanted--
I wanted to train Keith up
to be a good officer,
1784
01:23:23,840 --> 01:23:25,700
but I was stabbed
in the back by--
1785
01:23:34,140 --> 01:23:34,610
Well...
1786
01:23:34,610 --> 01:23:35,886
[chuckles]
1787
01:23:35,886 --> 01:23:38,720
Well, I-- I think I've covered
that strawberry business.
1788
01:23:38,840 --> 01:23:41,060
And, oh, yes,
the mess account business.
1789
01:23:41,060 --> 01:23:44,750
Well, I had to
watch them like a hawk,
and believe me, I did.
1790
01:23:44,750 --> 01:23:47,000
[chuckles] Didn't sneak
any fast ones by me.
1791
01:23:47,330 --> 01:23:48,910
It wasn't for
a lack of trying.
1792
01:23:48,910 --> 01:23:51,710
Instead of paying attention
to their accounts
and their inventories,
1793
01:23:51,710 --> 01:23:54,140
which I would have to go
over again and again--
1794
01:23:54,140 --> 01:23:56,660
Always a few pennies short
or a couple dollars over.
1795
01:23:56,660 --> 01:24:01,670
But what do they care about
keeping accurate records?
Let the captain worry about it.
1796
01:24:02,090 --> 01:24:03,189
Well, by God, I did.
1797
01:24:03,289 --> 01:24:08,630
I-I defy anyone to find
a single wardroom mess statement
or ship service inventory
1798
01:24:08,630 --> 01:24:11,090
filed aboard the USS Caine
while I was captain
1799
01:24:11,090 --> 01:24:13,340
that had a mistake
of a single, solitary cent.
1800
01:24:13,550 --> 01:24:17,780
And by that, I mean, I defy
a certified public accountant
to do it. Okay?
1801
01:24:18,170 --> 01:24:20,060
Well, what else?
1802
01:24:20,680 --> 01:24:22,180
[muttering]
There's so much bullshit
1803
01:24:22,280 --> 01:24:24,710
in that precious log
of Mr. Maryk's.
1804
01:24:25,070 --> 01:24:28,400
Oh, yes! [laughs]
Th-The movie business.
1805
01:24:28,640 --> 01:24:30,895
Okay,
no respect for command.
1806
01:24:30,995 --> 01:24:33,170
Th-That was the whole trouble
with that ship.
1807
01:24:33,530 --> 01:24:37,170
The movie operator, who had
a disrespectful manner anyways,
1808
01:24:37,170 --> 01:24:41,250
started the movie
without waiting for the arrival
of the commanding officer.
1809
01:24:41,641 --> 01:24:43,830
Out of that whole ship's crew,
officers and men,
1810
01:24:43,830 --> 01:24:48,060
did one person stand up
and call a halt or even notice
that the captain wasn't present?
1811
01:24:49,360 --> 01:24:51,630
I missed those movies
more than they did.
1812
01:24:53,100 --> 01:24:55,290
I banned them,
and, by God, I'd do it again.
1813
01:24:55,560 --> 01:24:59,550
Wh-What was I supposed to do,
start issuing them all
letters of commendation
1814
01:24:59,550 --> 01:25:02,790
for this gratuitous insult
to the commanding officer?
1815
01:25:02,985 --> 01:25:04,110
[laughs]
1816
01:25:04,110 --> 01:25:06,120
It's not like
I took it personal.
1817
01:25:07,226 --> 01:25:10,380
Uh, it's the principle.
The principle of respect
for the command.
1818
01:25:10,500 --> 01:25:14,010
That principle was dead
when I came aboard that ship
and I brought it to life.
1819
01:25:14,010 --> 01:25:16,050
And I nagged and I bitched
and I hollered,
1820
01:25:16,050 --> 01:25:18,270
and, by God, I made it stick
while I was captain!
1821
01:25:20,070 --> 01:25:22,440
Uh, and as I-- as I say,
1822
01:25:22,440 --> 01:25:23,820
it wasn't
just the coffee makers.
1823
01:25:24,730 --> 01:25:26,590
It was a matter of respect.
1824
01:25:26,590 --> 01:25:29,080
When I ask a sailor a question,
I want a straight answer.
1825
01:25:29,080 --> 01:25:31,380
Nobody's gonna get away
with this shifty evasion,
1826
01:25:31,380 --> 01:25:33,630
if I have to hold
a court of inquiry
for a week.
1827
01:25:34,230 --> 01:25:37,170
What do I care
about strawberries?
It's a question of principle.
1828
01:25:37,170 --> 01:25:38,790
Stealing is stealing.
1829
01:25:39,670 --> 01:25:40,900
And on my ship--
1830
01:25:45,860 --> 01:25:49,730
Well, it's not like we got
a lot of nice treats anyway.
1831
01:25:50,587 --> 01:25:53,840
Uh... if we ever did
get something pleasant
once in a blue moon,
1832
01:25:53,840 --> 01:25:55,783
like--
like strawberries, well,
1833
01:25:55,883 --> 01:25:59,109
it was outrageous that
I couldn't have a second helping
if I felt like it.
1834
01:25:59,209 --> 01:26:01,250
I wasn't gonna let them
get away with it, and I didn't.
1835
01:26:01,250 --> 01:26:04,940
By God, I never
let anything like that
happen on that ship again!
1836
01:26:14,096 --> 01:26:16,098
[mutters]
1837
01:26:16,098 --> 01:26:17,553
As I say, I--
1838
01:26:18,170 --> 01:26:19,595
Okay, um...
1839
01:26:20,500 --> 01:26:22,590
H-How many of these things
have I covered?
1840
01:26:22,590 --> 01:26:26,520
I-- I can only roughly
do this by memory.
1841
01:26:27,420 --> 01:26:29,460
If you ask me
specific questions,
I'll--
1842
01:26:29,700 --> 01:26:32,490
I'll tackle those
one by one by one.
1843
01:26:34,570 --> 01:26:36,280
That won't be necessary, sir.
1844
01:26:38,080 --> 01:26:39,160
That was very thorough.
1845
01:26:40,880 --> 01:26:41,570
Thank you.
1846
01:26:47,470 --> 01:26:50,670
I draw
the court's attention
to Exhibit 12.
1847
01:26:54,040 --> 01:26:55,930
Commander, I show you
an authenticated copy
1848
01:26:55,930 --> 01:26:58,900
of a fitness report
that you wrote
for Lieutenant Maryk
1849
01:26:58,900 --> 01:27:01,450
July 1, 2022.
1850
01:27:01,450 --> 01:27:03,340
Do you recognize it
as such?
1851
01:27:06,288 --> 01:27:07,915
Y-Yes.
1852
01:27:08,030 --> 01:27:10,660
And by this time
had the following events
occurred--
1853
01:27:10,660 --> 01:27:14,210
the water shortage,
the coffee maker investigation,
1854
01:27:14,780 --> 01:27:17,180
the banning of the movies,
the Internet
1855
01:27:17,574 --> 01:27:19,577
and other events?
1856
01:27:21,270 --> 01:27:22,890
Yes, I believe so.
1857
01:27:23,730 --> 01:27:28,981
Please read your comments
on Lieutenant Maryk, July 1.
1858
01:27:29,690 --> 01:27:32,270
Well, n-not being vindictive,
1859
01:27:32,520 --> 01:27:35,600
I-I don't write down
every single, solitary instance.
1860
01:27:36,550 --> 01:27:39,150
A fitness report
goes into a man's record,
1861
01:27:39,150 --> 01:27:42,650
and, well, I've always
tried to go easy on them.
1862
01:27:42,790 --> 01:27:44,490
A-Always have, always will.
1863
01:27:44,490 --> 01:27:46,100
I appreciate that, sir.
1864
01:27:46,460 --> 01:27:48,110
Please read the comments.
1865
01:27:54,580 --> 01:27:56,680
"This officer has,
if anything,
1866
01:27:56,680 --> 01:27:59,950
improved in
his performance of duty
1867
01:27:59,950 --> 01:28:02,890
since the last fitness report.
1868
01:28:03,740 --> 01:28:06,740
He is consistently loyal, unflagging,
1869
01:28:07,130 --> 01:28:11,250
thorough, courageous
and efficient.
1870
01:28:12,920 --> 01:28:14,570
He is considered at present
1871
01:28:14,990 --> 01:28:19,370
fully qualified for command
of a 1,200-ton MCM.
1872
01:28:21,100 --> 01:28:26,380
His professional determination
and integrity set him apart
1873
01:28:26,380 --> 01:28:29,920
as an outstanding example
for other officers,
1874
01:28:30,340 --> 01:28:32,200
reserve and regular alike.
1875
01:28:37,360 --> 01:28:39,270
He cannot be
too highly commended."
1876
01:28:45,150 --> 01:28:45,960
Thank you.
1877
01:28:48,580 --> 01:28:49,930
No further questions.
1878
01:28:54,820 --> 01:28:56,200
No cross-examination.
1879
01:29:01,400 --> 01:29:02,360
You're excused, Commander.
1880
01:29:08,940 --> 01:29:09,450
Yes, sir.
1881
01:29:30,360 --> 01:29:31,640
Defense rests.
1882
01:29:34,460 --> 01:29:36,320
Is the trial counsel
ready for summation?
1883
01:29:38,430 --> 01:29:40,290
No summary, sir.
Prosecution rests.
1884
01:29:42,280 --> 01:29:43,390
No argument at all?
1885
01:29:50,020 --> 01:29:51,430
If it please
the court,
1886
01:29:57,300 --> 01:29:59,730
I'm-- I'm at a loss
1887
01:29:59,730 --> 01:30:01,980
to discuss the case
the defense has presented.
1888
01:30:03,440 --> 01:30:04,820
I have nothing to refute.
1889
01:30:05,220 --> 01:30:06,590
It's no case at all.
1890
01:30:06,590 --> 01:30:08,420
It has nothing to do
1891
01:30:08,420 --> 01:30:10,610
with the charge
or the specification.
1892
01:30:13,080 --> 01:30:16,080
The defense counsel's
very first question
in this trial
1893
01:30:17,370 --> 01:30:20,370
was, "Commander, have you
ever heard the expression,
1894
01:30:20,370 --> 01:30:21,210
Old Yellowstain?"
1895
01:30:22,700 --> 01:30:26,330
That was the key
to his entire strategy,
1896
01:30:26,950 --> 01:30:29,860
which was simply to twist
the proceedings around
1897
01:30:29,860 --> 01:30:33,790
so that the accused
would become not Maryk,
but Commander Queeg.
1898
01:30:34,060 --> 01:30:37,900
He has dragged out
every possible vicious
1899
01:30:37,900 --> 01:30:41,320
and malicious criticism
of the commander
from the other witnesses
1900
01:30:41,650 --> 01:30:46,360
and forced Captain Queeg
to defend himself against them
in open court,
1901
01:30:46,360 --> 01:30:47,890
on the spur of the moment,
1902
01:30:48,370 --> 01:30:50,380
without advice of counsel,
1903
01:30:50,380 --> 01:30:53,350
without any
of the normal privileges
and safeguards
1904
01:30:53,350 --> 01:30:55,540
of an accused man
under naval law.
1905
01:30:56,230 --> 01:30:59,410
Can this court possibly
endorse the precedent
1906
01:30:59,410 --> 01:31:03,910
that a captain who doesn't
please his underlings
can be deposed by them?
1907
01:31:04,450 --> 01:31:06,880
And then that the captain's
only recourse afterward
1908
01:31:06,880 --> 01:31:11,710
is to be placed
at a witness stand
in a general court-martial
1909
01:31:11,710 --> 01:31:13,840
to answer
every petty gripe
1910
01:31:13,840 --> 01:31:16,330
and justify
all his command decisions
1911
01:31:16,330 --> 01:31:20,320
to a hostile lawyer
taking the part of
his insubordinate inferiors?
1912
01:31:20,590 --> 01:31:24,580
Such a precedent is nothing
but a blank check for mutiny.
1913
01:31:24,580 --> 01:31:27,860
It is the absolute destruction
of the chain of command.
1914
01:31:30,920 --> 01:31:33,770
However,
all this doesn't worry me.
1915
01:31:34,820 --> 01:31:36,590
I am confident
1916
01:31:36,590 --> 01:31:40,430
that this court
hasn't been impressed
by such aggressive tactics.
1917
01:31:40,610 --> 01:31:42,980
I know that the court
is going to reject
1918
01:31:42,980 --> 01:31:45,380
this cynical play
on its emotions,
1919
01:31:45,380 --> 01:31:49,370
this... insult
to its intelligence,
1920
01:31:49,790 --> 01:31:52,880
and find the specification
proven by the facts.
1921
01:31:55,360 --> 01:31:56,650
I've only this to say.
1922
01:31:58,120 --> 01:32:00,392
Whatever the verdict
on the accused, I--
1923
01:32:01,660 --> 01:32:04,300
I formally recommend
that Defense Counsel Greenwald
1924
01:32:04,300 --> 01:32:05,830
be censured by this court
1925
01:32:05,830 --> 01:32:08,290
for conduct unbecoming
an officer of the Navy
1926
01:32:08,290 --> 01:32:11,020
and that this reprimand
be made part of his record.
1927
01:32:17,660 --> 01:32:20,210
Defense counsel.
Closing argument?
1928
01:32:25,700 --> 01:32:26,780
Please the court,
1929
01:32:28,350 --> 01:32:32,630
I undertook
the defense of the accused
very reluctantly
1930
01:32:32,630 --> 01:32:37,190
and only at the urging of
the judge advocate that no other
defense counsel was available.
1931
01:32:38,340 --> 01:32:39,540
I was reluctant
1932
01:32:40,020 --> 01:32:43,710
because I knew
that the only possible
form of defense
1933
01:32:43,710 --> 01:32:47,220
was to prove
the mental incompetence
of an officer of the Navy.
1934
01:32:47,520 --> 01:32:52,920
It has been
the most unpleasant duty
I have ever had to perform.
1935
01:32:54,160 --> 01:32:57,400
However,
once having undertaken it,
1936
01:32:57,670 --> 01:32:59,480
I have done my best
to win an acquittal.
1937
01:32:59,480 --> 01:33:03,400
I thought this was my duty,
both as defense counsel
appointed by the Navy
1938
01:33:03,400 --> 01:33:05,650
and as a member of the bar.
1939
01:33:07,310 --> 01:33:09,200
Let me make one thing clear.
1940
01:33:09,200 --> 01:33:11,990
It is not the contention
of the defense
1941
01:33:11,990 --> 01:33:14,090
that Commander Queeg
is a coward
1942
01:33:14,090 --> 01:33:19,820
and that therefore,
if he commits questionable acts
under intense fire,
1943
01:33:19,820 --> 01:33:22,490
the explanation
must lie elsewhere.
1944
01:33:23,310 --> 01:33:26,610
The court saw
Commander Queeg's bearing
on the stand.
1945
01:33:26,610 --> 01:33:29,940
The court can imagine
what his bearing
must have been like
1946
01:33:29,940 --> 01:33:31,470
at the height
of the storm.
1947
01:33:32,350 --> 01:33:33,880
And on that basis,
1948
01:33:34,810 --> 01:33:37,450
the court can decide
the fate of the accused.
1949
01:33:44,149 --> 01:33:46,067
[exhales]
1950
01:33:47,130 --> 01:33:48,510
Before recessing,
1951
01:33:49,870 --> 01:33:52,812
the court will rule
on the recommendation
to censure you.
1952
01:33:56,500 --> 01:33:57,310
Yes, sir.
1953
01:34:00,410 --> 01:34:04,040
This has been a strange
and tragic trial.
1954
01:34:05,700 --> 01:34:08,190
In the 248-year history
of the Navy,
1955
01:34:08,190 --> 01:34:10,530
there has been only
one other attempted mutiny.
1956
01:34:13,450 --> 01:34:16,420
You have conducted your case
with striking ingenuity.
1957
01:34:18,480 --> 01:34:20,250
But your conduct
has been puzzling
1958
01:34:20,250 --> 01:34:21,810
and it does raise questions.
1959
01:34:23,540 --> 01:34:25,610
Has your conduct here
been responsible,
1960
01:34:25,610 --> 01:34:26,720
Lieutenant Greenwald?
1961
01:34:28,612 --> 01:34:30,239
[sighs]
1962
01:34:30,239 --> 01:34:32,620
The reprimand,
if there is to be one,
1963
01:34:33,810 --> 01:34:36,000
must come
from your own conscience.
1964
01:34:38,470 --> 01:34:41,380
Court finds defense counsel
has not been in contempt.
1965
01:34:42,130 --> 01:34:45,280
Recommendation to reprimand denied.
1966
01:34:46,080 --> 01:34:48,080
Court stands in recess
until further notice.
1967
01:34:48,916 --> 01:34:50,501
[gavel raps]
1968
01:34:54,500 --> 01:34:57,560
What happens now?
Well, that's
the ball game.
1969
01:34:58,610 --> 01:34:59,960
And when do we find out?
1970
01:34:59,960 --> 01:35:01,370
If it's an acquittal, soon.
1971
01:35:01,370 --> 01:35:04,430
If not, well,
they won't publish
their findings for weeks.
1972
01:35:04,904 --> 01:35:06,364
Okay.
1973
01:35:08,120 --> 01:35:09,110
You were terrific.
1974
01:35:09,790 --> 01:35:10,390
Thanks.
1975
01:35:13,970 --> 01:35:15,770
You murdered Queeg
up there.
1976
01:35:16,670 --> 01:35:18,740
Yes, I murdered him.
1977
01:35:23,990 --> 01:35:27,260
I'm grateful to you,
win or lose.
1978
01:35:32,430 --> 01:35:33,060
Okay.
1979
01:35:36,620 --> 01:35:38,480
What's wrong?
Not a thing.
1980
01:35:38,480 --> 01:35:40,490
Well, look, I need to
ask you something.
1981
01:35:40,850 --> 01:35:42,460
What now? Hmm?
1982
01:35:44,790 --> 01:35:47,720
Tom Keefer's having a party
tonight at the hotel.
1983
01:35:47,720 --> 01:35:50,600
This morning
he got a $10,000 advance
on his novel.
1984
01:35:50,700 --> 01:35:52,500
Well, I hope he sells
a million copies,
1985
01:35:52,920 --> 01:35:56,220
wins the Nobel Prize,
the Pulitzer Prize,
the Medal of Honor.
1986
01:35:56,220 --> 01:35:58,680
Wrap this whole thing up
in a nice, pink ribbon.
1987
01:35:58,980 --> 01:36:00,270
We're both invited.
1988
01:36:03,190 --> 01:36:03,760
What?
1989
01:36:06,090 --> 01:36:07,770
Look, I know what
you probably think.
1990
01:36:08,700 --> 01:36:10,520
But one way or another,
it's over.
1991
01:36:11,410 --> 01:36:13,930
I don't know
what I would have done
in Tom's place.
1992
01:36:14,140 --> 01:36:15,910
You'd go
to Keefer's party.
1993
01:36:17,740 --> 01:36:19,570
I'll go if you will,
if you think we should.
1994
01:36:33,381 --> 01:36:37,928
[pop music
playing on speakers]
1995
01:36:43,310 --> 01:36:43,700
Oh!
[cheering]
1996
01:36:53,330 --> 01:36:54,830
All right, quiet, quiet!
1997
01:36:55,581 --> 01:36:56,666
[whistles]
1998
01:36:56,860 --> 01:36:59,070
Quiet, you drunken bums
of the
Caine!
1999
01:36:59,490 --> 01:37:03,400
Here he is,
the guest of honor,
our courageous hero.
2000
01:37:03,400 --> 01:37:05,560
Hey!
Whoo!
2001
01:37:11,250 --> 01:37:12,740
Speech!
Speech, speech, speech!
2002
01:37:12,740 --> 01:37:13,240
[all chanting]
Speech! Speech! Speech!
No, no, no, no.
2003
01:37:13,240 --> 01:37:13,740
No, no, no, no, no, no!
Come on, Barney!
2004
01:37:13,740 --> 01:37:16,590
No, I-I-I'm drunker
than any of you guys.
[laughing]
2005
01:37:17,370 --> 01:37:18,990
I've been out
with the trial counsel,
2006
01:37:18,990 --> 01:37:21,750
trying to get her to take back
some of the dirty names
she called me.
2007
01:37:21,750 --> 01:37:23,920
[all chuckle]
2008
01:37:23,920 --> 01:37:27,690
I finally got her to shake hands
on the third bourbon and soda,
maybe the fourth.
2009
01:37:27,690 --> 01:37:31,185
That's good. That's good.
I had to talk loud and fast, Steve.
2010
01:37:31,285 --> 01:37:33,540
I played some pretty
dirty pool in court. Well...
2011
01:37:34,110 --> 01:37:36,000
Poor Katherine Challee, huh?
Yeah.
2012
01:37:37,570 --> 01:37:38,760
Mmm. So what's this?
2013
01:37:39,130 --> 01:37:40,680
[Maryk] Oh, it's
a double celebration.
2014
01:37:40,780 --> 01:37:42,173
[Greenwald]
A cake baked like a book.
2015
01:37:42,272 --> 01:37:45,205
$10,000
came in the mail today.
Advance on my novel.
2016
01:37:45,205 --> 01:37:46,240
[all cheering]
2017
01:37:46,240 --> 01:37:48,353
Very nice.
Very nice.
2018
01:37:48,453 --> 01:37:50,030
I got something
in the mail today too.
2019
01:37:50,030 --> 01:37:52,580
What's that, Barney?
Medical clearance.
2020
01:37:52,580 --> 01:37:54,108
Orders back to my ship.
Leaving tomorrow.
2021
01:37:54,108 --> 01:37:54,608
[all cheering]
2022
01:37:54,608 --> 01:37:57,950
Good.
Hey, that's great.
2023
01:38:01,550 --> 01:38:02,510
Ten thousand bucks, huh?
2024
01:38:02,885 --> 01:38:04,887
[whistles]
2025
01:38:05,410 --> 01:38:06,820
You know,
maybe I should
2026
01:38:06,910 --> 01:38:09,790
return
the celebrated author's
toast.
2027
01:38:09,790 --> 01:38:11,290
Yes!
A little, little speech.
2028
01:38:11,290 --> 01:38:13,330
All right, all right, all right.
Here we go, here we go.
2029
01:38:13,720 --> 01:38:14,290
Okay.
[chuckles]
2030
01:38:15,635 --> 01:38:17,350
Uh, war novel, isn't it?
That's right.
2031
01:38:18,610 --> 01:38:21,010
I assume you gave the Navy
a good screwing, yeah?
2032
01:38:21,010 --> 01:38:21,460
Yeah?
[all laughing]
2033
01:38:22,046 --> 01:38:25,030
I don't think
that Navy Public Affairs
would approve it at any rate.
2034
01:38:25,390 --> 01:38:28,690
Well, somebody
should show up these stupid,
stuffy old pricks, huh?
2035
01:38:28,690 --> 01:38:30,970
Yeah!
Who's the hero, you?
2036
01:38:31,060 --> 01:38:34,090
If there's any similarities,
it is purely coincidental.
2037
01:38:34,090 --> 01:38:36,273
[crowd chuckles]
2038
01:38:36,460 --> 01:38:39,040
Okay, I'm warped
and I'm drunk.
2039
01:38:41,070 --> 01:38:43,530
But it suddenly seems to me,
if I wrote a war novel,
2040
01:38:43,530 --> 01:38:45,900
I would try to make a hero
out of Old Yellowstain.
2041
01:38:47,700 --> 01:38:48,370
Mmm.
Oh, come on.
2042
01:38:48,370 --> 01:38:49,474
That's right, I would.
No. No.
2043
01:38:49,574 --> 01:38:51,150
No, I would.
And I'll tell you why.
2044
01:38:53,480 --> 01:38:55,760
You see, Mr. Keefer,
while I was studying law
2045
01:38:56,000 --> 01:38:57,530
and you were
writing short stories,
2046
01:38:57,530 --> 01:39:00,800
and Willie Keith
was playing on the fields
of Princeton,
2047
01:39:00,800 --> 01:39:03,680
why, all that time,
these--
2048
01:39:03,770 --> 01:39:06,890
these old birds
we call regulars,
these stupid, stuffy pricks,
2049
01:39:06,890 --> 01:39:08,840
were standing guard
2050
01:39:09,370 --> 01:39:12,950
on our fat, dumb
and happy country.
2051
01:39:13,960 --> 01:39:15,340
Of course, they were
doing it for dough.
2052
01:39:16,460 --> 01:39:17,990
Same as anybody does anything.
2053
01:39:19,180 --> 01:39:23,020
But the question is,
in the last analysis...
2054
01:39:24,170 --> 01:39:26,290
I mean,
what do you do for dough?
You and me.
2055
01:39:26,470 --> 01:39:30,070
We're advancing
our free little careers.
2056
01:39:31,820 --> 01:39:36,290
So when 9/11 happened
and so many of us
rushed to join up
2057
01:39:36,290 --> 01:39:40,220
to fight those assholes
that crashed those planes
into the Twin Towers...
2058
01:39:42,420 --> 01:39:43,890
You couldn't fight them
with a law book,
so I-- I went active.
2059
01:39:43,890 --> 01:39:46,260
I joined the Navy.
2060
01:39:48,272 --> 01:39:49,830
Maybe I'd fly over
the Middle East
2061
01:39:49,830 --> 01:39:51,900
and bomb the shit
out of some terrorists, right?
2062
01:39:51,900 --> 01:39:54,069
Whoo!
[crowd chuckling]
2063
01:39:54,600 --> 01:39:58,660
But there were already
a lot of guys
ready to do that.
2064
01:40:00,250 --> 01:40:01,620
And it wasn't me.
Not yet.
2065
01:40:02,750 --> 01:40:05,300
Wasn't Tom Keefer,
still in school,
2066
01:40:05,300 --> 01:40:07,730
or Willie Keith
in midshipman training,
2067
01:40:07,730 --> 01:40:11,360
but Old Yellowstain
and guys like him.
2068
01:40:12,710 --> 01:40:14,780
They were already on station,
ready to go.
2069
01:40:17,170 --> 01:40:18,610
And they're a lot smarter
than any of us.
2070
01:40:18,610 --> 01:40:20,560
I mean, let's-- Come on.
Let's not kid ourselves.
2071
01:40:21,130 --> 01:40:25,360
I mean, you don't get anywhere
in the all-volunteer,
upwardly mobile American Navy
2072
01:40:25,360 --> 01:40:26,980
unless you're goddamn good.
2073
01:40:28,740 --> 01:40:31,950
And these old-line pros,
they may not be up
on the latest video game,
2074
01:40:31,950 --> 01:40:34,080
but they know how
to get a tough job done.
2075
01:40:35,430 --> 01:40:38,250
And they were standing by,
and they were ready to do it,
2076
01:40:39,130 --> 01:40:41,890
while the rest of us
were still trying to
know shit from Shinola.
2077
01:40:41,890 --> 01:40:44,470
Barney. Hey, Barney.
It's over.
2078
01:40:44,650 --> 01:40:46,630
All right? Come on.
Let's just enjoy dinner.
2079
01:40:46,630 --> 01:40:48,940
Dinner's a sham, Steve.
You're guilty.
2080
01:40:50,840 --> 01:40:52,300
Of course,
you're only half guilty.
2081
01:40:53,206 --> 01:40:56,430
I mean, there was someone else
standing very neatly
out of the picture,
2082
01:40:57,730 --> 01:40:59,410
the guy who started
the whole idea
2083
01:40:59,410 --> 01:41:01,240
that Queeg's
a dangerous paranoiac,
2084
01:41:01,240 --> 01:41:04,450
who argued you into it
for six months,
2085
01:41:04,540 --> 01:41:06,040
who coined the nickname
Old Yellowstain,
2086
01:41:06,580 --> 01:41:11,505
who pointed out the psychiatry
books and Article 1108
and kept hammering it at you.
2087
01:41:11,605 --> 01:41:12,690
All right,
wait a minute here.
2088
01:41:12,690 --> 01:41:15,070
Oh, yeah, yeah, Mr. Keefer.
That's right, yeah.
2089
01:41:16,094 --> 01:41:17,770
I had to drag it
out of Steve.
2090
01:41:19,180 --> 01:41:21,730
Big dumb Polack
tried to tell me
it was all his own idea.
2091
01:41:21,730 --> 01:41:25,330
He wouldn't know a paranoid
from an anthropoid.
But you knew, didn't you?
2092
01:41:25,660 --> 01:41:30,490
You told him his medical log
was a clinical picture
of a paranoid.
2093
01:41:31,360 --> 01:41:34,180
You advised him
to go to Admiral Williams.
You offered to go with him.
2094
01:41:34,480 --> 01:41:38,050
You didn't get cold feet
until you stood on Williams's
quarterdeck in Bahrain.
2095
01:41:38,730 --> 01:41:42,320
Yeah, and then you ducked,
and you've been ducking
ever since.
2096
01:41:42,320 --> 01:41:43,920
I don't know
where you're
getting all this.
2097
01:41:44,020 --> 01:41:45,560
Biggest favor
you could have done Steve,
2098
01:41:45,650 --> 01:41:47,630
as far as winning
an acquittal went,
2099
01:41:47,630 --> 01:41:49,040
though I doubt
you realize it.
2100
01:41:51,860 --> 01:41:54,310
But if there is
a guilty party,
it's you.
2101
01:41:56,470 --> 01:41:59,590
If you hadn't filled
Steve Maryk's thick head
2102
01:41:59,590 --> 01:42:01,489
full of paranoia
and Article 1108,
2103
01:42:01,489 --> 01:42:04,690
why, he'd have--
he'd have got Queeg
to come north.
2104
01:42:05,438 --> 01:42:08,470
Or he'd have helped him
pull through to the south.
2105
01:42:10,450 --> 01:42:12,760
And the Caine
wouldn''t have
been yanked out of action.
2106
01:42:12,760 --> 01:42:13,600
And that--
2107
01:42:14,610 --> 01:42:17,600
that is your contribution
2108
01:42:17,600 --> 01:42:19,700
to the good old USA,
my friend--
2109
01:42:20,090 --> 01:42:23,360
pulling a minesweeper
out of the Persian Gulf
when it was most needed.
2110
01:42:23,360 --> 01:42:26,560
That-- That...
[laughs] ...and fucking
Multitudes, Multitudes.
2111
01:42:26,560 --> 01:42:27,090
You're drunk.
2112
01:42:27,090 --> 01:42:28,490
You know, excuse me, okay?
2113
01:42:29,200 --> 01:42:30,130
I'm all done.
2114
01:42:31,460 --> 01:42:32,600
You know, here's to you.
2115
01:42:33,250 --> 01:42:35,950
You bowled a perfect score.
You went after Queeg,
and you got him.
2116
01:42:36,580 --> 01:42:38,740
You kept your own whites
all starchy,
2117
01:42:39,490 --> 01:42:41,500
and you wrote your novel
proving the Navy sucks,
2118
01:42:41,500 --> 01:42:45,250
and you'll say, oh, you know,
you'll make a million dollars,
marry a movie star.
2119
01:42:45,250 --> 01:42:47,640
And so you won't mind
a little verbal reprimand
from me.
2120
01:42:47,640 --> 01:42:49,157
What does it all mean?
Hmm?
2121
01:42:50,190 --> 01:42:52,140
You know,
I-I defended Steve Maryk
2122
01:42:52,140 --> 01:42:56,340
because I realized
the wrong guy was on trial.
2123
01:42:56,340 --> 01:42:59,700
And the only way
I could defend him
was to murder Queeg for you.
2124
01:42:59,700 --> 01:43:03,960
And I'm pissed off
that I was put in that position.
I'm ashamed of what I did.
2125
01:43:05,410 --> 01:43:06,640
And that's why I'm drunk.
2126
01:43:08,910 --> 01:43:10,190
Queeg deserved better.
2127
01:43:14,470 --> 01:43:16,480
He served this country
for 21 years.
2128
01:43:20,300 --> 01:43:21,920
So I'm not gonna
eat your dinner,
2129
01:43:23,990 --> 01:43:25,040
drink your wine.
2130
01:43:27,390 --> 01:43:28,800
I'll make my toast
and go.
2131
01:43:32,550 --> 01:43:33,810
So here's to you.
2132
01:43:34,070 --> 01:43:35,790
Here's to
Caine''s
favorite author.
2133
01:43:37,490 --> 01:43:38,330
Here's to your book.
2134
01:43:43,121 --> 01:43:45,540
[all gasping]
2135
01:43:47,333 --> 01:43:50,587
["Lowdown" playing]
2136
01:44:13,880 --> 01:44:17,180
♪
Baby''s into runnin'' roud
Hangin' with the crowd
♪
2137
01:44:17,900 --> 01:44:19,970
♪
Puttin'' your business
In the street
♪
2138
01:44:19,970 --> 01:44:21,230
♪
Talkin'' out loud
♪
2139
01:44:22,070 --> 01:44:23,900
♪
Sayin'' you bought her
This and that
♪
2140
01:44:24,390 --> 01:44:25,880
♪
And how much you done spent
♪
2141
01:44:26,360 --> 01:44:29,810
♪
I swear she must believe
It's all heaven sent
♪
2142
01:44:30,350 --> 01:44:31,220
♪
Hey, boy
♪
2143
01:44:31,930 --> 01:44:33,660
♪
You better bring
Your chick around
♪
2144
01:44:34,560 --> 01:44:36,420
♪
To the sad, sad truth
♪
2145
01:44:36,720 --> 01:44:38,190
♪
The dirty lowdown
♪
2146
01:44:38,932 --> 01:44:42,477
[backup singers vocalizing]
2147
01:44:42,600 --> 01:44:45,540
♪
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
♪
2148
01:44:46,230 --> 01:44:48,060
♪
Taught her how
To talk like that
♪
2149
01:44:50,970 --> 01:44:53,580
♪
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
♪
2150
01:44:53,730 --> 01:44:55,260
♪
Gave her that big idea
♪
2151
01:45:03,910 --> 01:45:07,270
♪
Nothin'' you can''t handle
Nothin' you ain't got
♪
2152
01:45:07,900 --> 01:45:11,129
♪
Put your money on the table
And drive it off the lot
♪
2153
01:45:12,190 --> 01:45:13,825
♪
Turn on that old love light
♪
2154
01:45:13,925 --> 01:45:15,880
♪
And turn a "Maybe"
To a "Yes"
♪
2155
01:45:16,270 --> 01:45:20,190
♪
Same old schoolboy game
Got you into this mess
♪
2156
01:45:20,190 --> 01:45:22,180
♪
Hey, son
♪
2157
01:45:22,180 --> 01:45:23,830
♪
Better get on back to town
♪
2158
01:45:24,850 --> 01:45:26,650
♪
Face the sad old truth
♪
2159
01:45:26,920 --> 01:45:28,480
♪
The dirty lowdown
♪
2160
01:45:29,326 --> 01:45:32,621
[backup singers vocalizing]
2161
01:45:32,621 --> 01:45:36,040
♪
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
♪
2162
01:45:36,040 --> 01:45:38,170
♪
Put those ideas
In your head
♪
2163
01:45:41,045 --> 01:45:44,882
♪
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
♪
2164
01:45:55,018 --> 01:45:57,061
♪
Well ♪
2165
01:46:03,180 --> 01:46:05,271
♪
Come on back down
Little son
♪
2166
01:46:06,370 --> 01:46:11,293
♪
Dig the low, low
Low, low, lowdown
♪
2167
01:46:26,980 --> 01:46:30,370
♪
You ain''t got to be so bad
Got to be so cold
♪
2168
01:46:31,400 --> 01:46:35,650
♪
This dog eat dog existence
Sure is getting old
♪
2169
01:46:35,750 --> 01:46:38,360
♪
Gotta have a jones for this
Jones for that
♪
2170
01:46:38,360 --> 01:46:41,092
♪
This runnin''
With the Joneses
♪
2171
01:46:41,192 --> 01:46:44,512
♪
Boy, just ain''t
Where it's at, no, no
♪
2172
01:46:45,080 --> 01:46:46,910
♪
You gonna come back around
♪
2173
01:46:47,300 --> 01:46:49,520
♪
To the sad, sad truth
♪
2174
01:46:50,030 --> 01:46:51,290
♪
The dirty lowdown
♪
2175
01:46:52,333 --> 01:46:55,503
[backup singers vocalizing]
2176
01:46:55,503 --> 01:46:58,880
♪
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
♪
2177
01:46:58,880 --> 01:47:00,860
♪
Got you thinking
Like that, boy
♪
2178
01:47:03,677 --> 01:47:08,056
♪
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
♪
2179
01:47:24,610 --> 01:47:26,360
♪
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
♪
2180
01:47:26,360 --> 01:47:30,040
♪
Said I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
♪
2181
01:47:33,530 --> 01:47:37,081
♪
Oh, look out
For that lowdown
♪
2182
01:47:37,200 --> 01:47:39,160
♪
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
♪
2183
01:47:39,160 --> 01:47:41,855
♪
That dirty, dirty
Dirty, dirty lowdown
♪
2184
01:47:45,013 --> 01:47:49,559
♪
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
♪
2185
01:47:49,559 --> 01:47:52,979
[vocalizing]
2186
01:47:52,979 --> 01:47:56,690
♪
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
♪
2187
01:47:56,690 --> 01:47:57,760
♪
Got you thinkin'' like that
♪
2188
01:48:06,810 --> 01:48:08,510
♪
Got you thinkin''
By yourself
♪
2189
01:48:08,510 --> 01:48:14,658
♪
Lookin'' that girl
In the face
♪ ♪
It''s a sad affair
♪ ♪
Ashamed of yourself
♪ ♪
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
♪
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