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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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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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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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Was this
a standard watch change?
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No, it was
totally irregular.
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How would you
describe it?
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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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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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Now, the Commodore, of course,
was running south with the wind
to get out of the storm's path,
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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...
...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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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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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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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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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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And to the extent that
the Caine did come through
that storm safely,
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despite the unprecedented...
...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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Caine had gone through
a year and a half
of arduous duty
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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.
232
00:11:54,464 --> 00:11:57,550
Well, maybe--
233
00:11:57,592 --> 00:12:00,803
maybe he thought I was crazy
to keep trying.
234
00:12:00,845 --> 00:12:05,350
Anyway, that's
the picture of it, sir.
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- Thank you.
- Your witness.
236
00:12:08,186 --> 00:12:10,897
Commander Queeg,
I would like to ask you
237
00:12:10,939 --> 00:12:14,734
whether you have
ever heard the expression
"Old Yellowstain."
238
00:12:16,444 --> 00:12:18,863
In which connection?
239
00:12:18,905 --> 00:12:20,573
Old Yellowstain, sir.
240
00:12:22,909 --> 00:12:24,661
No, I have not.
241
00:12:24,702 --> 00:12:27,580
You weren't aware
that all the officers
of the Caine
242
00:12:27,622 --> 00:12:30,333
habitually referred to you
as Old Yellowstain?
243
00:12:30,375 --> 00:12:33,419
I object to the question.
Impertinent badgering
of the witness.
244
00:12:33,461 --> 00:12:36,422
How does Defense Counsel
Greenwald justify
this line of questioning?
245
00:12:36,464 --> 00:12:38,257
Please the court,
the nickname Old Yellowstain,
246
00:12:38,299 --> 00:12:39,926
used by the officers
of the Caine,
247
00:12:39,968 --> 00:12:43,096
will be relevant
to the issue
of mental competence.
248
00:12:43,137 --> 00:12:48,017
Before ruling, the court wishes
to caution defense counsel.
249
00:12:48,977 --> 00:12:52,438
This is a most unusual
and delicate case.
250
00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,440
The honor and career
of an officer
251
00:12:54,482 --> 00:12:59,445
with an unblemished
military record of 21 years
standing is involved.
252
00:12:59,487 --> 00:13:02,031
The defense counsel
will have to bear
full responsibility
253
00:13:02,073 --> 00:13:03,741
for the conduct
of this case.
254
00:13:06,577 --> 00:13:08,746
Subject to
the foregoing comment,
255
00:13:09,872 --> 00:13:12,458
the trial counsel's objection
is overruled.
256
00:13:13,376 --> 00:13:16,045
Court stenographer
will repeat the question.
257
00:13:16,087 --> 00:13:18,631
"You aren't aware, then,
that all the officers
of the Caine
258
00:13:18,673 --> 00:13:21,259
have habitually
referred to you
as Old Yellowstain?"
259
00:13:25,179 --> 00:13:27,306
I was not aware of that.
260
00:13:27,348 --> 00:13:29,726
No further questions.
261
00:13:29,767 --> 00:13:31,310
For now.
262
00:13:31,352 --> 00:13:34,647
Commander Queeg will be called
as a witness for the defense.
263
00:13:35,314 --> 00:13:36,983
For the defense?
264
00:13:37,025 --> 00:13:38,735
Yes, sir.
265
00:13:40,361 --> 00:13:42,530
You're excused,
subject to recall.
266
00:13:43,322 --> 00:13:44,657
Thank you, sir.
267
00:13:44,699 --> 00:13:46,826
Call Lieutenant Thomas Keefer.
268
00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:53,791
State your name, rank
and present station.
269
00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:55,835
Thomas Keefer, Lieutenant,
United States Navy,
270
00:13:55,877 --> 00:13:58,171
communication officer
of the USS Caine.
271
00:13:58,212 --> 00:14:00,715
If you recognize
the accused,
state his name.
272
00:14:00,757 --> 00:14:04,010
Lieutenant Steve Maryk,
executive officer
of the Caine.
273
00:14:04,052 --> 00:14:06,387
What is your occupation
in civilian life?
274
00:14:06,429 --> 00:14:08,306
I'm a writer.
275
00:14:08,347 --> 00:14:10,725
And has any of your work
been published?
276
00:14:10,767 --> 00:14:14,437
A number of short stories
have been published, yes, ma'am.
277
00:14:14,479 --> 00:14:18,733
Did you do any writing
in your spare time
while in service?
278
00:14:18,775 --> 00:14:21,611
Yes, I have completed
half a war novel.
279
00:14:21,652 --> 00:14:23,446
And what's the title?
280
00:14:23,488 --> 00:14:25,740
Multitudes, Multitudes.
281
00:14:25,782 --> 00:14:28,451
And has this novel,
though incomplete,
282
00:14:28,493 --> 00:14:30,953
recently been accepted
by a publisher?
283
00:14:30,995 --> 00:14:32,371
Yes.
284
00:14:33,581 --> 00:14:35,291
Now, Lieutenant Keefer,
285
00:14:35,333 --> 00:14:37,877
were you serving
aboard the Caine
in your present capacity
286
00:14:37,919 --> 00:14:40,129
on December 18th,
2022?
Yes.
287
00:14:40,171 --> 00:14:42,381
Was Captain Queeg
relieved of his command
on that date?
288
00:14:42,423 --> 00:14:43,966
He was.
By whom?
289
00:14:44,008 --> 00:14:45,551
The executive officer.
290
00:14:45,593 --> 00:14:47,720
Describe how you learned
that the captain
had been relieved.
291
00:14:47,762 --> 00:14:52,350
Uh, well, Mr. Maryk
passed word for all officers
to come up to the wheelhouse.
292
00:14:52,391 --> 00:14:56,312
When we got there, he told us
that the captain was sick
and he had assumed command.
293
00:14:56,354 --> 00:15:00,316
Did Captain Queeg
show any external signs
of being sick?
294
00:15:00,358 --> 00:15:02,068
Look, at the height
of a cyclone--
295
00:15:02,110 --> 00:15:04,403
Was he raving,
or was he foaming, or--
No, no.
296
00:15:04,445 --> 00:15:07,240
Did he look any worse off
than, say, Lieutenant Keith?
No.
297
00:15:07,281 --> 00:15:08,699
Or Maryk?
No.
298
00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:12,245
W-We were all tired,
dripping and wiped out.
299
00:15:12,286 --> 00:15:15,123
Mr. Keefer,
did you make any effort
to persuade Mr. Maryk
300
00:15:15,164 --> 00:15:16,791
to restore Queeg
to command?
301
00:15:16,833 --> 00:15:18,584
No, I did not.
302
00:15:18,626 --> 00:15:20,461
Did you not feel
the seriousness
of the moment?
303
00:15:20,503 --> 00:15:21,754
I certainly did.
304
00:15:21,796 --> 00:15:23,798
Why did you take
no remedial action?
305
00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,968
I wasn't present
when the captain was relieved.
306
00:15:27,009 --> 00:15:29,846
Maryk was in full command.
The entire ship was
obeying his orders.
307
00:15:29,887 --> 00:15:32,390
I thought that,
for the safety of the ship,
308
00:15:32,431 --> 00:15:34,809
my best course was
to obey his orders.
309
00:15:34,851 --> 00:15:36,811
Mr. Keefer, were you
aboard the Caine
310
00:15:36,853 --> 00:15:39,313
throughout the period
that Captain Queeg
was in command?
311
00:15:39,355 --> 00:15:43,067
Yes, I was.
Did you ever observe any
evidence of insanity in him?
312
00:15:43,109 --> 00:15:45,736
I don't--
I can't answer that question,
not being a psychiatrist.
313
00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:47,864
Did you ever think
he might be insane?
314
00:15:47,905 --> 00:15:49,782
Objection.
315
00:15:49,824 --> 00:15:53,119
Witness is not an expert
and matters of opinion
are not admissible evidence.
316
00:15:53,161 --> 00:15:54,704
I withdraw the question.
317
00:15:54,745 --> 00:15:58,124
Mr. Keefer,
at any time prior
to December 18th,
318
00:15:58,166 --> 00:16:01,544
were you informed
that Maryk suspected Queeg
of being mentally ill?
319
00:16:01,586 --> 00:16:04,297
Yes, I was.
Describe
how you learned this.
320
00:16:04,338 --> 00:16:05,756
Well, uh, let me see.
321
00:16:05,798 --> 00:16:08,509
Two-- Two weeks
before the cyclone,
322
00:16:08,551 --> 00:16:10,595
Maryk showed me
a medical log
323
00:16:10,636 --> 00:16:13,222
he had kept on
Captain Queeg's behavior.
324
00:16:13,264 --> 00:16:16,726
He asked me to come with him
to report the situation to--
325
00:16:16,767 --> 00:16:18,978
to Admiral Williams,
Commander Fifth Fleet.
326
00:16:19,020 --> 00:16:21,397
And did you consent
to go with him?
327
00:16:21,439 --> 00:16:23,024
Yes, I did.
Why?
328
00:16:23,065 --> 00:16:25,318
He was my superior officer
and also my close friend.
329
00:16:25,359 --> 00:16:29,155
Did you believe
that Maryk's log justified
the relief of Queeg?
330
00:16:29,197 --> 00:16:30,781
No. No.
331
00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:32,783
As soon as we got aboard
Admiral Williams's ship,
332
00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:35,870
I told him as forcibly
as I could that,
in my opinion,
333
00:16:35,912 --> 00:16:38,539
the log wouldn't
justify the action.
334
00:16:38,581 --> 00:16:42,293
What was his response?
After a lot of arguing,
he told me--
335
00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:46,797
After a lot of arguing,
he-- he followed my advice.
336
00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:48,716
We returned to the Caine.
337
00:16:48,758 --> 00:16:52,845
Were you surprised
two weeks later when he
relieved the captain?
338
00:16:53,888 --> 00:16:55,181
I was stunned.
339
00:16:56,057 --> 00:16:58,559
Were you good with that,
Mr. Keefer?
340
00:16:59,310 --> 00:17:01,103
I was badly disturbed.
341
00:17:01,145 --> 00:17:03,940
I thought that, at best,
he would be involved
in grave difficulties.
342
00:17:03,981 --> 00:17:07,777
I thought it was
a terrible situation
and an error on his part.
343
00:17:08,569 --> 00:17:10,112
No further questions.
344
00:17:10,154 --> 00:17:11,572
No questions.
345
00:17:11,614 --> 00:17:14,158
Does the defense intend
to recall this witness
346
00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,159
at a later time?
347
00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:16,786
No, sir.
348
00:17:16,827 --> 00:17:19,997
No cross-examination of this
highly material witness?
349
00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:21,123
No, sir.
350
00:17:22,959 --> 00:17:25,044
The court
will question the witness.
351
00:17:26,254 --> 00:17:27,505
Mr. Keefer--
352
00:17:27,546 --> 00:17:30,925
Now, as to this
so-called medical log,
353
00:17:30,967 --> 00:17:33,844
the facts it contained
which convinced Lieutenant Maryk
354
00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:36,305
that he should
report the captain
to Admiral Williams
355
00:17:36,347 --> 00:17:37,640
didn't convince you.
356
00:17:37,682 --> 00:17:39,392
Is that right?
They did not, sir.
357
00:17:39,433 --> 00:17:41,185
Why not?
358
00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:44,105
Sir, it's not something a layman
can intelligently discuss.
359
00:17:44,146 --> 00:17:46,816
You've stated
you're a close friend
of Mr. Maryk.
360
00:17:46,857 --> 00:17:48,442
Yes, sir.
361
00:17:48,484 --> 00:17:51,237
Well, this court
is trying to find out,
among other things,
362
00:17:51,279 --> 00:17:54,573
any possible
extenuating circumstances
for his acts.
363
00:17:54,615 --> 00:17:56,575
Did this medical log
merely indicate to you
364
00:17:56,617 --> 00:17:59,745
that Captain Queeg
was a highly normal
and competent officer?
365
00:17:59,787 --> 00:18:01,998
Sir,
speaking from ignorance,
366
00:18:02,039 --> 00:18:06,794
it's always seemed to me
that mental disability
was a-- a relative thing.
367
00:18:06,836 --> 00:18:09,380
Captain Queeg was
a very strict disciplinarian
368
00:18:09,422 --> 00:18:12,550
and extremely meticulous
in hunting down
the smallest matters.
369
00:18:12,591 --> 00:18:16,512
He wasn't the easiest person
in the world to reason with.
370
00:18:16,554 --> 00:18:19,640
And there were several occasions
where I thought
he came down too hard
371
00:18:19,682 --> 00:18:22,393
and spent excessive time
on small matters.
372
00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:24,812
They were very unpleasant.
373
00:18:24,854 --> 00:18:28,899
But to jump from them
to the conclusion that
the captain was a maniac,
374
00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:31,485
no, no, I was compelled,
in all honesty,
375
00:18:31,527 --> 00:18:33,738
to warn Maryk
against doing that.
376
00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:37,408
State your name,
rank and present station.
377
00:18:39,076 --> 00:18:42,538
Junius Urban,
Quartermaster Third Class,
US Navy
378
00:18:42,580 --> 00:18:44,582
of the USS Caine.
379
00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:48,627
Do you recognize
the accused?
380
00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:50,713
Ma'am?
381
00:18:50,755 --> 00:18:52,965
Do you recognize
the accused?
382
00:18:54,508 --> 00:18:55,926
M-Ma'am?
383
00:18:57,094 --> 00:19:00,598
Do you recognize
the officer
at that table?
384
00:19:01,599 --> 00:19:04,226
Wh-Which one?
There are two.
385
00:19:04,268 --> 00:19:06,562
Name the one you recognize.
386
00:19:07,396 --> 00:19:09,106
Th-That's the exec.
387
00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:11,108
What's his name?
388
00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:12,651
M-Mr. Maryk.
389
00:19:12,693 --> 00:19:14,945
What is he
the exec of?
390
00:19:15,738 --> 00:19:16,989
The-- The ship.
391
00:19:17,031 --> 00:19:20,326
Name the ship.
The Caine.
392
00:19:20,368 --> 00:19:22,953
Thank you.
Sorry.
393
00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:25,706
Urban,
on December 18th, 2022,
394
00:19:25,748 --> 00:19:27,958
were you serving
aboard the Caine
in your present capacity?
395
00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,252
Is that
the day it happened?
396
00:19:30,294 --> 00:19:32,421
The day
what happened?
397
00:19:32,463 --> 00:19:34,173
I don't know.
398
00:19:34,215 --> 00:19:36,967
That was the day
of the cyclone, yes.
399
00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:39,178
Sure.
I-- I was aboard.
400
00:19:40,346 --> 00:19:41,847
Were you
in the wheelhouse
401
00:19:41,889 --> 00:19:44,517
when Mr. Maryk
relieved Captain Queeg?
402
00:19:44,558 --> 00:19:46,060
Yes.
403
00:19:46,102 --> 00:19:48,104
Who else
was in the wheelhouse
at the time?
404
00:19:48,145 --> 00:19:53,734
Well, um, there was--
there was the captain
and M-Mr. Maryk.
405
00:19:54,568 --> 00:19:55,861
Yes?
406
00:19:55,903 --> 00:19:57,780
Th-Th-The helmsman.
407
00:19:57,822 --> 00:19:59,949
His name?
Stilwell.
408
00:19:59,990 --> 00:20:01,033
Who else?
409
00:20:01,075 --> 00:20:02,660
The officer of the day.
His name?
410
00:20:02,701 --> 00:20:03,994
Mr. Keith.
411
00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:06,414
What were you doing
in the wheelhouse?
412
00:20:06,455 --> 00:20:08,707
I had the watch.
413
00:20:08,749 --> 00:20:10,960
Urban,
describe in your own words
414
00:20:11,001 --> 00:20:13,712
how Lieutenant Maryk
relieved the captain.
415
00:20:16,340 --> 00:20:17,883
H-He said...
416
00:20:18,759 --> 00:20:21,554
"I relieve you," ma'am.
417
00:20:21,595 --> 00:20:23,889
What was happening
at the time?
418
00:20:23,931 --> 00:20:27,101
Well, the ship
was rolling very bad.
It was an ass-kicker storm.
419
00:20:28,102 --> 00:20:30,521
Urban, describe everything
that happened
420
00:20:30,563 --> 00:20:34,650
in the ten minutes
before Captain Queeg
was relieved.
421
00:20:34,692 --> 00:20:37,570
Well, li-like I say,
422
00:20:37,611 --> 00:20:40,072
the ship
was rolling very bad.
423
00:20:41,198 --> 00:20:42,741
That's all?
424
00:20:42,783 --> 00:20:45,703
Did the captain say anything?
Did the exec say anything?
425
00:20:45,744 --> 00:20:47,580
Did the officer of the day
say anything?
426
00:20:47,621 --> 00:20:50,249
Or did the ship
just roll in silence
for ten minutes?
427
00:20:50,291 --> 00:20:52,418
Well, ma'am,
it was a cyclone.
428
00:20:52,460 --> 00:20:57,047
Petty Officer Urban,
you are under oath.
429
00:20:57,089 --> 00:20:58,757
W-Well...
430
00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:03,679
I-I think the captain
wanted to come north,
431
00:21:03,721 --> 00:21:05,931
and the exec wanted
to come s-south.
432
00:21:05,973 --> 00:21:08,184
O-Or the other way around,
or something like that.
433
00:21:08,225 --> 00:21:10,394
Why did the captain
want to come south?
434
00:21:10,436 --> 00:21:12,396
I don't know.
Why did the exec
want to come north?
435
00:21:12,438 --> 00:21:15,191
Ma'am, I'm just
a third-class petty officer.
436
00:21:15,232 --> 00:21:18,027
Did the captain
act crazy?
No.
437
00:21:18,068 --> 00:21:19,695
Did the execs
seem scared?
N-No.
438
00:21:19,737 --> 00:21:21,280
Did the captain?
No.
439
00:21:21,322 --> 00:21:22,865
Did anyone?
440
00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:26,952
I-- I was goddamn scared.
441
00:21:27,661 --> 00:21:29,580
I-I beg your pardon, sir.
442
00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:33,417
But the captain
did not act crazy in any way
that morning, correct?
443
00:21:33,459 --> 00:21:36,253
The captain
was the same as always.
Crazy or sane, Urban?
444
00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:38,464
H-He was sane.
445
00:21:38,506 --> 00:21:40,799
S-S-S-So far as I knew.
446
00:21:40,841 --> 00:21:43,802
Petty Officer Urban,
how old are you?
447
00:21:43,844 --> 00:21:46,388
Twenty.
What schooling
have you had?
448
00:21:46,430 --> 00:21:49,517
High school--
High school diploma.
449
00:21:49,558 --> 00:21:51,977
Have you been telling
the whole truth here,
450
00:21:52,019 --> 00:21:53,729
or haven't you?
451
00:21:55,356 --> 00:22:00,194
Sir, a-an enlisted man
o-on watch
452
00:22:00,236 --> 00:22:03,948
isn't supposed to listen
to arguments between
the captain and the exec.
453
00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:06,200
Did you like the captain?
454
00:22:07,409 --> 00:22:09,036
S-Sure, I liked him, sir.
455
00:22:09,078 --> 00:22:11,539
Continue
your examination.
456
00:22:11,580 --> 00:22:13,290
No further questions.
457
00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:16,210
Petty Officer Urban,
were you aboard the Caine
458
00:22:16,252 --> 00:22:18,337
when she cut
her own tow cable?
459
00:22:18,379 --> 00:22:20,130
Y-Yes-- Yes, sir.
460
00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:22,967
And what were you
doing at the time?
I was--
461
00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:27,012
Well, that is, the captain
was bawling me out
on the bridge, sir.
462
00:22:27,054 --> 00:22:29,348
What for?
My shirttail was out.
463
00:22:29,390 --> 00:22:32,518
Was the captain
very strict on the subject
of shirttails?
464
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,271
Yes, sir.
He was very strict on shirttails, sir.
465
00:22:35,312 --> 00:22:37,189
And while he was
describing
your shirttail,
466
00:22:37,231 --> 00:22:39,191
the ship went around
in a full circle
467
00:22:39,233 --> 00:22:40,985
and steamed over
its own tow cable.
468
00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:43,195
Is that what happened?
I object to this
line of questioning.
469
00:22:43,237 --> 00:22:45,364
Counsel has
tricked the witness
with leading questions
470
00:22:45,406 --> 00:22:48,117
into asserting that the Caine
cut its own tow line,
471
00:22:48,158 --> 00:22:51,203
a material point
that was not touched upon
in direct examination.
472
00:22:51,245 --> 00:22:53,205
Please the court,
the witness has stated
473
00:22:53,247 --> 00:22:55,165
that he's never
seen the captain
do anything crazy.
474
00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:57,543
I'm simply trying
to refute that statement.
475
00:22:57,585 --> 00:23:01,463
Defense counsel
will have the opportunity
to originate evidence later.
476
00:23:01,505 --> 00:23:03,424
Objection sustained.
477
00:23:03,465 --> 00:23:06,885
Cross-examination thus far
will be stricken
from the record.
478
00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:10,848
Urban, what is
a paranoid personality?
479
00:23:10,889 --> 00:23:12,433
Huh?
A paranoid personality.
480
00:23:12,474 --> 00:23:14,143
What is it?
Sir?
481
00:23:14,184 --> 00:23:16,520
Would you recognize
a psychotic person
if you saw one?
482
00:23:16,562 --> 00:23:17,896
Me?
It's okay.
483
00:23:17,938 --> 00:23:20,024
No further questions.
Thank you.
484
00:23:20,065 --> 00:23:22,234
Petty Officer Urban,
485
00:23:22,276 --> 00:23:25,821
you will not discuss
your testimony in this courtroom
with anybody, understand?
486
00:23:25,863 --> 00:23:28,240
Wh-Who, sir?
Me, sir?
487
00:23:28,657 --> 00:23:29,658
No, sir.
488
00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:31,452
Witness excused.
489
00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:33,579
Thank you, sir.
490
00:23:37,374 --> 00:23:39,585
I see that,
uh, trial counsel
intends to call
491
00:23:39,627 --> 00:23:41,712
a dozen members
of the crew of the Caine.
492
00:23:41,754 --> 00:23:43,213
Yeah?
Yeah, that's correct.
493
00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:45,215
And the purpose is to confirm
Urban's testimony
494
00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:47,343
no one ever
saw the captain
do anything crazy.
495
00:23:47,384 --> 00:23:49,928
That is the purpose.
Okay, I'll concede that.
496
00:23:49,970 --> 00:23:52,264
I'll concede
they'll all corroborate
Urban's testimony
497
00:23:52,306 --> 00:23:57,436
if you concede that none of them
know any more about a paranoid
than Urban does.
498
00:23:57,478 --> 00:23:59,897
Yeah, I'll gladly
accept that concession
on those terms, sir.
499
00:23:59,938 --> 00:24:02,316
Okay.
Lieutenant, that's
a weighty concession.
500
00:24:02,358 --> 00:24:05,402
And by your leave, sir,
I'll make that concession.
501
00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:07,279
Uh--
502
00:24:07,321 --> 00:24:10,783
Mr. Greenwald, I understand
that you were appointed
as defense counsel
503
00:24:10,824 --> 00:24:12,201
by the judge advocate.
504
00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:13,577
Yes, sir.
505
00:24:13,619 --> 00:24:15,996
When were you
appointed?
Four days ago, sir.
506
00:24:16,038 --> 00:24:19,208
Do you feel you've had enough
time to prepare your case?
Yes, sir.
507
00:24:19,249 --> 00:24:21,251
Did you undertake
the assignment
willingly?
508
00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:23,337
Uh, sir,
Lieutenant Greenwald
accepted the assignment
509
00:24:23,379 --> 00:24:25,589
at the request
of the judge advocate.
510
00:24:26,882 --> 00:24:30,386
I see that you're a naval aviator.
Yes, sir.
511
00:24:30,427 --> 00:24:33,389
What do you fly?
Primarily
the F/A-18 Super Hornet, sir.
512
00:24:33,430 --> 00:24:36,308
Why aren't you
flying now?
Medical leave, sir.
513
00:24:36,350 --> 00:24:39,228
Why?
Forced to eject
from a damaged aircraft.
514
00:24:39,269 --> 00:24:40,938
I see.
515
00:24:40,979 --> 00:24:44,191
Did you have a chance
to practice much law?
A little, sir.
516
00:24:46,694 --> 00:24:48,445
Lieutenant Maryk.
517
00:24:48,487 --> 00:24:50,489
Yes, sir.
518
00:24:50,531 --> 00:24:52,908
I need to know if you're
happy with your counsel's
conduct of the defense.
519
00:24:52,950 --> 00:24:55,494
Sir, if he answers
that question,
he does on blind faith.
520
00:24:55,536 --> 00:24:57,955
Can I just have a moment
to speak to my client privately?
521
00:25:00,958 --> 00:25:02,084
Two minutes.
522
00:25:02,126 --> 00:25:03,502
Come on.
523
00:25:03,961 --> 00:25:05,337
Thank you.
524
00:25:07,131 --> 00:25:09,425
So, do you want
to get rid of me?
525
00:25:10,467 --> 00:25:11,969
I don't know.
526
00:25:13,053 --> 00:25:15,347
I think I'm screwed
at this point.
527
00:25:15,389 --> 00:25:17,349
Fifteen years
in the brig?
528
00:25:17,391 --> 00:25:19,184
Mm-hmm.
529
00:25:20,728 --> 00:25:23,522
Tell me one thing.
Why didn't you
cross-examine Tom?
530
00:25:23,564 --> 00:25:25,858
I don't have time
to tell you everything.
531
00:25:25,899 --> 00:25:28,569
Tom Keefer knows everything
the captain did. Everything.
I'm sure he does.
532
00:25:28,610 --> 00:25:30,487
If he wouldn't talk,
it's up to you
to drag it out.
533
00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:32,614
Wasn't it?
You don't understand.
534
00:25:32,656 --> 00:25:34,408
No, I don't understand
what you're doing.
That's for sure.
535
00:25:34,450 --> 00:25:35,909
I want to fight
this case.
Why?
536
00:25:35,951 --> 00:25:37,619
Because
I want to win it.
Why?
537
00:25:37,661 --> 00:25:39,538
Is that not enough?
538
00:25:39,580 --> 00:25:41,248
Before you said you'd
rather be prosecuting
than defending me.
539
00:25:41,290 --> 00:25:43,000
So maybe this is
your bizarre way
of prosecuting.
540
00:25:43,041 --> 00:25:46,170
Steve, listen to me
very carefully.
541
00:25:46,211 --> 00:25:48,964
Implicating Keefer
harms you.
What?
542
00:25:49,006 --> 00:25:52,342
Two disgruntled bastards
instead of one heroic exec.
543
00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:55,637
I have a chance
with one heroic exec.
544
00:25:55,679 --> 00:25:58,974
Making that stick
is the only chance
for you to win.
545
00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:07,524
For the record,
the court asks the accused,
546
00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:09,985
are you satisfied
with your counsel?
547
00:26:11,653 --> 00:26:13,530
I'm satisfied, sir.
548
00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:16,408
Court will not
reopen this question.
I understand that, sir.
549
00:26:16,450 --> 00:26:19,077
I'm satisfied
with Lieutenant Greenwald.
550
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,705
Proceed with your case,
Commander Challee.
551
00:26:22,664 --> 00:26:24,249
Call Lieutenant Keith.
552
00:26:33,467 --> 00:26:35,427
State your name, rank
and present station.
553
00:26:35,469 --> 00:26:38,555
Willis Keith,
US Navy Junior Grade,
554
00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,682
assistant communications officer
on the USS Caine.
555
00:26:40,724 --> 00:26:43,185
Mr. Keith, were you
officer of the deck of the Caine
556
00:26:43,227 --> 00:26:45,395
on December 18th, 2022?
557
00:26:45,437 --> 00:26:46,814
I was.
558
00:26:46,855 --> 00:26:49,525
Was the captain relieved
of his command on that date?
559
00:26:49,566 --> 00:26:50,609
Yes, ma'am.
560
00:26:50,651 --> 00:26:52,194
Do you know why
the executive officer
561
00:26:52,236 --> 00:26:53,612
relieved the captain?
Yes.
562
00:26:53,654 --> 00:26:56,740
Captain Queeg
had lost control of himself
563
00:26:56,782 --> 00:26:59,535
and the ship
was in grave danger
of foundering.
564
00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:02,204
How many years
have you served at sea,
Lieutenant?
565
00:27:02,246 --> 00:27:04,164
One year, three months.
566
00:27:04,206 --> 00:27:06,208
Do you know how many years
Commander Queeg
has served at sea?
567
00:27:06,250 --> 00:27:08,168
I guess about 17 years.
568
00:27:08,210 --> 00:27:10,128
Which one of you is
better qualified to judge
569
00:27:10,170 --> 00:27:12,714
whether a ship
is foundering or not?
570
00:27:12,756 --> 00:27:14,758
Myself, ma'am,
571
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,344
if I'm in possession
of my faculties
and Commander Queeg isn't.
572
00:27:17,386 --> 00:27:19,221
Well, what makes you think
he wasn't in possession
of his faculties?
573
00:27:19,263 --> 00:27:21,473
He wasn't on the morning
of December 18th.
574
00:27:21,515 --> 00:27:24,643
Oh. Have you studied
medicine or psychiatry?
No.
575
00:27:24,685 --> 00:27:29,106
Did the captain foam or rave
or make insane gestures?
576
00:27:29,147 --> 00:27:32,901
No. No.
What he did do was just as bad.
577
00:27:32,943 --> 00:27:34,069
Clarify that, will you?
578
00:27:34,111 --> 00:27:36,321
His orders were vague.
579
00:27:36,363 --> 00:27:39,783
He insisted on going south
when we had a north wind
of 90 miles an hour behind us.
580
00:27:39,825 --> 00:27:42,536
With a stern wind that strong,
the ship couldn't be controlled.
581
00:27:42,578 --> 00:27:45,706
In your expert opinion
as ship handler, that is.
582
00:27:45,747 --> 00:27:49,126
Well, Steve Maryk thought so,
and he's an expert ship handler.
583
00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:53,797
Were you completely loyal
to your captain or not,
prior to 18 December?
584
00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:58,635
I was, uh, antagonistic
to Captain Queeg
at certain isolated times.
585
00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:00,679
At what isolated times
were you antagonistic?
586
00:28:00,721 --> 00:28:03,098
When the captain
mistreated his men,
I opposed him.
587
00:28:03,140 --> 00:28:04,808
When did the captain
ever mistreat his men?
588
00:28:04,850 --> 00:28:07,936
Well, for one thing,
he systematically persecuted
589
00:28:07,978 --> 00:28:09,855
Gunners Mate Second Class
Stilwell.
590
00:28:09,897 --> 00:28:11,982
In what way?
591
00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:15,068
First, he restricted him
to the ship for six months
for reading on watch.
592
00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:17,988
Refused to grant him leave
when we were back in the States
in December 2021.
593
00:28:18,030 --> 00:28:22,868
The man was getting
anonymous messages about
his wife's infidelity.
594
00:28:22,910 --> 00:28:26,038
Maryk gave Stilwell
a 72-hour emergency leave.
595
00:28:26,079 --> 00:28:27,873
He returned a few hours
over leave--
596
00:28:27,915 --> 00:28:31,793
Hold on. Hold on.
You say that Maryk
gave Stilwell leave.
597
00:28:33,503 --> 00:28:35,923
Did Maryk know that the captain
had denied Stilwell leave?
598
00:28:35,964 --> 00:28:37,799
Yes.
599
00:28:37,841 --> 00:28:41,178
Did Maryk check with the captain
before authorizing this leave?
600
00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:43,138
No, um...
601
00:28:43,180 --> 00:28:45,641
Are you testifying,
Mr. Keith,
602
00:28:45,682 --> 00:28:48,852
that Maryk
deliberately violated
his captain's orders?
603
00:28:50,938 --> 00:28:52,356
Uh...
604
00:28:53,732 --> 00:28:57,694
I-- I mean,
i-it was my fault, actually.
605
00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:59,696
'Cause I begged him to.
He was--
606
00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:01,990
Mr. Keith, we now
have your testimony
607
00:29:02,032 --> 00:29:03,992
that you and Stilwell
and Maryk
608
00:29:04,034 --> 00:29:06,870
conspired to circumvent
an express order by
your commanding officer
609
00:29:06,912 --> 00:29:10,332
a whole year
before the cyclone
of 18 December.
610
00:29:10,374 --> 00:29:12,834
Now, please tell the court
611
00:29:12,876 --> 00:29:16,588
any other instances
of mistreatment
that occur to you.
612
00:29:18,215 --> 00:29:20,092
He cut off Internet access
for six months
613
00:29:20,133 --> 00:29:22,803
'cause he wasn't invited
to a screening by mistake.
614
00:29:22,844 --> 00:29:26,056
Uh, he restricted water use
in the middle of a heat wave
615
00:29:26,098 --> 00:29:29,267
'cause he said the men
were using too much,
they had to be taught a lesson.
616
00:29:29,309 --> 00:29:34,356
Did the captain ever issue
any rules or punishments
not permitted by regulations?
617
00:29:35,565 --> 00:29:38,110
He never did anything
not allowed by regulations.
618
00:29:38,151 --> 00:29:40,529
You don't like the captain,
do you, Lieutenant?
619
00:29:40,570 --> 00:29:42,489
Oh, I did.
I did at first.
620
00:29:42,531 --> 00:29:44,241
Very much.
Mm-hmm.
621
00:29:44,282 --> 00:29:46,994
But I gradually
came to realize
622
00:29:47,035 --> 00:29:49,746
that he was a petty tyrant
and utterly incompetent.
623
00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:52,207
Did you think
he was insane, too?
624
00:29:52,249 --> 00:29:54,251
Not until the day
of the cyclone.
625
00:29:54,292 --> 00:29:57,045
Very well.
Come to the day of the storm.
626
00:29:57,087 --> 00:29:58,922
Was your decision
to obey Maryk
627
00:29:58,964 --> 00:30:01,591
based on your judgment that
the captain had gone mad?
628
00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:04,803
Or was it based
on your hatred
of Captain Queeg?
629
00:30:06,430 --> 00:30:11,476
I-- I just-- I don't remember
my state of mind at that time.
630
00:30:12,144 --> 00:30:13,729
No further questions.
631
00:30:13,770 --> 00:30:16,898
Mr. Keith, you stated
you disliked Captain Queeg, yes?
632
00:30:16,940 --> 00:30:18,900
I did dislike him.
633
00:30:18,942 --> 00:30:21,653
And did you state all
your reasons for disliking him?
Not at all.
634
00:30:21,695 --> 00:30:24,239
Okay, well, please,
state the rest
of those reasons now.
635
00:30:24,281 --> 00:30:27,242
Well, for one thing,
he extorted
a thousand bucks from me.
636
00:30:27,284 --> 00:30:29,327
Objection.
637
00:30:29,369 --> 00:30:31,955
The issue in this case
is not whether Captain Queeg
was a model officer,
638
00:30:31,997 --> 00:30:33,832
but whether he was insane
on 18 December.
639
00:30:33,874 --> 00:30:35,959
Defense counsel hasn't
even touched that issue.
640
00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:38,503
Well, please the court,
this bears directly
on the fitness
641
00:30:38,545 --> 00:30:40,672
of Captain Queeg
to command a naval vessel.
642
00:30:40,714 --> 00:30:43,050
And as evidence,
it is nothing but clarification
643
00:30:43,091 --> 00:30:45,385
of Keith's dislike
for his commanding officer,
644
00:30:45,427 --> 00:30:49,347
a fact brought out
by trial counsel,
at great pains, I might add,
645
00:30:49,389 --> 00:30:51,933
under direct examination.
646
00:30:53,393 --> 00:30:55,020
The objection is overruled.
647
00:30:56,563 --> 00:31:00,734
Mr. Keith,
could you please describe
this so-called extortion?
648
00:31:00,776 --> 00:31:04,571
Well, this was back
last December
in Port Doha, Qatar.
649
00:31:04,613 --> 00:31:07,741
Uh, the captain had this crate,
650
00:31:07,783 --> 00:31:11,036
this big crate
full of duty-free whiskey
that he wanted to sneak aboard.
651
00:31:11,078 --> 00:31:12,871
He appointed me boat officer,
652
00:31:12,913 --> 00:31:15,665
and a working party started
to load the crate in the gig.
653
00:31:15,707 --> 00:31:17,876
It was incredibly heavy,
654
00:31:17,918 --> 00:31:22,506
and Captain Queeg...
got excited
655
00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:25,801
and started screaming out
a whole bunch
of contradictory orders.
656
00:31:25,842 --> 00:31:28,136
Sailors got rattled,
they dropped the crate
in the water,
657
00:31:28,178 --> 00:31:31,556
it sank like a stone,
I was out a thousand bucks.
658
00:31:31,598 --> 00:31:33,642
No, you mean the captain
was out a thousand bucks.
659
00:31:33,683 --> 00:31:36,019
No, no, no, sir.
I was.
660
00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:38,188
Captain informed me
it was my responsibility,
661
00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:40,398
'cause I was boat officer
in charge of loading,
662
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,568
and he asked me
what I wanted to do about it.
663
00:31:43,610 --> 00:31:45,237
I was supposed to go
on leave the next day.
664
00:31:45,278 --> 00:31:48,573
My girlfriend had flown out
from New York to be with me,
665
00:31:48,615 --> 00:31:50,367
so I went to the captain,
666
00:31:50,408 --> 00:31:53,578
I apologized for my stupidity,
667
00:31:53,620 --> 00:31:56,206
and I offered to pay
for the crate.
668
00:31:56,248 --> 00:31:59,709
He took my money
and signed my leave papers.
669
00:32:00,961 --> 00:32:03,755
What other reasons do you have
for disliking Captain Queeg?
670
00:32:03,797 --> 00:32:05,465
Well, my chief reason
for disliking Captain Queeg
671
00:32:05,507 --> 00:32:07,759
was his cowardice
in dangerous situations.
672
00:32:07,801 --> 00:32:08,760
Objection!
673
00:32:08,802 --> 00:32:10,011
Counsel
is originating evidence
674
00:32:10,053 --> 00:32:12,305
beyond the scope
of direct examination.
675
00:32:12,347 --> 00:32:16,017
He is leading the witness
to irresponsible libel
of an officer of the Navy.
676
00:32:16,059 --> 00:32:18,895
Please the court,
the witness's dislike
of Captain Queeg
677
00:32:18,937 --> 00:32:21,398
was not only in the scope
of direct examination,
678
00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:23,733
it was the key fact
brought out.
679
00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:27,779
Now, the witness has confessed
an ignorance of psychiatry.
680
00:32:28,572 --> 00:32:30,198
Things Captain Queeg did
681
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,285
which forced the witness
in his ignorance
to dislike him
682
00:32:33,326 --> 00:32:36,079
may in fact have been
the helpless acts
of a sick man.
683
00:32:36,121 --> 00:32:39,207
I respectfully
urge my objection, sir.
684
00:32:39,249 --> 00:32:42,460
Let me remind everyone
685
00:32:42,502 --> 00:32:45,630
of the serious nature
of the issues
in this line of questioning
686
00:32:45,672 --> 00:32:47,883
and the implications
involved.
687
00:32:48,842 --> 00:32:51,303
From the earliest days
of our service,
688
00:32:51,344 --> 00:32:54,806
the worst charge
that can be leveled against
a naval service officer,
689
00:32:54,848 --> 00:32:57,642
especially
the commanding officer
of a vessel,
690
00:32:57,684 --> 00:33:02,647
is that he displays cowardice
or negligence in the face
of danger to his ship or crew.
691
00:33:03,815 --> 00:33:05,775
Counsel and the witness
are herewith cautioned
692
00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:09,821
that they are treading on
dangerous and unprecedented
grounds here.
693
00:33:11,031 --> 00:33:13,116
Court offers defense counsel
the opportunity
694
00:33:13,158 --> 00:33:15,452
to withdraw his question
from the record.
695
00:33:16,786 --> 00:33:19,206
My question stands, sir.
696
00:33:19,247 --> 00:33:21,291
Lieutenant Keith,
697
00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:24,711
you have the opportunity
to withdraw
or amend your answers.
698
00:33:24,753 --> 00:33:27,130
I stand by
what I said, sir.
699
00:33:27,881 --> 00:33:29,799
Very well.
700
00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:32,969
Court finds that the question
is within the scope
of direct examination
701
00:33:33,011 --> 00:33:35,931
and that the answer
is material.
702
00:33:35,972 --> 00:33:38,808
The objection
of the trial counsel
is overruled.
703
00:33:38,850 --> 00:33:41,019
Mr. Keith, can you describe
when and where
704
00:33:41,061 --> 00:33:44,189
the captain displayed
this aversion to danger?
705
00:33:44,231 --> 00:33:48,610
Uh, well,
I guess the worst time
was a mine-sweeping operation
706
00:33:48,652 --> 00:33:50,195
in the Straits of Hormuz.
707
00:33:50,237 --> 00:33:52,197
That's where
he got the nickname
Old Yellowstain.
708
00:33:52,239 --> 00:33:54,699
And this nickname,
Old Yellowstain,
what does it imply?
709
00:33:54,741 --> 00:33:56,868
Well, cowardice, of course.
710
00:33:56,910 --> 00:33:59,663
It refers to a yellow dye marker
he dropped over the side.
711
00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:02,832
Describe. Describe
this Yellowstain incident
for us, please.
712
00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:04,876
I wasn't on
the bridge at the time.
713
00:34:04,918 --> 00:34:07,003
I only heard
about it afterwards--
Oh! Objection.
714
00:34:07,045 --> 00:34:10,548
Does defense counsel
seriously expect to enter these
hearsay libels on the record?
715
00:34:10,590 --> 00:34:12,759
I withdraw the question,
okay?
716
00:34:12,801 --> 00:34:16,805
Defense will introduce
direct evidence
on the Yellowstain incident.
717
00:34:16,846 --> 00:34:19,599
Strike the question
and the answer
from the record.
718
00:34:19,641 --> 00:34:21,810
Describe incidents
of cowardice
719
00:34:21,851 --> 00:34:24,229
to which you were
an eyewitness,
Mr. Keith.
720
00:34:25,146 --> 00:34:28,066
Any time there was
a difficult situation,
721
00:34:28,108 --> 00:34:31,319
Captain Queeg was always
to be found on the side
of the bridge away from it all.
722
00:34:31,361 --> 00:34:35,407
I saw that a dozen times
when I was officer of the day.
Thank you.
723
00:34:35,448 --> 00:34:37,575
No further questions.
724
00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:40,870
Mr. Keith,
has Lieutenant Commander Queeg
725
00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:45,375
ever been investigated
or charged by higher authority
726
00:34:45,417 --> 00:34:49,421
for any of this alleged
unprofessional behavior
that you describe?
727
00:34:49,462 --> 00:34:50,839
No.
728
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,091
Can you cite
any official records
729
00:34:53,133 --> 00:34:56,386
that'll substantiate
any of these fantastic
730
00:34:56,428 --> 00:34:58,596
and libelous stories
that you've been telling
731
00:34:58,638 --> 00:35:00,598
under the guidance
of defense counsel?
732
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:02,309
Official records, no.
733
00:35:02,350 --> 00:35:04,853
Mr. Keith, do you
know for a fact
734
00:35:04,894 --> 00:35:08,231
that the crate that was lost
contained smuggled liquor?
735
00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:10,233
It's common knowledge.
736
00:35:10,275 --> 00:35:12,027
Common knowledge.
737
00:35:12,068 --> 00:35:14,571
Did you see the liquor
in the crate?
No.
738
00:35:14,612 --> 00:35:18,658
Can you name one person
who will testify that they
saw liquor in the crate?
739
00:35:18,700 --> 00:35:21,703
Naturally, he was pretty
careful about that.
Okay, not one person.
740
00:35:21,745 --> 00:35:25,081
I just-- I don't--
I don't know who would
have actually seen it.
741
00:35:25,874 --> 00:35:27,167
Mr. Keith,
you've testified
742
00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:29,294
that you don't like
Captain Queeg.
743
00:35:29,336 --> 00:35:32,297
You're reporting as fact
every evil rumor about him
744
00:35:32,339 --> 00:35:35,967
and you're making
wildly irresponsible charges
under oath.
745
00:35:36,009 --> 00:35:37,802
Isn't that the plain truth
of your testimony,
Mr. Keith?
746
00:35:37,844 --> 00:35:39,888
I haven't lied once.
747
00:35:39,929 --> 00:35:42,223
Mr. Keith, on the morning
that the captain was relieved,
748
00:35:42,265 --> 00:35:44,642
did you really think
he'd gone crazy?
749
00:35:45,602 --> 00:35:47,312
I said before,
750
00:35:47,354 --> 00:35:50,648
I can't say for sure
what my state of mind was,
or his.
751
00:35:51,691 --> 00:35:53,651
No more questions.
752
00:35:57,322 --> 00:35:58,990
Call Captain Southard.
753
00:36:04,287 --> 00:36:07,248
State your name, rank
and present station.
754
00:36:07,290 --> 00:36:08,833
Randolph Southard,
755
00:36:08,875 --> 00:36:12,128
Captain, US Navy
operations officer,
Fifth Fleet.
756
00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:13,838
You understand
that you've been called
as an expert witness
757
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:15,423
on Avenger-class
ship handling?
758
00:36:15,465 --> 00:36:16,800
I do.
759
00:36:16,841 --> 00:36:18,218
State your qualifications.
760
00:36:18,259 --> 00:36:20,720
Some 20 years
on smaller combatants,
761
00:36:20,762 --> 00:36:22,430
ten years
of commanding all types,
762
00:36:22,472 --> 00:36:25,433
including ships
ranging up to
guided missile destroyers.
763
00:36:25,475 --> 00:36:29,104
To clarify for the members,
will you use the map
marked "Exhibit A"
764
00:36:29,145 --> 00:36:32,816
to illustrate
the position of the Caine
when she encountered the storm?
765
00:36:33,691 --> 00:36:37,570
The Caine
was approximately here.
766
00:36:37,612 --> 00:36:41,699
The storm hit
from the northeast,
heading southwest.
767
00:36:41,741 --> 00:36:43,743
Vessels of the task force
steered south
768
00:36:43,785 --> 00:36:45,620
in an attempt
to outrun the weather.
769
00:36:45,662 --> 00:36:48,665
The Caine, in her spot
on the right flank
of the sweep pattern,
770
00:36:48,706 --> 00:36:50,166
caught the worst of it.
771
00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:52,877
Rather than steering
with the wind aft,
772
00:36:52,919 --> 00:36:56,714
she turned north
into the wind and seized.
773
00:36:56,756 --> 00:37:00,635
That was the situation
in the strait
on the day in question.
774
00:37:00,677 --> 00:37:02,637
Thank you, Captain.
You may be seated.
775
00:37:02,679 --> 00:37:04,639
Trial counsel,
you may proceed.
776
00:37:04,681 --> 00:37:06,141
Thank you.
777
00:37:07,308 --> 00:37:10,895
Captain, let's say that,
hypothetically,
778
00:37:10,937 --> 00:37:13,481
you're the one
who's in command
of the vessel.
779
00:37:13,523 --> 00:37:16,109
A cyclone blows up
without warning
traveling west
780
00:37:16,151 --> 00:37:18,236
and you're directly
in the path of it.
781
00:37:18,278 --> 00:37:19,988
The wind keeps increasing,
782
00:37:20,029 --> 00:37:22,532
its direction
holding steady from the north.
783
00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:26,786
Soon your wind
is force ten to 12
and your seas are mountainous.
784
00:37:26,828 --> 00:37:29,456
Under the circumstances,
what would you do?
785
00:37:29,497 --> 00:37:31,833
Well, I'd execute
the classic Navy maneuver
786
00:37:31,875 --> 00:37:34,210
known as getting
the hell out of there.
787
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:36,087
And how would you go
about that, Captain?
788
00:37:36,129 --> 00:37:38,256
Well, it's almost
rule of thumb.
789
00:37:38,298 --> 00:37:40,425
You say the winds
from the north are 90 knots,
790
00:37:40,467 --> 00:37:43,595
center of the cyclone
coming at you from the west.
791
00:37:43,636 --> 00:37:45,430
The best course is south.
792
00:37:45,472 --> 00:37:48,349
You might have to head
a couple of points
one way or the other,
793
00:37:48,391 --> 00:37:49,934
depending on your seas,
794
00:37:49,976 --> 00:37:53,855
but there's only one way
out of that mess-- south.
795
00:37:53,897 --> 00:37:57,108
But then you have
a terribly strong stern wind,
don't you?
796
00:37:57,150 --> 00:37:58,943
What about it?
797
00:37:58,985 --> 00:38:02,489
Well, can a small vessel
ride safely going downwind
in such conditions?
798
00:38:02,530 --> 00:38:06,284
She'll ride just as well
going downwind as upwind.
799
00:38:06,326 --> 00:38:08,745
In fact,
with your high freeboard
going forward,
800
00:38:08,786 --> 00:38:10,663
a smaller vessel
tends to back in the wind.
801
00:38:10,705 --> 00:38:15,752
Other things being equal,
she'll do slightly
better going downwind.
802
00:38:15,793 --> 00:38:18,963
How about turning north
in those circumstances
and heading into the wind?
803
00:38:19,005 --> 00:38:24,469
Well, that would be
dubious and dangerous,
not to mention idiotic.
804
00:38:24,511 --> 00:38:26,596
Why, sir?
805
00:38:26,638 --> 00:38:29,599
Well, you're heading yourself
right back into the path
of the cyclone.
806
00:38:29,641 --> 00:38:33,228
Unless you're interested
in sinking,
that's not smart.
807
00:38:33,269 --> 00:38:34,979
That's all, sir.
808
00:38:35,021 --> 00:38:39,776
Captain, have you ever
conned a ship
at the center of a cyclone?
809
00:38:39,817 --> 00:38:41,694
Negative.
810
00:38:41,736 --> 00:38:45,114
Been on the fringes often,
but always managed
to avoid the center.
811
00:38:45,156 --> 00:38:49,035
And have you ever commanded
a mine countermeasures ship?
Negative.
812
00:38:49,077 --> 00:38:52,455
Okay, this trial, sir,
concerns an Avenger-class MCM
813
00:38:52,497 --> 00:38:54,874
at the center of
a very dangerous storm.
814
00:38:54,916 --> 00:38:56,834
I'm aware of that.
815
00:38:56,876 --> 00:39:00,338
I've had MCMs under my command,
and I've read the book on them.
816
00:39:00,380 --> 00:39:02,465
They don't differ
from smaller-class vessels
817
00:39:02,507 --> 00:39:06,928
in terms of characteristics
and handling in rough weather.
818
00:39:06,970 --> 00:39:09,138
I only ask these questions,
sir,
819
00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:11,641
because you are
the only expert
ship-handling witness,
820
00:39:11,683 --> 00:39:15,186
and I believe the extent
of your expert knowledge
should be clear to the court.
821
00:39:15,228 --> 00:39:17,272
Well,
I've handled these ships
822
00:39:17,313 --> 00:39:20,775
in almost
every conceivable situation
for the last ten years.
823
00:39:20,817 --> 00:39:23,945
Haven't handled
a mine countermeasures
at the center of a cyclone,
824
00:39:23,987 --> 00:39:27,115
but I don't know
who the hell has besides
the skipper of the Caine.
825
00:39:27,156 --> 00:39:29,200
That's
a thousand-to-one shot.
826
00:39:29,242 --> 00:39:32,328
Then would you state,
without reservation,
827
00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:36,374
that the same rules hold
for an MCM
at the center of a cyclone?
828
00:39:36,416 --> 00:39:40,545
At the center of a cyclone,
there are no hard
and fast rules.
829
00:39:40,587 --> 00:39:43,298
That's one situation
where it's all up
to the commanding officer.
830
00:39:43,339 --> 00:39:45,508
Too many things
happen too fast.
831
00:39:45,550 --> 00:39:47,510
Mmm.
832
00:39:47,552 --> 00:39:50,722
You remember
the hypothetical question
put to you by trial counsel
833
00:39:50,763 --> 00:39:52,515
about the storm, yes?
834
00:39:52,557 --> 00:39:53,850
I do.
835
00:39:53,891 --> 00:39:55,977
I want you to assume
in that situation
836
00:39:56,019 --> 00:39:58,688
that the wind and the seas
become bigger.
837
00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:02,233
They become bigger
than anything-- anything
you have ever experienced.
838
00:40:02,275 --> 00:40:03,943
You have lost control
of your ship, sir.
839
00:40:03,985 --> 00:40:06,237
You actually believe
she could sink.
840
00:40:06,279 --> 00:40:08,906
You are in
the worst-case scenario.
841
00:40:08,948 --> 00:40:12,368
Do you bring around north
into the wind,
842
00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:15,913
or do you continue south,
stern to the wind?
843
00:40:15,955 --> 00:40:17,749
You're getting
very extreme.
844
00:40:17,790 --> 00:40:20,001
Yes, sir, I am.
Would you prefer not
to answer the question?
845
00:40:20,043 --> 00:40:22,045
I'll answer it.
Please.
846
00:40:22,086 --> 00:40:24,255
In the worst-case scenario,
847
00:40:24,297 --> 00:40:27,592
I'd come around the north,
into the wind, if I could.
848
00:40:27,634 --> 00:40:31,054
But only
in the worst-case scenario.
Why?
849
00:40:31,095 --> 00:40:34,057
Because the engines
in your rudder have
the best chance that way.
850
00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:38,519
That's why.
It's your last chance
to keep control of your ship.
851
00:40:38,561 --> 00:40:42,273
But aren't you heading back
into the center of the storm?
First things first.
852
00:40:42,315 --> 00:40:43,983
If you're on
the verge of sinking,
853
00:40:44,025 --> 00:40:46,069
you about as bad off
as you can get.
854
00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:47,654
Mind you, you said
worst-case scenario.
855
00:40:47,695 --> 00:40:52,325
I did, sir.
Thank you very much.
No further questions.
856
00:40:52,367 --> 00:40:54,661
Captain,
who, in your opinion,
is the best judge
857
00:40:54,702 --> 00:40:57,580
as to whether a ship is in
the worst-case scenario?
858
00:40:57,622 --> 00:41:01,292
There's only one judge.
The commanding officer.
859
00:41:01,334 --> 00:41:03,169
Why, sir?
860
00:41:03,211 --> 00:41:06,506
The Navy made him captain
'cause his knowledge
of the sea and of ships
861
00:41:06,547 --> 00:41:09,384
is better than anyone else's
on the ship.
862
00:41:09,425 --> 00:41:14,138
It's very common
for some subordinate officers
to think the ship is sinking
863
00:41:14,180 --> 00:41:17,225
when all that's happening
is a little weather.
864
00:41:17,266 --> 00:41:20,061
Well, don't you think, sir,
that when his subordinates
865
00:41:20,103 --> 00:41:22,063
all agree that the ship
is going down
866
00:41:22,105 --> 00:41:23,815
that the captain ought
to listen to them?
867
00:41:23,856 --> 00:41:25,817
Negative.
868
00:41:25,858 --> 00:41:29,153
Panic is a common hazard
at sea.
869
00:41:29,195 --> 00:41:31,322
The highest function of command
is to override
870
00:41:31,364 --> 00:41:34,575
and listen to nothing
but the voice of his own
professional judgment.
871
00:41:35,868 --> 00:41:38,162
Call Dr. Joan Lundeen.
872
00:41:43,042 --> 00:41:45,169
State your name, rank
and present station.
873
00:41:45,211 --> 00:41:47,338
Lieutenant Commander
Joan Lundeen,
874
00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:49,966
Medical Corps, US Navy,
Head of Psychiatry,
875
00:41:50,007 --> 00:41:52,176
US Naval Hospital,
San Francisco.
876
00:41:52,218 --> 00:41:55,179
Were you the head of
the medical board that examined
Lieutenant Commander Queeg?
877
00:41:55,221 --> 00:41:56,556
I was.
878
00:41:56,597 --> 00:41:59,976
And how long
did your examination last,
Doctor?
879
00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:03,688
We had the commander
under constant observation
and testing for three weeks.
880
00:42:03,730 --> 00:42:05,773
And what was the finding
of the board?
881
00:42:05,815 --> 00:42:08,818
Commander Queeg was discharged
with a clean bill of health.
882
00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:13,573
Doctor, is it possible
that two months ago,
on December 18th,
883
00:42:13,614 --> 00:42:16,367
he was in such a state
of psychotic collapse
884
00:42:16,409 --> 00:42:19,495
that relieving him
from naval command
would be justified?
885
00:42:19,537 --> 00:42:20,788
No.
886
00:42:20,830 --> 00:42:22,665
Is it possible
for a sane man
887
00:42:22,707 --> 00:42:26,627
to perform offensive,
disagreeable,
foolish acts?
888
00:42:26,669 --> 00:42:28,379
It happens every day.
889
00:42:28,421 --> 00:42:31,007
We didn't find
that the commander
was a perfect officer.
890
00:42:31,048 --> 00:42:34,719
Yet, you still say
that to relieve him
from naval command
891
00:42:34,761 --> 00:42:37,889
because of mental illness
would be unjustified?
892
00:42:37,930 --> 00:42:41,058
Completely unjustified.
893
00:42:41,726 --> 00:42:43,269
Thank you.
894
00:42:43,770 --> 00:42:45,980
Dr. Lundeen,
895
00:42:46,022 --> 00:42:48,024
my background is legal,
not medical,
896
00:42:48,065 --> 00:42:51,569
so I hope you'll bear with me
as I try to clarify
some technical terms.
897
00:42:51,611 --> 00:42:53,321
Of course.
898
00:42:53,362 --> 00:42:57,366
I'm going to ask some
pretty elementary questions.
All right.
899
00:42:57,408 --> 00:43:00,077
Would you say Commander Queeg
is absolutely normal?
900
00:43:01,954 --> 00:43:05,291
Well, normality, you know,
is a fiction in psychiatry.
Mmm.
901
00:43:05,333 --> 00:43:08,669
No adult is without problems
except a happy imbecile.
902
00:43:08,711 --> 00:43:10,838
What are
Commander Queeg's problems?
903
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:14,509
You might say his
overall problem is one of
an inferiority complex
904
00:43:14,550 --> 00:43:16,636
generated
by an unhappy childhood
905
00:43:16,677 --> 00:43:19,972
and aggravated
by certain adult experiences.
906
00:43:20,014 --> 00:43:22,308
Unhappy childhood
in what way?
907
00:43:22,350 --> 00:43:26,562
Divorced parents,
financial trouble,
908
00:43:26,604 --> 00:43:28,105
problems at school.
909
00:43:28,147 --> 00:43:30,483
And the aggravating factors
in adult life?
910
00:43:31,776 --> 00:43:33,236
In his adult life,
911
00:43:33,277 --> 00:43:35,530
the commander is troubled
by his low standing
912
00:43:35,571 --> 00:43:37,907
in his academy class
and other such factors,
913
00:43:37,949 --> 00:43:39,784
but he has
become well-adjusted.
914
00:43:39,826 --> 00:43:42,912
Mmm. Can you describe
the nature of that adjustment?
915
00:43:42,954 --> 00:43:46,457
His identity as a naval officer
is the essential factor.
916
00:43:46,499 --> 00:43:48,918
It's the key
to his personal security.
917
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:52,463
Therefore,
he has a fixed anxiety
about protecting his standing.
918
00:43:52,505 --> 00:43:54,465
That would account
for his harshness.
919
00:43:54,507 --> 00:43:56,592
Would he be slow
to admit mistakes?
920
00:43:56,634 --> 00:43:59,303
Yes, of course.
There's nothing
unbalanced in that.
921
00:43:59,345 --> 00:44:02,515
Oh, really? I mean,
would he be a perfectionist?
922
00:44:02,557 --> 00:44:04,600
Such a personality
would be.
923
00:44:04,642 --> 00:44:06,310
Inclined to hound
his subordinates
924
00:44:06,352 --> 00:44:07,895
over the smallest
little details.
925
00:44:07,937 --> 00:44:11,440
Any mistake
of a subordinate
is intolerable
926
00:44:11,482 --> 00:44:13,526
because it might cause him harm.
927
00:44:13,568 --> 00:44:17,530
Yet he will not admit mistakes
that he makes himself.
928
00:44:17,572 --> 00:44:21,742
You might say
that he revises reality
in his own mind
929
00:44:21,784 --> 00:44:23,661
so he comes out blameless.
930
00:44:23,703 --> 00:44:27,456
Doctor, isn't
distortion of reality
a symptom of mental illness?
931
00:44:27,498 --> 00:44:30,251
It's a question of degree.
932
00:44:30,293 --> 00:44:32,628
Each one of us
has our own reality.
933
00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:37,008
Yes, Doctor, but doesn't
Commander Queeg distort reality
more, say, than you do?
934
00:44:37,049 --> 00:44:39,302
Yes, that's his weakness.
935
00:44:39,343 --> 00:44:41,262
Other people
have other weaknesses.
936
00:44:41,304 --> 00:44:43,431
It's definitely
not disabling.
937
00:44:43,472 --> 00:44:48,519
Well, if he's criticized,
would he think he was
being unjustly persecuted?
938
00:44:49,353 --> 00:44:51,272
It's all one pattern,
939
00:44:51,314 --> 00:44:55,109
all stemming
from one basic premise
that he must try to be perfect.
940
00:44:55,151 --> 00:44:56,819
Inclined to stubbornness, then.
941
00:44:56,861 --> 00:45:00,323
Well, you'll have
a certain rigidity
of personality
942
00:45:00,364 --> 00:45:02,366
in such an individual.
943
00:45:02,408 --> 00:45:04,702
His inner insecurity
stops him from admitting
944
00:45:04,744 --> 00:45:07,663
that those who differ
from him may be right.
945
00:45:07,705 --> 00:45:12,960
Doctor, you just testified that
the following symptoms exist
in Commander Queeg's behavior.
946
00:45:13,002 --> 00:45:14,670
We have rigidity
of personality.
947
00:45:14,712 --> 00:45:16,422
We have feelings
of persecution.
948
00:45:16,464 --> 00:45:18,507
We have
unreasonable suspicion.
949
00:45:18,549 --> 00:45:20,217
We have withdrawal
from reality.
950
00:45:20,259 --> 00:45:22,261
We have performance anxiety.
951
00:45:22,303 --> 00:45:24,805
We have an unreal basic premise
952
00:45:24,847 --> 00:45:27,683
and an obsessive sense
of self-righteousness.
953
00:45:27,725 --> 00:45:31,062
All mild, sir.
All well-compensated.
954
00:45:31,103 --> 00:45:33,105
Yes, Doctor, yes.
955
00:45:33,147 --> 00:45:37,276
But is there
an inclusive psychiatric term,
one label for this syndrome?
956
00:45:37,318 --> 00:45:40,154
Syndrome? Who said anything
about a syndrome?
957
00:45:40,196 --> 00:45:44,700
You're misusing a term.
There's no syndrome
because there's no disease.
958
00:45:44,742 --> 00:45:46,661
I'll rephrase it.
959
00:45:46,702 --> 00:45:48,871
Do these symptoms
fall into
960
00:45:48,913 --> 00:45:53,000
a single pattern
of neurotic disturbance,
a common psychiatric class?
961
00:45:53,042 --> 00:45:55,544
I know
what you're getting at.
Well?
962
00:45:55,586 --> 00:45:59,840
It's a paranoid personality,
but that is not
a disabling affliction.
963
00:45:59,882 --> 00:46:02,093
Doctor--
A what personality,
Doctor?
964
00:46:02,134 --> 00:46:04,011
Paranoid.
965
00:46:04,053 --> 00:46:07,181
A paranoid?
Yes, paranoid.
966
00:46:09,725 --> 00:46:12,728
Um, Doctor, in a--
967
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:17,942
in a paranoid personality,
like Commander Queeg's,
968
00:46:17,984 --> 00:46:19,860
would he-- I'm--
969
00:46:19,902 --> 00:46:22,071
I'm gonna put this to you
hypothetically.
970
00:46:22,113 --> 00:46:24,573
Can a man have
a paranoid personality
971
00:46:24,615 --> 00:46:27,159
that would not disable him
for subordinate duties,
972
00:46:27,201 --> 00:46:28,786
but would disable him
for command?
973
00:46:28,828 --> 00:46:30,955
It's conceivable.
974
00:46:30,997 --> 00:46:34,166
And is the disabling factor
likely to be detected
in a personal interview?
975
00:46:34,208 --> 00:46:36,210
With a skilled
psychiatrist, yes.
976
00:46:36,252 --> 00:46:38,963
Why? I mean,
why is a psychiatrist needed?
977
00:46:39,005 --> 00:46:41,966
Can't an educated, intelligent
person detect a paranoid?
978
00:46:42,008 --> 00:46:44,885
Well, you evidently
aren't too well acquainted
with the pattern.
979
00:46:44,927 --> 00:46:47,346
The distinguishing mark
of this neurosis
980
00:46:47,388 --> 00:46:51,809
is the extreme plausibility
and a most convincing normal
manner on the surface,
981
00:46:51,851 --> 00:46:54,311
particularly
in self-justification.
982
00:46:54,353 --> 00:46:56,272
Self-justification.
983
00:46:56,313 --> 00:46:57,982
Thank you, Doctor.
984
00:46:59,108 --> 00:47:00,484
No further questions.
985
00:47:00,526 --> 00:47:02,820
The court wishes
to clear up one point.
986
00:47:02,862 --> 00:47:07,575
Doctor, is...
is such a thing possible--
987
00:47:07,616 --> 00:47:10,286
Well, let me put it this way.
988
00:47:10,327 --> 00:47:12,163
Let's say that a man
with a mild condition
989
00:47:12,204 --> 00:47:16,083
is not disabled for all
the usual stresses of command.
990
00:47:16,125 --> 00:47:20,838
Now let's say those stresses
are multiplied manifold
by an extreme emergency.
991
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:23,799
Would there then be a tendency
to make erroneous judgments?
992
00:47:23,841 --> 00:47:25,551
There might be, sir.
993
00:47:25,593 --> 00:47:28,721
Of course, extreme stress
does that to almost anybody.
994
00:47:28,763 --> 00:47:30,723
It's not supposed to do it
to commanding officers.
995
00:47:30,765 --> 00:47:34,977
No, but practically speaking,
sir, they're human.
996
00:47:38,564 --> 00:47:41,150
State your name, rank
and present station.
997
00:47:41,192 --> 00:47:43,903
Allen Bird, MD,
US Navy Reserve.
998
00:47:43,944 --> 00:47:46,906
I was called to serve on
the psychiatric evaluation team.
999
00:47:46,947 --> 00:47:49,408
Was this the board that
was headed by Dr. Lundeen
1000
00:47:49,450 --> 00:47:52,745
which recently inquired into
the mental health of
Lieutenant Commander Queeg?
1001
00:47:52,787 --> 00:47:54,955
Yes.
And what was the finding
of the board?
1002
00:47:54,997 --> 00:47:58,125
We found that the commander
is mentally fit
for command now
1003
00:47:58,167 --> 00:48:00,544
and has never been unfit.
1004
00:48:00,586 --> 00:48:03,380
Did you find any indication
that Commander Queeg
1005
00:48:03,422 --> 00:48:06,717
had what is known
as a paranoid personality?
1006
00:48:06,759 --> 00:48:10,846
Well, I prefer to call it
obsessive personality
with paranoid features.
1007
00:48:10,888 --> 00:48:14,934
Right, but this did not
indicate mental unfitness.
No.
1008
00:48:14,975 --> 00:48:18,187
You agree, Doctor,
that Commander Queeg
is mentally fit now
1009
00:48:18,229 --> 00:48:20,981
and must have been
mentally fit
on December 18th
1010
00:48:21,023 --> 00:48:23,275
when he was relieved
on the grounds
of mental illness?
1011
00:48:23,317 --> 00:48:25,361
That was
our unanimous conclusion.
1012
00:48:25,402 --> 00:48:27,404
Thank you, Doctor.
1013
00:48:27,446 --> 00:48:29,240
Dr. Bird,
1014
00:48:29,281 --> 00:48:32,493
do you have any special training
in psychoanalysis?
1015
00:48:32,535 --> 00:48:34,370
Yes.
1016
00:48:34,411 --> 00:48:37,164
Okay, and in psychoanalysis,
is there such a thing
as mental illness?
1017
00:48:37,206 --> 00:48:39,917
There are disturbed people
and adjusted people.
1018
00:48:39,959 --> 00:48:41,919
But those terms,
"disturbed" and "adjusted,"
1019
00:48:41,961 --> 00:48:44,421
they correspond roughly
in layman's terms
1020
00:48:44,463 --> 00:48:46,507
to "sick" and "well,"
as we use them.
1021
00:48:46,549 --> 00:48:48,592
Very roughly, yes.
1022
00:48:48,634 --> 00:48:53,472
Would you say
Commander Queeg suffers
from an inferiority complex?
1023
00:48:53,514 --> 00:48:57,226
Yes, but it's...
well-compensated.
1024
00:48:57,268 --> 00:48:59,937
Is there a difference
between "compensated"
and "adjusted"?
1025
00:48:59,979 --> 00:49:01,147
Most definitely.
1026
00:49:01,188 --> 00:49:03,774
Okay, could you please
describe that for us?
1027
00:49:03,816 --> 00:49:06,193
Well, let's say
a man is suffering
1028
00:49:06,235 --> 00:49:09,864
from some deep-seated
psychological disturbance.
1029
00:49:09,905 --> 00:49:13,951
He can compensate
by finding outlets
for his peculiar drives.
1030
00:49:13,993 --> 00:49:19,165
Okay. So, has Commander Queeg
ever been psychoanalyzed?
1031
00:49:19,206 --> 00:49:21,834
No.
He's in your terms, then,
a disturbed person?
1032
00:49:21,876 --> 00:49:24,712
Yes, he is.
Not disabled, however,
by the disturbance.
1033
00:49:24,753 --> 00:49:26,964
Okay, how is he compensated?
1034
00:49:28,215 --> 00:49:29,925
Mainly two ways.
1035
00:49:29,967 --> 00:49:33,053
The paranoid pattern,
which is useless
and not desirable,
1036
00:49:33,095 --> 00:49:36,765
and his naval career,
which is extremely useful
and desirable.
1037
00:49:36,807 --> 00:49:39,643
Yes, Doctor, have you
noticed that little thing
he does with his hands?
1038
00:49:39,685 --> 00:49:41,395
You mean
rolling the steel balls?
Yes.
1039
00:49:41,437 --> 00:49:43,230
Could you describe
that for us, please?
1040
00:49:43,272 --> 00:49:45,816
It's an incessant rolling
of two marbles in his hand.
1041
00:49:45,858 --> 00:49:48,569
Mm-hmm.
Why does he do it?
1042
00:49:48,611 --> 00:49:51,280
Oh, uh, his hands tremble.
1043
00:49:51,322 --> 00:49:54,200
He does it to still his hands
and conceal the trembling.
1044
00:49:54,241 --> 00:49:55,492
Why do his hands tremble?
1045
00:49:55,534 --> 00:49:58,704
Inner tension.
It's a surface symptom.
1046
00:49:58,746 --> 00:50:01,207
Doctor, you've testified
that Commander Queeg
1047
00:50:01,248 --> 00:50:03,918
is a disturbed,
not an adjusted person, yes?
1048
00:50:03,959 --> 00:50:06,337
Yes.
So he is,
in layman's terms, sick.
1049
00:50:06,378 --> 00:50:08,672
Yes?
1050
00:50:08,714 --> 00:50:12,134
I remember agreeing to the
rough resemblance of the terms
"disturbed" and "sick,"
1051
00:50:12,176 --> 00:50:14,595
but by those terms
an awful lot of people
are sick.
1052
00:50:14,637 --> 00:50:17,640
Yes, Doctor, but this court
only has Commander Queeg's
sickness at issue.
1053
00:50:17,681 --> 00:50:21,435
If he is sick, how could
your board have given him
a clean bill of health?
1054
00:50:21,477 --> 00:50:24,939
Y-You're playing on words.
We found no disability.
1055
00:50:24,980 --> 00:50:27,358
Doctor, just suppose
for an instant
1056
00:50:27,399 --> 00:50:30,986
that the requirements of command
are way more severe
than you believe them to be.
1057
00:50:31,028 --> 00:50:34,198
Wouldn't even this mild sickness
be enough to disable him?
1058
00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:36,659
That's absurdly hypothetical,
because--
Oh, is it?
1059
00:50:36,700 --> 00:50:38,827
Have you ever had
sea duty, Doctor?
No.
1060
00:50:38,869 --> 00:50:41,872
No? How long have you been
in the service of the Navy?
1061
00:50:41,914 --> 00:50:43,207
Five months.
Five months?
1062
00:50:43,249 --> 00:50:45,876
Five--
Six months.
Six, I guess now.
1063
00:50:45,918 --> 00:50:47,920
Six months in the service
of the Navy.
1064
00:50:47,962 --> 00:50:51,382
Have you ever had any dealings
with ships' captains
prior to this case?
1065
00:50:51,423 --> 00:50:52,549
No.
No?
1066
00:50:52,591 --> 00:50:54,009
Then on what do you base
1067
00:50:54,051 --> 00:50:55,427
your estimate
of the requirements of command?
1068
00:50:55,469 --> 00:50:57,388
My general knowledge.
1069
00:50:57,429 --> 00:51:00,391
Would you say it takes somebody,
a person of exceptional ability,
1070
00:51:00,432 --> 00:51:03,310
highly gifted, highly skilled
to be a commander
of a naval vessel?
1071
00:51:03,352 --> 00:51:04,728
No.
No. Really?
1072
00:51:04,770 --> 00:51:07,147
Not highly gifted, no.
Then what?
1073
00:51:07,189 --> 00:51:09,692
Uh, reasonable responses.
"Reasonable"?
1074
00:51:09,733 --> 00:51:11,777
Uh, fairly good
intelligence.
"Fairly good"?
1075
00:51:11,819 --> 00:51:14,196
Sufficient training
and experience, but--
1076
00:51:14,238 --> 00:51:17,199
Is this enough equipment,
say, for a highly skilled
psychiatrist?
1077
00:51:17,241 --> 00:51:19,076
Not exactly.
1078
00:51:19,118 --> 00:51:21,328
So in other words,
it takes more ability
to be a psychiatrist
1079
00:51:21,370 --> 00:51:23,998
than it does to be
the commander of
a US naval vessel.
1080
00:51:24,039 --> 00:51:26,667
It takes-- That is,
uh, different abilities
are required.
1081
00:51:26,709 --> 00:51:28,919
You're making the comparison,
not I.
1082
00:51:28,961 --> 00:51:31,714
No, Doctor, you're the one
that said you don't think
Commander Queeg's sickness
1083
00:51:31,755 --> 00:51:34,049
should disable him for command.
1084
00:51:34,091 --> 00:51:37,553
I am suggesting that since
you evidently know little about
the requirements of command,
1085
00:51:37,594 --> 00:51:39,430
that you may be wrong
in your conclusion.
1086
00:51:39,471 --> 00:51:41,932
Well, I reject
your suggestion.
Oh, you do? Why?
1087
00:51:41,974 --> 00:51:44,226
Because you've deliberately
substituted the word "sick,"
1088
00:51:44,268 --> 00:51:46,854
which is a loose--
a polarizing--
Have I?
1089
00:51:46,895 --> 00:51:48,605
A what word, Doctor?
Polarizing.
1090
00:51:48,647 --> 00:51:50,441
A polarizing word.
I never said "sick."
1091
00:51:50,482 --> 00:51:53,277
My grasp of the requirements
of command is adequate,
1092
00:51:53,319 --> 00:51:56,071
or I would have
disqualified myself
from serving on the board.
1093
00:51:56,113 --> 00:51:57,781
Maybe you should
have disqualified yourself.
1094
00:51:57,823 --> 00:51:59,491
Objection!
The witness is being badgered!
1095
00:51:59,533 --> 00:52:01,618
I withdraw
my last statement.
1096
00:52:01,660 --> 00:52:03,537
No further questions.
1097
00:52:03,579 --> 00:52:06,206
Doctor, the defense counsel
has managed to put
words into your mouth
1098
00:52:06,248 --> 00:52:08,542
that I'm certain
you don't mean.
1099
00:52:08,584 --> 00:52:11,420
I'm not aware that
he succeeded in putting
any words into my mouth.
1100
00:52:11,462 --> 00:52:14,465
Doctor, he drew
the implication from you
that Captain Queeg is sick.
1101
00:52:14,506 --> 00:52:17,634
Surely you don't--
I'm careful in my use
of terminology.
1102
00:52:17,676 --> 00:52:20,846
I did not use the term "sick."
1103
00:52:20,888 --> 00:52:25,684
Captain Queeg is definitely
not disabled for command,
which is the only issue here.
1104
00:52:28,771 --> 00:52:30,314
Prosecution rests.
1105
00:52:32,024 --> 00:52:33,650
Defense,
present your case.
1106
00:52:34,860 --> 00:52:36,653
I call the accused.
1107
00:52:38,030 --> 00:52:41,742
Does the accused request that
he be permitted to testify?
Yes, sir.
1108
00:52:41,784 --> 00:52:43,786
You have the right
not to take the stand.
1109
00:52:43,827 --> 00:52:46,663
If you don't take the stand,
that fact won't be
to your prejudice.
1110
00:52:46,705 --> 00:52:50,334
If you take the stand,
you may be subjected to
a rigorous cross-examination.
1111
00:52:50,376 --> 00:52:52,252
I understand that,
sir.
1112
00:52:52,294 --> 00:52:54,213
You may take the stand.
1113
00:52:57,383 --> 00:52:59,885
State your name, rank
and present position.
1114
00:52:59,927 --> 00:53:01,303
Steven Maryk,
Lieutenant, US Navy,
1115
00:53:01,345 --> 00:53:03,180
executive officer
of the USS Caine.
1116
00:53:03,222 --> 00:53:05,724
Are you the accused
in this court-martial?
Yes, I am.
1117
00:53:05,766 --> 00:53:08,143
What was your occupation
in civilian life?
1118
00:53:08,185 --> 00:53:10,938
Helping my father
in his fishing business.
We own a couple boats.
1119
00:53:10,979 --> 00:53:12,898
Where?
San Francisco.
1120
00:53:12,940 --> 00:53:15,317
Then you were familiar
with the problems
of ocean-going ship handling
1121
00:53:15,359 --> 00:53:17,152
prior to joining the Navy?
1122
00:53:17,194 --> 00:53:19,655
Yes, I've been on boats
since I was 14.
1123
00:53:19,696 --> 00:53:23,325
Did you relieve
the commander of the USS Caine
18th December, 2022?
1124
00:53:23,367 --> 00:53:25,411
Yes, I did.
1125
00:53:25,452 --> 00:53:27,996
Was the Caine in trouble
when you relieved its captain?
Yes, it was.
1126
00:53:28,038 --> 00:53:31,542
And on what facts
do you base that judgment?
Well, several things.
1127
00:53:31,583 --> 00:53:33,168
We couldn't hold course.
1128
00:53:33,210 --> 00:53:35,546
We broached three times
in an hour.
"Broached"?
1129
00:53:35,587 --> 00:53:39,174
Yes, wind and sea took charge
and tossed us sideways
ten minutes at a time.
1130
00:53:39,216 --> 00:53:42,052
We were rolling too steeply
for the inclinometer to record.
1131
00:53:42,094 --> 00:53:45,389
We were shipping water
out of the wheelhouse.
The generators were cutting out.
1132
00:53:45,431 --> 00:53:48,016
The ship was not responding
to emergency rudder
and engine settings.
1133
00:53:48,058 --> 00:53:49,518
We were lost
and out of control.
1134
00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:51,645
And did you inform
your captain of this?
Yes.
1135
00:53:51,687 --> 00:53:55,732
Repeatedly for an hour.
I begged him
to come north into the wind.
1136
00:53:55,774 --> 00:53:57,234
What was his reply?
1137
00:53:57,276 --> 00:54:00,737
Well, mostly
just a glazed look
and no answer.
1138
00:54:01,655 --> 00:54:03,490
Mr. Maryk,
1139
00:54:03,532 --> 00:54:07,327
when did you start
keeping your medical log
on Commander Queeg?
1140
00:54:07,369 --> 00:54:09,705
Shortly after the incident
with the mines
in the Straits of Hormuz.
1141
00:54:09,746 --> 00:54:13,500
And why did you start it?
I began to think the captain
might be mentally ill.
1142
00:54:13,542 --> 00:54:16,128
Why?
Because of the yellow
dye marker business.
1143
00:54:16,170 --> 00:54:19,840
You mean the incident
where the commander acquired
the nickname Old Yellowstain?
1144
00:54:19,882 --> 00:54:21,091
Yes.
1145
00:54:21,133 --> 00:54:23,469
Were you an eyewitness
to this occurrence?
1146
00:54:23,510 --> 00:54:25,429
I was navigator.
I was right there
on the bridge.
1147
00:54:25,471 --> 00:54:28,056
Please describe
this Yellowstain incident.
1148
00:54:29,391 --> 00:54:32,352
It was the third day
of an assigned sweep
with two other MCMs.
1149
00:54:32,394 --> 00:54:33,896
Mm-hmm.
1150
00:54:33,937 --> 00:54:36,732
We had detected
a field of acoustic mines.
1151
00:54:36,773 --> 00:54:38,734
It was the third day
1152
00:54:38,775 --> 00:54:40,777
of an assigned sweep
with two other MCMs.
1153
00:54:40,819 --> 00:54:42,779
We detected a field
of acoustic mines
1154
00:54:42,821 --> 00:54:44,781
in the narrowest part
of the strait
1155
00:54:44,823 --> 00:54:46,950
and we'd been ordered
to destroy them in place
using high explosives.
1156
00:54:46,992 --> 00:54:50,287
And that's delicate business.
It's gotta be done just right.
1157
00:54:50,329 --> 00:54:52,956
We milled around out there
for a while.
1158
00:54:52,998 --> 00:54:56,043
Then the captain decided
not to set the charges.
1159
00:54:56,084 --> 00:54:58,086
He gave us some excuse
about faulty equipment.
1160
00:54:58,128 --> 00:55:00,797
I checked the gear.
It was in perfect working order.
1161
00:55:00,839 --> 00:55:02,716
And the captain
wouldn't hear it.
1162
00:55:02,758 --> 00:55:05,260
He said the tech was incompetent
and he knew better.
1163
00:55:05,302 --> 00:55:08,055
So we dropped
a yellow dye marker
over the side,
1164
00:55:08,096 --> 00:55:10,224
radioed to the other MCM
to destroy the mines.
1165
00:55:10,265 --> 00:55:14,102
They radioed back
to slow down, but we just--
we steamed right out of there.
1166
00:55:14,144 --> 00:55:15,479
"Steamed."
Now, Mr. Maryk--
1167
00:55:15,521 --> 00:55:18,023
The court wishes to
question the witness.
1168
00:55:18,065 --> 00:55:21,777
Lieutenant, you say
the gear was in working order.
Did you check it personally?
1169
00:55:21,818 --> 00:55:24,363
Yes, sir, along with
the chief electronic tech
and the sonar men.
1170
00:55:24,404 --> 00:55:26,406
It was fine.
There was absolutely
nothing wrong with the gear.
1171
00:55:26,448 --> 00:55:29,076
And after you steamed away,
was there any danger
due to shock waves
1172
00:55:29,117 --> 00:55:30,702
from the underwater
detonations?
1173
00:55:30,744 --> 00:55:32,829
No.
No, there was not.
1174
00:55:32,871 --> 00:55:35,499
MCMs are designed to
withstand that kind of thing.
We do this all the time.
1175
00:55:35,541 --> 00:55:39,253
Now, you say these boats
signaled to you
to slow down.
1176
00:55:39,294 --> 00:55:41,922
Yes, sir.
Was the signal reported
to your captain?
1177
00:55:41,964 --> 00:55:43,674
I reported it to him myself.
1178
00:55:43,715 --> 00:55:45,467
Was he aware that
he was steaming away
1179
00:55:45,509 --> 00:55:47,928
from his assigned spot
in the sweep formation?
1180
00:55:47,970 --> 00:55:50,514
It was obvious to
everyone on the bridge.
I pointed it out.
1181
00:55:50,556 --> 00:55:52,683
I said we were breaking
the sweep pattern,
1182
00:55:52,724 --> 00:55:54,977
that the other vessels
would not know
where we'd found the mines.
1183
00:55:55,018 --> 00:55:59,439
And that is when he said,
"We'll drop a yellow dye marker
over the side then."
1184
00:55:59,481 --> 00:56:01,358
You may continue.
1185
00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:04,736
Mr. Maryk, why didn't
you go immediately
to a higher authority
1186
00:56:04,778 --> 00:56:07,447
with your doubts
about Captain Queeg's
mental health?
1187
00:56:07,489 --> 00:56:10,325
I felt if I had a record,
I'd be on stronger ground.
1188
00:56:10,367 --> 00:56:12,411
That's when I decided
to keep the medical log.
1189
00:56:12,452 --> 00:56:15,872
If I was wrong,
I'd just burn it.
I kept it under lock and key.
1190
00:56:15,914 --> 00:56:17,791
And what,
in your opinion,
1191
00:56:17,833 --> 00:56:20,460
made an incident worthy
of keeping a record
in the medical log?
1192
00:56:20,502 --> 00:56:22,671
Any act that seemed
abnormal or strange.
1193
00:56:22,713 --> 00:56:24,715
Like what?
Like the coffee machine.
1194
00:56:24,756 --> 00:56:26,300
The coffee machine
business?
Yes.
1195
00:56:26,341 --> 00:56:28,135
Well, please describe
the coffee machine thing.
1196
00:56:28,176 --> 00:56:30,053
We had a new coffee machine
in the wardroom.
1197
00:56:30,095 --> 00:56:33,765
And, uh, Captain
really liked his coffee.
But you had to be careful.
1198
00:56:33,807 --> 00:56:36,310
You couldn't leave it
plugged in too long
or the thing would burn out.
1199
00:56:36,351 --> 00:56:38,520
That's exactly what happened.
1200
00:56:38,562 --> 00:56:40,814
One of the guys assigned
to the wardroom mess duty
forgot to unplug it
1201
00:56:40,856 --> 00:56:43,066
and the thing was--
it was just fried.
1202
00:56:43,108 --> 00:56:45,736
And none of them would admit
which one had done it.
1203
00:56:45,777 --> 00:56:49,406
So the captain ordered
all the officers of the ship
to sit as a trial of inquiry
1204
00:56:49,448 --> 00:56:51,366
to find out who'd burned out
the coffee machine.
1205
00:56:51,408 --> 00:56:55,037
Which-- Look, in itself,
it's a silly thing.
1206
00:56:55,078 --> 00:56:57,914
But this went on
for 36 hours.
1207
00:56:59,291 --> 00:57:00,876
All ship's work suspended.
1208
00:57:00,917 --> 00:57:03,295
And there we are, all of us,
we're in the wardroom.
1209
00:57:03,337 --> 00:57:06,048
We're dying for sleep,
we need showers,
1210
00:57:06,089 --> 00:57:08,634
and we're trying to figure out
which one of these poor bastards
burned out the coffee machine.
1211
00:57:08,675 --> 00:57:11,970
And they're so scared,
they think whoever did it
is gonna get shot.
1212
00:57:12,012 --> 00:57:13,847
They'd have sooner died
before they told us.
1213
00:57:13,889 --> 00:57:16,266
And so, finally,
I go to the captain
1214
00:57:16,308 --> 00:57:19,394
and I say all the officers
will admit that they're
incompetent investigators
1215
00:57:19,436 --> 00:57:21,855
and take the hit
on their fitness reports,
1216
00:57:21,897 --> 00:57:26,109
but we can't find out
who left the coffee machine
plugged in for too long.
1217
00:57:26,151 --> 00:57:29,279
And so he makes a mark
in his black book
and he calls off the inquiry.
1218
00:57:29,321 --> 00:57:32,115
It's things like that.
Or the water business.
1219
00:57:32,157 --> 00:57:33,367
The water business.
Yes.
1220
00:57:33,408 --> 00:57:35,744
Please describe
that water business.
1221
00:57:35,786 --> 00:57:39,915
Look, it's all in the log.
I know, but please describe
the water business.
1222
00:57:39,956 --> 00:57:42,709
The captain
restricted water use
from the entire crew
1223
00:57:42,751 --> 00:57:44,711
for two days
in the middle
of a dust storm
1224
00:57:44,753 --> 00:57:48,382
because he caught
one of the deck gang
taking a shower.
1225
00:57:48,423 --> 00:57:51,343
Or it's plain crazy things.
Cheese business.
1226
00:57:51,385 --> 00:57:52,928
The cheese business.
The strawberry-- Yes.
1227
00:57:52,969 --> 00:57:56,056
Cheese business?
I don't recall
any cheese business.
1228
00:57:56,098 --> 00:57:59,226
This was on the first ship
the captain was assigned to,
sir, as an ensign.
1229
00:57:59,267 --> 00:58:02,437
Cheese was going missing
from the ship's stores.
1230
00:58:02,479 --> 00:58:04,648
And the captain investigated
and he caught a sailor
1231
00:58:04,690 --> 00:58:08,318
who'd made a duplicate key
to the padlock
to the refrigerator.
1232
00:58:08,360 --> 00:58:10,487
Now, for catching
this cheese thief,
1233
00:58:10,529 --> 00:58:12,698
he was given a letter
of commendation.
1234
00:58:12,739 --> 00:58:15,283
This is during peacetime,
so naturally
he's pretty proud of the thing.
1235
00:58:15,325 --> 00:58:19,246
So when the strawberry stuff
started, he insisted
it was the same thing.
1236
00:58:19,287 --> 00:58:20,831
And all we had to do
was find the guy
1237
00:58:20,872 --> 00:58:23,792
who had made a duplicate key
to the wardroom fridge.
1238
00:58:23,834 --> 00:58:25,919
But of course
that's ridiculous.
1239
00:58:25,961 --> 00:58:29,464
It was one of the guys assigned
to the wardroom mess again.
1240
00:58:29,506 --> 00:58:32,217
We all knew that they'd eaten
this quart of strawberries.
1241
00:58:32,259 --> 00:58:33,677
It was left over
from the wardroom mess.
1242
00:58:33,719 --> 00:58:35,762
They were entitled to it.
That was the custom.
1243
00:58:35,804 --> 00:58:37,723
But when the captain
started to freak out
about those strawberries,
1244
00:58:37,764 --> 00:58:39,599
they froze up,
said they didn't
know who'd eaten them.
1245
00:58:39,641 --> 00:58:42,394
And the captain's
so hot on his theory
he believes them.
1246
00:58:42,436 --> 00:58:44,563
So he ordered the search
for the key.
Yes, sir.
1247
00:58:44,604 --> 00:58:49,317
We have never seen Captain Queeg
so happy before or since.
1248
00:58:49,359 --> 00:58:52,237
He's living the cheese business
all over again.
1249
00:58:52,279 --> 00:58:54,865
He organized the search himself.
1250
00:58:54,906 --> 00:58:57,492
We collected every key
on that ship.
1251
00:58:57,534 --> 00:59:01,288
We had just boxes--
barrels of keys.
1252
00:59:01,329 --> 00:59:03,373
That's about 2,800 of them
all told,
1253
00:59:03,415 --> 00:59:05,625
each tagged
with the owner's name.
1254
00:59:05,667 --> 00:59:09,004
And just to be safe,
we searched that ship
from stem to stern,
1255
00:59:09,045 --> 00:59:11,673
from the radar mast
to the bilge.
1256
00:59:11,715 --> 00:59:13,091
We stripped the crew naked.
1257
00:59:13,133 --> 00:59:14,968
Naked?
Yes, sir. Naked.
1258
00:59:15,010 --> 00:59:17,429
Each one of them lined up,
stark naked,
1259
00:59:17,471 --> 00:59:19,723
and we shook out their clothes.
1260
00:59:19,765 --> 00:59:22,684
We searched their lockers.
We searched every hole,
every place on that ship.
1261
00:59:22,726 --> 00:59:25,353
We crawled under the bilge
and pulled out
the lead ballast blocks
1262
00:59:25,395 --> 00:59:27,105
that are 200 pounds apiece.
1263
00:59:27,147 --> 00:59:30,317
This went on for three days.
1264
00:59:30,358 --> 00:59:32,360
- Three days?
- Yes, sir.
1265
00:59:32,402 --> 00:59:36,531
All in the name of a key
that never existed.
1266
00:59:36,573 --> 00:59:41,286
So, when I saw the captain
sitting by the fridge,
1267
00:59:41,328 --> 00:59:43,205
pulling keys one by one
from a barrel
1268
00:59:43,246 --> 00:59:47,667
and trying them in a padlock
for hours on end
with a gleam in his eye,
1269
00:59:47,709 --> 00:59:49,795
I gave up.
1270
00:59:49,836 --> 00:59:53,590
And that is when
I showed the medical log
to Lieutenant Keefer.
1271
00:59:54,758 --> 00:59:56,510
Mr. Maryk,
1272
00:59:56,551 --> 00:59:58,762
when Lieutenant Keefer
finished reading
your medical log,
1273
00:59:58,804 --> 01:00:01,097
what was
his first comment?
1274
01:00:01,848 --> 01:00:03,517
Sir, I don't remember.
1275
01:00:03,558 --> 01:00:06,311
Did he encourage you
to go to Admiral Williams?
1276
01:00:06,353 --> 01:00:08,271
No, sir,
I did that on my own.
1277
01:00:08,313 --> 01:00:10,398
But he went with you
to the flagship.
1278
01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:14,110
Yes, sir.
So, at first,
he didn't discourage you?
1279
01:00:15,654 --> 01:00:18,448
Once we were
aboard the flagship,
he discouraged me
1280
01:00:18,490 --> 01:00:20,951
and said we shouldn't
go through it and we didn't.
1281
01:00:20,992 --> 01:00:23,453
Would you say his testimony
on the subject was
substantially correct?
1282
01:00:23,495 --> 01:00:25,956
Yes, sir.
This was all my doing, sir.
1283
01:00:25,997 --> 01:00:27,457
Continue your examination.
1284
01:00:27,499 --> 01:00:29,876
Mr. Maryk,
when the cyclone was over,
1285
01:00:29,918 --> 01:00:32,796
did Commander Queeg
make an attempt
to regain command?
1286
01:00:32,838 --> 01:00:34,589
Yes.
1287
01:00:34,631 --> 01:00:36,967
On the morning of the 19th,
after the storm had blown out.
1288
01:00:37,008 --> 01:00:38,468
What happened?
1289
01:00:39,845 --> 01:00:42,097
Well, I was in the chart house
writing up a dispatch.
1290
01:00:42,138 --> 01:00:44,975
And?
I was reporting the relief
to Admiral Williams.
1291
01:00:45,016 --> 01:00:47,352
And?
1292
01:00:47,394 --> 01:00:50,355
Captain Queeg came and asked
if I would go to his cabin
and speak to him
1293
01:00:50,397 --> 01:00:52,315
before I sent the dispatch.
1294
01:00:52,357 --> 01:00:55,277
So I went below
and we talked.
1295
01:00:55,318 --> 01:00:57,237
And what happened?
1296
01:00:58,530 --> 01:01:02,325
It was the same as before,
uh, at first.
1297
01:01:02,367 --> 01:01:04,202
He said I'd be
court-martialed for mutiny.
1298
01:01:04,244 --> 01:01:08,290
And then he went
on this long thing about
how much he loved the Navy,
1299
01:01:08,331 --> 01:01:10,208
that he has no other interests,
1300
01:01:10,250 --> 01:01:13,503
and even if
he was cleared of this
that his record would be ruined.
1301
01:01:13,545 --> 01:01:16,256
And I told him
I felt sorry for him.
1302
01:01:16,298 --> 01:01:18,174
And I-- I really did.
1303
01:01:19,885 --> 01:01:22,971
And that's when
he came out with
his proposal.
1304
01:01:23,013 --> 01:01:24,431
Which?
1305
01:01:25,807 --> 01:01:28,184
He said he wouldn't
write me up and report me,
1306
01:01:28,226 --> 01:01:30,145
that he would resume
command of the ship
1307
01:01:30,186 --> 01:01:33,315
and that the whole thing would
be written off and forgotten.
1308
01:01:33,356 --> 01:01:35,859
And what was your reply
to his proposal?
1309
01:01:35,901 --> 01:01:37,777
I was amazed.
1310
01:01:37,819 --> 01:01:40,864
- I said, Captain, the whole ship knows about it.
- Yes.
1311
01:01:40,906 --> 01:01:43,158
It's written up
in the quartermaster's log.
1312
01:01:43,199 --> 01:01:45,368
It's written up
in the officer
of the deck's log.
1313
01:01:45,410 --> 01:01:48,914
And, uh--
And he hemmed and hawed.
1314
01:01:48,955 --> 01:01:51,166
And?
1315
01:01:51,207 --> 01:01:53,043
What happened next?
1316
01:01:53,084 --> 01:01:55,211
Finally, he said
it wouldn't be
the first time
1317
01:01:55,253 --> 01:01:58,173
that a rough log
had been corrected
and fixed up after the fact.
1318
01:01:58,214 --> 01:02:00,842
Did you remind him
that the alteration of logs
is strictly forbidden?
1319
01:02:00,884 --> 01:02:03,428
Yes, I did.
And he kind of laughed.
1320
01:02:03,470 --> 01:02:05,931
He said it was either that
or a court-martial
for mutiny for me
1321
01:02:05,972 --> 01:02:08,767
and a black mark
on his record which he felt
he did not deserve.
1322
01:02:08,808 --> 01:02:10,018
And what followed?
1323
01:02:10,060 --> 01:02:11,978
He begged and he pleaded.
1324
01:02:12,020 --> 01:02:16,608
And, uh, at one point he cried
and eventually got very angry
1325
01:02:16,650 --> 01:02:18,360
and he ordered me out
of his cabin.
1326
01:02:18,401 --> 01:02:20,695
That is when
I sent the dispatch.
1327
01:02:20,737 --> 01:02:25,200
Then you had the opportunity,
less than 24 hours later,
1328
01:02:25,241 --> 01:02:28,912
to expunge this whole event
from the official records
1329
01:02:28,954 --> 01:02:31,915
with your captain's
knowledge and approval.
1330
01:02:31,957 --> 01:02:33,583
Yes, sir.
1331
01:02:33,625 --> 01:02:36,753
Mr. Maryk,
were you panicky at all
during the storm?
1332
01:02:36,795 --> 01:02:38,546
No, I was not.
1333
01:02:38,588 --> 01:02:42,592
Lieutenant, you are charged
with relieving
your captain willfully,
1334
01:02:42,634 --> 01:02:47,430
without authority
and without justifiable cause.
1335
01:02:47,472 --> 01:02:49,432
Did you relieve
Commander Queeg willfully?
1336
01:02:49,474 --> 01:02:52,435
Yes.
I knew what I was doing.
1337
01:02:52,477 --> 01:02:54,729
Did you relieve him
without authority?
1338
01:02:54,771 --> 01:02:57,607
No, my authority is Chapter 11
of Navy Regulations.
1339
01:02:57,649 --> 01:03:00,944
Did you relieve
without justifiable cause?
No.
1340
01:03:00,986 --> 01:03:03,488
My justifiable cause was
the captain's mental breakdown
1341
01:03:03,530 --> 01:03:05,532
at a time when the ship
was in danger.
1342
01:03:05,573 --> 01:03:08,451
Thank you.
No further questions.
1343
01:03:10,078 --> 01:03:13,832
Mr. Maryk,
this amazing interview
1344
01:03:13,873 --> 01:03:17,669
in which the captain offered
to falsify official records,
1345
01:03:17,711 --> 01:03:19,754
were there
any witnesses to it?
1346
01:03:20,630 --> 01:03:22,799
We were alone in his cabin.
No.
1347
01:03:22,841 --> 01:03:25,844
This incident with the mines.
Did anyone else
see these records?
1348
01:03:25,885 --> 01:03:27,971
Which, according to you,
indicated that the Caine
1349
01:03:28,013 --> 01:03:29,931
had departed
her assigned sweep formation?
1350
01:03:29,973 --> 01:03:32,809
Was there anything
in the records
of the ship's movements
1351
01:03:32,851 --> 01:03:35,395
that would verify
that departure?
1352
01:03:35,437 --> 01:03:37,313
Well, about an hour
after it happened,
1353
01:03:37,355 --> 01:03:40,066
the captain asked
to see the chart,
he took it to his cabin,
1354
01:03:40,108 --> 01:03:42,777
and when I got the log back,
there was no mention
of the incident.
1355
01:03:42,819 --> 01:03:46,239
Right. Then you have
no corroboration
of this story.
1356
01:03:46,281 --> 01:03:48,575
No.
1357
01:03:48,616 --> 01:03:52,662
Mr. Maryk, who coined
the nickname Old Yellowstain?
1358
01:03:52,704 --> 01:03:55,165
That just sprung
into existence.
1359
01:03:55,206 --> 01:03:57,959
Throughout the ship
or just among
the officers?
1360
01:03:58,001 --> 01:03:59,335
Just among the officers.
1361
01:03:59,377 --> 01:04:01,713
You sure you didn't
coin it yourself?
1362
01:04:01,755 --> 01:04:03,006
I didn't.
1363
01:04:03,882 --> 01:04:08,803
What kind of rating
would you give yourself
for loyalty to your captain?
1364
01:04:08,845 --> 01:04:11,306
I'd say
I was a loyal officer.
1365
01:04:12,265 --> 01:04:15,477
Did you issue
a 72-hour liberty
1366
01:04:15,518 --> 01:04:18,563
to Petty Officer Stilwell
in December
1367
01:04:18,605 --> 01:04:21,649
against your captain's
express instructions?
1368
01:04:21,691 --> 01:04:23,735
Yes.
You call that
a loyal act?
1369
01:04:23,777 --> 01:04:24,819
No.
1370
01:04:24,861 --> 01:04:27,572
Then you admit to
a disloyal act
1371
01:04:27,614 --> 01:04:30,116
in your first days
as executive officer.
1372
01:04:30,158 --> 01:04:31,576
Yes.
1373
01:04:31,618 --> 01:04:35,538
Mr. Maryk, where did you
get your schooling?
1374
01:04:35,580 --> 01:04:37,290
Public schools,
San Francisco.
Okay.
1375
01:04:37,332 --> 01:04:38,958
And San Francisco
State University.
1376
01:04:39,000 --> 01:04:41,544
And how were your grades
in elementary school?
1377
01:04:41,586 --> 01:04:43,463
They were okay.
1378
01:04:43,505 --> 01:04:46,841
Average? Above average?
Below average?
1379
01:04:46,883 --> 01:04:47,884
Average.
1380
01:04:47,926 --> 01:04:50,220
How about your
high school grades?
1381
01:04:50,261 --> 01:04:53,890
Well, I didn't do
so good there.
Uh, below average.
1382
01:04:54,849 --> 01:04:57,227
What kind of courses
did you take in college?
1383
01:04:57,268 --> 01:04:58,394
Business courses.
1384
01:04:58,436 --> 01:05:00,063
Any pre-medical courses?
No.
1385
01:05:00,105 --> 01:05:03,399
Any psychology?
Any psychiatry courses?
No.
1386
01:05:03,441 --> 01:05:05,360
How were your grades
in college?
They--
1387
01:05:05,401 --> 01:05:08,530
I got by.
Below average?
1388
01:05:09,155 --> 01:05:11,282
Yes.
1389
01:05:11,324 --> 01:05:14,828
Where did you
get these ideas
about paranoia?
1390
01:05:14,869 --> 01:05:18,331
Prob-- Well, books.
And, uh...
...a lot of research online.
1391
01:05:18,373 --> 01:05:20,750
Books? What books?
Name the titles.
Which websites?
1392
01:05:20,792 --> 01:05:23,336
They're medical type books
about mental illness,
1393
01:05:23,378 --> 01:05:26,214
and I-I don't remember
the exact names of the sites.
1394
01:05:26,256 --> 01:05:29,676
Oh. Was this
your intellectual hobby,
reading about psychiatry?
1395
01:05:29,717 --> 01:05:31,970
No.
Well, then where did
you get these books?
1396
01:05:32,011 --> 01:05:35,056
Fr-- I borrowed them
from, uh, ships' doctors
here and there.
1397
01:05:35,098 --> 01:05:39,227
And with your background,
your scholastic record,
1398
01:05:39,269 --> 01:05:43,189
you imagine that you understood
these highly technical
and scientific works?
1399
01:05:43,231 --> 01:05:45,108
I got something out of them.
1400
01:05:45,150 --> 01:05:47,402
What is
a conditioned reflex?
1401
01:05:47,443 --> 01:05:48,945
I don't know.
1402
01:05:48,987 --> 01:05:50,905
What is schizophrenia?
1403
01:05:50,947 --> 01:05:53,074
Uh, I think it's--
it's a mental illness.
1404
01:05:53,116 --> 01:05:54,409
You think so?
Yes.
1405
01:05:54,450 --> 01:05:56,911
What are its symptoms?
I don't know.
1406
01:05:56,953 --> 01:06:00,540
In fact, you don't know
what you're talking about
when you discuss mental illness.
1407
01:06:00,582 --> 01:06:03,877
Is that right?
Well, you know, I never said
I knew much about it.
1408
01:06:04,961 --> 01:06:06,504
Have you ever heard
the expression
1409
01:06:06,546 --> 01:06:08,548
that a little learning
is a dangerous thing?
1410
01:06:08,965 --> 01:06:10,592
Yes.
1411
01:06:10,633 --> 01:06:12,719
You had a head full of terms
you didn't understand,
1412
01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:15,263
and on that basis
felt you had the right
1413
01:06:15,305 --> 01:06:17,640
to depose
a commanding officer
1414
01:06:17,682 --> 01:06:19,767
on the grounds
of mental illness.
1415
01:06:19,809 --> 01:06:22,520
Is that right?
I didn't relieve Captain Queeg
because what the book said.
1416
01:06:22,562 --> 01:06:26,816
I relieved him because the ship
was in danger of sinking.
No, never mind the ship.
1417
01:06:26,858 --> 01:06:29,569
We are discussing
your grasp of psychiatry.
Mm-hmm.
1418
01:06:29,611 --> 01:06:34,324
Did you hear the diagnosis
of the qualified psychiatrist
who examined your captain?
1419
01:06:34,365 --> 01:06:36,159
Yes.
And what was
their diagnosis?
1420
01:06:36,201 --> 01:06:38,995
Was he crazy or wasn't he
on December 18th?
1421
01:06:39,037 --> 01:06:40,663
They say he wasn't.
1422
01:06:40,705 --> 01:06:43,249
But you,
with your whining gripes
of strawberries
1423
01:06:43,291 --> 01:06:46,419
and coffee makers,
know better.
1424
01:06:46,461 --> 01:06:50,173
Mr. Maryk, who was
the third ranking officer
on your ship?
1425
01:06:50,215 --> 01:06:51,674
Lieutenant Keefer.
1426
01:06:51,716 --> 01:06:53,760
Was he
a good officer?
Yes.
1427
01:06:53,801 --> 01:06:56,512
Do you consider his mind
as good as yours?
1428
01:06:56,554 --> 01:06:58,932
Yes. Uh, better.
Better.
1429
01:06:58,973 --> 01:07:02,101
Did you show
your medical log to him?
Yes.
1430
01:07:02,143 --> 01:07:05,605
Was he convinced by it
that the captain
was mentally ill?
1431
01:07:06,189 --> 01:07:08,066
No.
1432
01:07:08,107 --> 01:07:10,944
He talked to you
out of trying to have
the captain relieved.
1433
01:07:10,985 --> 01:07:12,028
Yes.
1434
01:07:12,070 --> 01:07:14,030
And yet two weeks later,
1435
01:07:14,072 --> 01:07:17,283
despite the whole weight
of naval discipline,
1436
01:07:17,325 --> 01:07:20,453
despite the arguments
of the next officer
in rank to you,
1437
01:07:20,495 --> 01:07:22,455
a superior intellect,
1438
01:07:22,497 --> 01:07:24,374
despite all this,
1439
01:07:24,415 --> 01:07:27,919
you went ahead
and seized command
of your ship?
1440
01:07:29,337 --> 01:07:31,047
I relieved Captain Queeg
1441
01:07:31,089 --> 01:07:32,966
because he definitely
seemed sick
1442
01:07:33,007 --> 01:07:35,385
on the morning
of the cyclone.
1443
01:07:35,426 --> 01:07:38,680
You still believe
that your diagnosis
of Captain Queeg
1444
01:07:38,721 --> 01:07:40,765
is superior
to the doctors'?
1445
01:07:40,807 --> 01:07:44,060
J-- O-Only about Queeg
on the morning
of the cyclone.
1446
01:07:46,312 --> 01:07:48,064
No more questions.
1447
01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:51,943
No re-examination.
1448
01:07:53,319 --> 01:07:54,904
You may step down,
Lieutenant.
1449
01:08:02,787 --> 01:08:05,540
Call
Lieutenant Commander Queeg.
1450
01:08:14,924 --> 01:08:18,469
Commander, you are reminded
that you are still under oath.
1451
01:08:18,511 --> 01:08:20,888
Yes, sir.
Be seated.
1452
01:08:23,349 --> 01:08:25,685
Commander, on the morning
of the 19th December,
1453
01:08:25,727 --> 01:08:28,730
did you have an interview
in your room
with Lieutenant Maryk?
1454
01:08:28,771 --> 01:08:30,106
Well, let's see.
1455
01:08:30,148 --> 01:08:33,026
The 19th,
the day after the storm.
1456
01:08:33,067 --> 01:08:34,319
Yes. Yes, I did.
1457
01:08:34,360 --> 01:08:36,946
Was the interview
at your request?
Yes.
1458
01:08:36,988 --> 01:08:38,948
What was the substance
of the interview?
1459
01:08:38,990 --> 01:08:41,367
Well, as I say,
I felt sorry for him.
1460
01:08:41,409 --> 01:08:43,786
Hated to see him
ruining his life
1461
01:08:43,828 --> 01:08:46,289
over one panicky mistake,
1462
01:08:46,331 --> 01:08:50,543
particularly knowing
that it was his ambition
to make the Navy a career.
1463
01:08:50,585 --> 01:08:53,629
I tried as hard as I could
to show him
what a mistake he had made,
1464
01:08:53,671 --> 01:08:56,090
suggested
he relinquish command
back to me
1465
01:08:56,132 --> 01:08:58,593
and offered to be
as lenient as possible
1466
01:08:58,634 --> 01:09:00,428
when reporting
what had happened.
1467
01:09:00,470 --> 01:09:03,306
You never offered
not to report the incident?
How could I?
1468
01:09:03,348 --> 01:09:06,476
It had already been
recorded in the logs.
Yes.
1469
01:09:06,517 --> 01:09:09,103
Those logs,
were they handwritten,
typed, or what?
1470
01:09:09,145 --> 01:09:10,938
It wouldn't have
made a difference.
1471
01:09:10,980 --> 01:09:13,858
Were they handwritten,
Commander?
Well, probably.
1472
01:09:13,900 --> 01:09:16,069
Quartermasters log, OOD.
1473
01:09:16,110 --> 01:09:18,196
Rough logs
are usually handwritten.
1474
01:09:18,237 --> 01:09:21,574
I can't imagine
that the yeoman had time
to type out smooth logs,
1475
01:09:21,616 --> 01:09:23,409
given all the excitement.
1476
01:09:23,451 --> 01:09:26,120
Did you offer
to alter the logs
and not report the incident?
1477
01:09:26,162 --> 01:09:28,414
No, I did not.
Alterations are not permitted.
1478
01:09:28,456 --> 01:09:30,500
Lieutenant Maryk
testified under oath,
Commander,
1479
01:09:30,541 --> 01:09:32,585
that you made
such an offer.
1480
01:09:32,627 --> 01:09:36,381
Not only that, but you
begged and pleaded with him
to alter the logs,
1481
01:09:36,422 --> 01:09:39,842
in return for which
you promised to hush up
the story completely
1482
01:09:39,884 --> 01:09:41,511
and make no report.
1483
01:09:41,552 --> 01:09:43,221
Well, that's just
not the truth.
1484
01:09:43,262 --> 01:09:45,640
There isn't any truth
in it at all?
1485
01:09:45,681 --> 01:09:48,726
It's a complete distortion
of what I've said.
My version is the exact truth.
1486
01:09:48,768 --> 01:09:51,687
You deny the proposal
to alter the logs
and hush up the story.
1487
01:09:51,729 --> 01:09:53,648
Yes. I deny it completely.
1488
01:09:53,689 --> 01:09:56,484
Th-That's the part
that he's made up,
the crying and the pleading.
1489
01:09:56,526 --> 01:09:57,819
It's fantastic.
1490
01:09:57,860 --> 01:09:59,654
You're accusing Mr. Maryk
of perjury.
1491
01:09:59,695 --> 01:10:01,447
I-I'm not accusing him--
1492
01:10:02,865 --> 01:10:04,951
He's accused of enough
as it stands.
1493
01:10:04,992 --> 01:10:07,787
I'm just saying you'll hear
a lot of strange things
about me from Maryk.
1494
01:10:07,829 --> 01:10:10,206
Th-That's all I'm saying.
1495
01:10:10,248 --> 01:10:13,543
Isn't it obvious, Commander,
that one of you is not telling
the truth about this meeting?
1496
01:10:13,584 --> 01:10:16,629
Well, it appears so.
Can you prove that
it isn't you?
1497
01:10:16,671 --> 01:10:20,216
Only by citing
a clean record of 21 years
as a naval officer
1498
01:10:20,258 --> 01:10:24,053
over the word of
a man standing trial
for a mutinous act.
1499
01:10:25,763 --> 01:10:30,560
Commander, did you ever
receive $1,000 from
Lieutenant Junior Grade Keith?
1500
01:10:30,601 --> 01:10:32,854
Uh, I don't recall offhand.
1501
01:10:32,895 --> 01:10:35,398
He testified you did.
I did?
On what occasion?
1502
01:10:35,440 --> 01:10:38,901
On the occasion of the loss
of a crate of yours
in the Port of Oman.
1503
01:10:38,943 --> 01:10:41,195
- Oh, y-yes. Okay.
- I remember that.
1504
01:10:41,237 --> 01:10:43,906
That's over a year ago,
December thereabouts.
1505
01:10:43,948 --> 01:10:46,576
He was responsible
for the loss.
1506
01:10:46,617 --> 01:10:50,246
Well, insisted
on paying for it,
a-a-and so he did.
1507
01:10:50,288 --> 01:10:53,291
And what was in this crate
that cost $1,000?
1508
01:10:53,332 --> 01:10:56,043
Well, uniforms, books,
1509
01:10:56,085 --> 01:10:59,088
n-navigating instruments,
the usual things.
1510
01:10:59,130 --> 01:11:00,923
How was Keith responsible?
1511
01:11:00,965 --> 01:11:03,217
Well, he was the boat officer.
He was responsible for loading.
1512
01:11:03,259 --> 01:11:06,596
He issued foolish,
contradictory orders
that rattled the men.
1513
01:11:06,637 --> 01:11:08,681
They dropped the crate
into the water and it sank.
1514
01:11:08,723 --> 01:11:11,893
A wooden crate,
full of clothes, sank.
1515
01:11:11,934 --> 01:11:14,270
It had other things in it.
1516
01:11:14,312 --> 01:11:16,564
Souvenir coral rocks,
for example.
1517
01:11:16,606 --> 01:11:20,443
Commander, wasn't the--
the crate entirely full
of bottles of booze?
1518
01:11:20,485 --> 01:11:22,612
Certainly not.
1519
01:11:22,653 --> 01:11:26,782
Lieutenant Keith testified
that he paid you $1,000
for a crate full of liquor.
1520
01:11:26,824 --> 01:11:30,411
Well, you'll hear a lot of
strange distortions from Keith.
A-And from Maryk.
1521
01:11:30,453 --> 01:11:33,789
They're the two culprits here.
They're apt to make all kinds
of strange statements.
1522
01:11:33,831 --> 01:11:35,583
You make this crate
yourself?
1523
01:11:35,625 --> 01:11:38,127
No, a man
from the engine room did.
What's his name?
1524
01:11:38,169 --> 01:11:40,213
I don't recall. It'll be
in the personnel records.
1525
01:11:40,254 --> 01:11:43,049
He's been gone from the ship
for quite some time.
Okay, where is he now?
1526
01:11:43,925 --> 01:11:45,718
Uh, I-I don't know.
1527
01:11:45,760 --> 01:11:49,138
Because you don't know
what his name is?
No.
1528
01:11:49,180 --> 01:11:54,185
Was it Engineman Second Class
Otis F. Langhorn, sir?
1529
01:11:54,227 --> 01:11:56,521
L... Langhorn?
1530
01:11:56,562 --> 01:11:57,897
Yes.
1531
01:11:58,523 --> 01:11:59,774
Langhorn, yeah.
1532
01:11:59,815 --> 01:12:01,984
Well, th-that
sounds about right.
1533
01:12:02,026 --> 01:12:06,906
There's an Otis F. Langhorn,
engineman first class,
in transit right now.
1534
01:12:06,948 --> 01:12:09,575
Defense has arranged to
subpoena him if necessary.
1535
01:12:09,617 --> 01:12:11,786
Are you sure
it's the same one?
1536
01:12:11,827 --> 01:12:14,872
Well, it says 20 months
aboard the Caine.
It's got your signature upon it.
1537
01:12:14,914 --> 01:12:16,749
Would it be useful
to have him called, sir?
1538
01:12:16,791 --> 01:12:19,877
Objection
to this entire irrelevancy
about the crate
1539
01:12:19,919 --> 01:12:22,004
and request it be stricken
from the record.
1540
01:12:22,046 --> 01:12:24,173
The witness's credibility
is being established.
1541
01:12:24,215 --> 01:12:27,760
I put it to the court, sir,
that nothing could be
more relevant to this trial.
1542
01:12:28,719 --> 01:12:30,179
Overruled.
1543
01:12:30,221 --> 01:12:32,598
Court stenographer
will repeat the question.
1544
01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:35,518
"Would it be useful to
have him subpoenaed, sir?"
1545
01:12:35,560 --> 01:12:39,188
Well, the real question is,
which crate
did Langhorn nail up?
1546
01:12:39,230 --> 01:12:41,482
I-I now recall
having two crates.
1547
01:12:41,524 --> 01:12:45,444
Oh, well,
this is new information
not mentioned by Keith.
1548
01:12:45,486 --> 01:12:47,613
Did Langhorn nail up
both crates, sir?
1549
01:12:47,655 --> 01:12:51,492
I-I can't-- I can't recall
if I had two crates
on th-that occasion
1550
01:12:51,534 --> 01:12:54,036
or two crates
on two separate occasions.
1551
01:12:54,078 --> 01:12:58,374
It's been a long time
and I've had a strenuous year
of command from ports of storm.
1552
01:12:58,416 --> 01:13:00,876
I-- I just--
I can't be clear.
1553
01:13:00,918 --> 01:13:04,297
Commander,
there are a number of issues
in this trial
1554
01:13:04,338 --> 01:13:06,257
which turn on
the issue of credibility
1555
01:13:06,299 --> 01:13:08,384
between yourself
and other officers.
1556
01:13:08,426 --> 01:13:11,137
If you wish,
I can request a quick
little five-minute recess
1557
01:13:11,178 --> 01:13:14,432
while you clear your mind
as best you can about
the matter of this crate.
1558
01:13:14,473 --> 01:13:17,518
No, no, that won't be necessary.
Just give me some time to think.
1559
01:13:17,560 --> 01:13:19,395
Please.
Please.
1560
01:13:22,148 --> 01:13:23,733
Uh...
1561
01:13:24,775 --> 01:13:26,444
Um...
1562
01:13:27,194 --> 01:13:28,904
Uh...
1563
01:13:29,947 --> 01:13:33,200
Ah, o-okay.
I-I've got it straight now.
1564
01:13:33,242 --> 01:13:35,536
Mm-hmm.
I misspoke.
1565
01:13:35,578 --> 01:13:40,166
Uh, San Diego, 2014,
I lost a crate
in similar circumstances.
1566
01:13:40,207 --> 01:13:42,209
That was the crate
with the clothes in it
1567
01:13:42,251 --> 01:13:46,005
and the crate that Keith lost
did contain liquor.
1568
01:13:46,047 --> 01:13:49,091
Entirely full of liquor.
Well, I suppose so.
1569
01:13:49,133 --> 01:13:51,886
You transported this
on your ship.
1570
01:13:51,927 --> 01:13:53,346
You are aware of
Navy Regulations, sir.
1571
01:13:53,387 --> 01:13:55,431
Of course I'm aware
of regulations.
1572
01:13:55,473 --> 01:13:57,600
Th-The crate was sealed
before I got under way.
1573
01:13:57,642 --> 01:13:59,769
I gave it
the same locked stowage
that I did
1574
01:13:59,810 --> 01:14:02,271
the medicinal brandy,
three years' steady duty.
1575
01:14:02,313 --> 01:14:07,109
I gave myself this leeway
as the captain of the Caine,
which was a common practice.
1576
01:14:07,151 --> 01:14:11,656
I do believe that rank
has its privileges,
as they say, and, well, uh--
1577
01:14:11,697 --> 01:14:14,575
I-I didn't mean to
conceal it from the court.
1578
01:14:14,617 --> 01:14:16,452
It's not something
I'm ashamed of.
1579
01:14:16,494 --> 01:14:18,996
I just got the two crates
mixed up in my mind.
1580
01:14:19,038 --> 01:14:20,581
Lieutenant Maryk
also testified, sir,
1581
01:14:20,623 --> 01:14:22,458
that you gave
all the orders
to the boat crew
1582
01:14:22,500 --> 01:14:24,251
which resulted
in the loss of the crate.
1583
01:14:24,293 --> 01:14:26,420
Well, that's a lie.
1584
01:14:26,462 --> 01:14:29,173
And that you refused
to sign his leave papers
until he paid you for that loss.
1585
01:14:29,215 --> 01:14:31,300
And that is another lie.
1586
01:14:32,760 --> 01:14:35,888
Commander, during the period
when the Caine
was sweeping for mines
1587
01:14:35,930 --> 01:14:37,640
off the Straits of Hormuz,
1588
01:14:37,682 --> 01:14:39,892
did you steam over
and cut your own tow line?
1589
01:14:39,934 --> 01:14:41,394
Objection!
1590
01:14:41,435 --> 01:14:43,729
This tow line business
is the last straw.
1591
01:14:43,771 --> 01:14:45,981
The tactics
of the defense counsel
are an outrage
1592
01:14:46,023 --> 01:14:47,817
on the dignity
of these proceedings.
1593
01:14:47,858 --> 01:14:49,652
He is systematically
turning this trial
1594
01:14:49,694 --> 01:14:51,737
into a court-martial
of Commander Queeg.
1595
01:14:51,779 --> 01:14:53,322
Please the court,
1596
01:14:53,364 --> 01:14:55,324
the trial counsel believes
she has a prima facie case
1597
01:14:55,366 --> 01:14:57,952
based on the report
of two psychiatrists.
1598
01:14:57,993 --> 01:14:59,620
Now, I believe it is
up to the court
1599
01:14:59,662 --> 01:15:02,164
and not
two shore-bound doctors,
however brilliant,
1600
01:15:02,206 --> 01:15:05,418
to decide whether
the captain of the Caine
was mentally well enough
1601
01:15:05,459 --> 01:15:10,047
to retain his self-control
and his post during a cyclone.
1602
01:15:10,089 --> 01:15:12,049
The objection is overruled.
1603
01:15:12,091 --> 01:15:14,051
The witness
will answer the question.
1604
01:15:14,093 --> 01:15:18,013
Okay, well, here's the story
on that particular slander.
1605
01:15:19,014 --> 01:15:20,808
Stilwell
was a-a-at the helm,
1606
01:15:20,850 --> 01:15:23,269
a dreamy, unreliable man
1607
01:15:23,310 --> 01:15:26,814
who failed to warn me
that we were coming around
the full 360 degrees.
1608
01:15:26,856 --> 01:15:30,109
I was the one who recognized
what was happening,
reversed course immediately.
1609
01:15:30,151 --> 01:15:34,071
We did not go over the tow line.
I-It parted in the tight turn.
1610
01:15:34,113 --> 01:15:37,408
Weren't you reprimanding
a petty officer named Urban
at length
1611
01:15:37,450 --> 01:15:42,496
for having his shirttail out
while your ship was
turning 360 degrees, sir?
1612
01:15:42,538 --> 01:15:44,540
Who told you that?
Keith again?
Answer the question, please.
1613
01:15:44,582 --> 01:15:46,000
It's a malicious lie,
of course.
1614
01:15:46,041 --> 01:15:48,043
Was Urban on the bridge?
Yes.
1615
01:15:48,085 --> 01:15:50,838
Was his shirttail out?
Yes, and I reprimanded him.
Took all of two seconds.
1616
01:15:50,880 --> 01:15:52,840
It's not like I dwell
on these sort of things.
1617
01:15:52,882 --> 01:15:54,967
But now that you've brought
the shirttail thing up,
1618
01:15:55,009 --> 01:15:58,888
I'd like to point out
that Ensign Keith,
a department head,
1619
01:15:58,929 --> 01:16:01,557
was responsible
for enforcing
uniform regulations
1620
01:16:01,599 --> 01:16:03,851
and completely screwed
the whole job up.
1621
01:16:03,893 --> 01:16:06,854
When I took over the ship,
it was like some
third-world navy,
1622
01:16:06,896 --> 01:16:09,899
and I bored down on Keith
to look out for things
like shirttails.
1623
01:16:09,940 --> 01:16:13,277
And, well, maybe
that's one of the reasons
that he hates me so much
1624
01:16:13,319 --> 01:16:18,407
and insists on circulating
this nonsense about me
cutting the tow line.
1625
01:16:18,449 --> 01:16:21,202
Did you drop a yellow dye marker
off the Straits of Hormuz?
1626
01:16:21,243 --> 01:16:23,454
No, I, uh-- Maybe.
I-I don't recall.
1627
01:16:23,496 --> 01:16:25,581
Do you recall
what your first mission was?
1628
01:16:25,623 --> 01:16:29,752
Well, uh, to detect
and destroy mines
in the Straits of Hormuz.
1629
01:16:29,794 --> 01:16:31,879
And did you fulfill
that mission?
Yes.
1630
01:16:31,921 --> 01:16:34,340
So why did you drop
the dye marker?
I'm not saying that I did.
1631
01:16:34,381 --> 01:16:37,343
But if I had,
it would have been to mark
a mine that we had detected.
1632
01:16:37,384 --> 01:16:41,388
Commander,
didn't you drop the marker
and retire at high speed,
1633
01:16:41,430 --> 01:16:44,225
taking the Caine
out of its assigned
sweep pattern?
1634
01:16:44,266 --> 01:16:48,604
Now, didn't you do this
to avoid contact with
a dangerous underwater mine
1635
01:16:48,646 --> 01:16:50,356
and leave it
for another ship
to handle?
1636
01:16:50,397 --> 01:16:52,441
The question is abusive
and flagrantly leading.
1637
01:16:52,483 --> 01:16:56,362
I withdraw my last question
on account of
the witness's dim memory.
1638
01:16:56,403 --> 01:16:58,531
I'll proceed
to more recent events.
1639
01:16:58,572 --> 01:17:01,075
Court desires
to question the witness.
1640
01:17:01,116 --> 01:17:02,952
Commander Queeg,
1641
01:17:02,993 --> 01:17:05,538
in view of the implications
in this line of testimony,
1642
01:17:05,579 --> 01:17:07,957
I urge you
to search your memory
for correct answers.
1643
01:17:07,998 --> 01:17:10,334
Well, I certainly
am trying, sir.
1644
01:17:10,376 --> 01:17:13,921
These are very fine points,
and I've had a number of arduous
missions since that storm.
1645
01:17:13,963 --> 01:17:17,049
And th-then there's,
well, all of this business.
1646
01:17:17,091 --> 01:17:18,717
I appreciate that.
1647
01:17:18,759 --> 01:17:21,554
But it will facilitate justice
if you can remember enough
1648
01:17:21,595 --> 01:17:24,306
to give a few definite answers
on points of fact.
1649
01:17:24,348 --> 01:17:29,019
First of all, did you depart
your assigned sector
due to equipment problems?
1650
01:17:31,063 --> 01:17:33,482
Yes. Yes.
Okay-- Okay, I-I remember.
1651
01:17:33,524 --> 01:17:35,776
Yes,
that was the case here.
1652
01:17:35,818 --> 01:17:39,822
So you departed the pattern
rather than try to repair
or troubleshoot the equipment?
1653
01:17:39,864 --> 01:17:42,992
But...
...an active mine
had been detected.
1654
01:17:43,033 --> 01:17:47,079
Is that why you dropped
the dye marker?
There was a safety factor.
1655
01:17:47,121 --> 01:17:51,250
Uh, it didn't make sense to me
to try and detonate mines
using defective gear.
1656
01:17:51,292 --> 01:17:54,837
But I wanted every vessel
in the area to know exactly
where that mine was,
1657
01:17:54,879 --> 01:17:56,839
s-so I marked it.
1658
01:17:56,881 --> 01:17:59,341
Now, if I erred on the side
of being overcautious,
well, I-I'm sorry.
1659
01:17:59,383 --> 01:18:03,137
But then again, sir,
I don't think you can err
on the side of safety.
1660
01:18:03,178 --> 01:18:05,055
Did you have the conn?
Well, no.
1661
01:18:05,097 --> 01:18:07,725
A-As I recall,
Maryk was on the conn.
1662
01:18:07,766 --> 01:18:11,186
And I also recall
warning him not to stray
too far out of formation.
1663
01:18:11,228 --> 01:18:16,775
But we did need to leave room
for other ships to come in
and deal with that mine.
1664
01:18:16,817 --> 01:18:19,069
Well, how much room?
I don't remember exactly.
1665
01:18:19,111 --> 01:18:22,740
I-I just know that
we had strayed outside
of our assigned sector,
1666
01:18:22,781 --> 01:18:26,035
and then, well,
I pulled him aside
and admonished him.
1667
01:18:26,076 --> 01:18:29,204
Didn't you direct him
to return to station
immediately?
1668
01:18:29,246 --> 01:18:30,831
Sir, everything
was happening very fast.
1669
01:18:30,873 --> 01:18:33,375
We had to mark the area
and then get out of there
1670
01:18:33,417 --> 01:18:36,337
and make room for other ships
to come into the area,
as I said.
1671
01:18:36,378 --> 01:18:39,089
These are your factual
recollections, Commander?
1672
01:18:39,131 --> 01:18:41,383
Those are the facts, sir.
1673
01:18:43,052 --> 01:18:44,428
Resume your examination.
1674
01:18:44,470 --> 01:18:46,096
Commander,
did you make it a practice
1675
01:18:46,138 --> 01:18:48,807
to retire to your room
during minesweeping operations?
1676
01:18:48,849 --> 01:18:51,727
Well, that's
an insulting question.
The answer is no.
1677
01:18:51,769 --> 01:18:54,104
I had to be on
every side of that bridge
at all times.
1678
01:18:54,146 --> 01:18:59,026
I-I had Maryk as a navigator
and Keith as an officer of
the deck at general quarters.
1679
01:18:59,068 --> 01:19:01,737
Invariably, they'd squirrel
over to the same side
of the bridge
1680
01:19:01,779 --> 01:19:05,157
and I'd have to be captain,
navigator and officer of
the deck all rolled up into one.
1681
01:19:05,199 --> 01:19:07,952
That's why I had to go
from one side of the bridge
to the other all the time.
1682
01:19:07,993 --> 01:19:10,162
And that's the truth.
1683
01:19:10,204 --> 01:19:12,748
I don't care how many damn lies
have been told about me
in this courtroom.
1684
01:19:12,790 --> 01:19:14,959
The court
will question the witness.
1685
01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:18,837
Sir, the witness
is obviously and understandably
agitated by this ordeal
1686
01:19:18,879 --> 01:19:21,590
and I request a recess
to give him
a breathing space.
1687
01:19:21,632 --> 01:19:23,884
I'm not agitated
in the least.
1688
01:19:23,926 --> 01:19:26,095
I'm glad to answer
any and all questions.
1689
01:19:28,097 --> 01:19:31,100
In fact,
I-I demand the opportunity
to set the record straight
1690
01:19:31,141 --> 01:19:35,646
for any derogatory statements
made about me in testimony
that's gone before.
1691
01:19:35,688 --> 01:19:39,233
I didn't make a single mistake
in the 15 months
I was aboard the Caine,
1692
01:19:39,274 --> 01:19:41,193
and I-I can prove it.
1693
01:19:41,235 --> 01:19:43,529
I've had a spotless record
up until now
1694
01:19:43,570 --> 01:19:45,656
and I don't want it
being discredited
1695
01:19:45,698 --> 01:19:49,451
by these lies and distortions
told by these disloyal officers.
1696
01:19:49,493 --> 01:19:52,663
Commander,
would you like a recess?
1697
01:19:52,705 --> 01:19:53,747
Certainly not.
1698
01:19:53,789 --> 01:19:56,667
In fact, if I had
any say in this,
1699
01:19:56,709 --> 01:19:58,961
I would ask
there be no recess.
1700
01:19:59,003 --> 01:20:02,131
Very well.
1701
01:20:03,048 --> 01:20:05,175
I simply want to ask,
1702
01:20:05,217 --> 01:20:08,554
if the performance
of these two officers
was so unspeakably bad,
1703
01:20:08,595 --> 01:20:10,389
why did you tolerate it?
1704
01:20:10,431 --> 01:20:13,475
Why didn't you beach them
or rotate them
out of your command?
1705
01:20:15,853 --> 01:20:19,982
Well, this is gonna sound
strange to you, sir, but,
1706
01:20:20,024 --> 01:20:24,778
well, the truth is
I'm-I'm a softhearted man
1707
01:20:24,820 --> 01:20:26,822
and not many people
know that.
1708
01:20:26,864 --> 01:20:29,491
But I wanted to keep
them under-- under eye
1709
01:20:29,533 --> 01:20:32,619
to try and train them up,
make them good officers.
1710
01:20:32,661 --> 01:20:36,665
L-Last thing I wanted to do
was wreck their careers.
1711
01:20:36,707 --> 01:20:41,253
A concern they certainly
didn't share for me.
E-Either one of them.
1712
01:20:44,214 --> 01:20:46,508
Commander, on the morning
of the 18th of December,
1713
01:20:46,550 --> 01:20:48,385
the exact moment
you were relieved of command,
1714
01:20:48,427 --> 01:20:50,012
was the Caine
in the last extremity?
1715
01:20:50,054 --> 01:20:52,806
Certainly not.
Was it in grave danger
at that moment?
1716
01:20:52,848 --> 01:20:55,517
Absolutely not.
I was in complete control
of the ship.
1717
01:20:55,559 --> 01:20:58,020
And did you inform
any of your other officers
of your intention
1718
01:20:58,062 --> 01:21:00,355
to change course,
come north at ten o'clock,
1719
01:21:00,397 --> 01:21:02,858
15 minutes
after Lieutenant Maryk
relieved you of command?
1720
01:21:02,900 --> 01:21:05,569
Yes, yes.
I made that statement
and that was my intention.
1721
01:21:05,611 --> 01:21:09,448
Then Lieutenant Maryk's decision
to come north was not
a panicky, irrational blunder.
1722
01:21:09,490 --> 01:21:11,950
His panicky blunder
was relieving me.
1723
01:21:11,992 --> 01:21:14,536
I kept him from making
any disastrous mistakes
thereafter.
1724
01:21:14,578 --> 01:21:16,705
I wasn't trying
to vindicate myself.
1725
01:21:16,747 --> 01:21:20,334
Commander, have you seen
Lieutenant Maryk's medical log?
1726
01:21:20,375 --> 01:21:22,377
Yes.
1727
01:21:22,419 --> 01:21:26,006
Yes, I've read
that interesting document.
Yes, sir, I have.
1728
01:21:26,048 --> 01:21:29,051
Biggest conglomeration
of lies and distortions
and half-truths
1729
01:21:29,093 --> 01:21:30,636
I've ever seen.
1730
01:21:30,677 --> 01:21:32,346
But I'm extremely glad
that you've asked
1731
01:21:32,387 --> 01:21:35,182
'cause I wanna
get my side of it
all on the record.
1732
01:21:35,224 --> 01:21:36,642
Please.
1733
01:21:36,683 --> 01:21:39,061
Please give us your version
of any comments
1734
01:21:39,103 --> 01:21:41,063
factually related
to episodes in the log.
1735
01:21:41,105 --> 01:21:43,732
Okay, well,
starting right with
that strawberry business.
1736
01:21:43,774 --> 01:21:45,901
The real truth
is that I was betrayed,
1737
01:21:45,943 --> 01:21:48,028
d-double-crossed
by my executive officer
1738
01:21:48,070 --> 01:21:50,614
and this precious gentleman,
Mr. Keith,
1739
01:21:50,656 --> 01:21:52,574
who between them
corrupted my wardroom
1740
01:21:52,616 --> 01:21:54,618
so I was one man
against the whole ship.
1741
01:21:54,660 --> 01:21:56,578
No support
from my officers, okay?
1742
01:21:56,620 --> 01:21:59,039
Now, you take
that strawberry business.
1743
01:21:59,081 --> 01:22:03,460
Why, if that wasn't a case of
outright conspiracy to protect
a malefactor from justice.
1744
01:22:03,502 --> 01:22:05,712
Maryk carefully leaves out
the little fact
1745
01:22:05,754 --> 01:22:09,216
that I had conclusively proved
by a process of elimination
1746
01:22:09,258 --> 01:22:11,093
that someone
had a key to the fridge.
1747
01:22:11,135 --> 01:22:14,596
Now, he says the messmen
ate the strawberries.
1748
01:22:14,638 --> 01:22:16,598
But if I wanted
to take the trouble,
1749
01:22:16,640 --> 01:22:19,476
I could prove to this court
categorically
that they couldn't have.
1750
01:22:19,518 --> 01:22:21,436
I-It's the water business
all over again.
1751
01:22:21,478 --> 01:22:24,439
Like when the crew
was taking showers
seven times a day
1752
01:22:24,481 --> 01:22:28,235
and I tried to initiate
the simplest principles
of water conservation.
1753
01:22:28,277 --> 01:22:30,779
But, oh, no, Mr. Maryk,
the hero of the crew,
1754
01:22:30,821 --> 01:22:33,365
wanted to go right on
coddling them.
1755
01:22:33,407 --> 01:22:36,118
Well, you take
that coffee business.
1756
01:22:36,160 --> 01:22:37,953
Well-- No.
1757
01:22:37,995 --> 01:22:39,788
No. Excuse me.
1758
01:22:39,830 --> 01:22:42,249
Sorry, sir.
1759
01:22:42,291 --> 01:22:44,960
Strawberry thing first.
Okay.
1760
01:22:46,253 --> 01:22:48,463
Everything hinged
on a thorough search
for the key,
1761
01:22:48,505 --> 01:22:52,134
and that's when Maryk
and, as usual, with help
from Mr. Keith, fudged it.
1762
01:22:52,176 --> 01:22:54,845
Went through
a lot of phony motions,
didn't prove anything.
1763
01:22:54,887 --> 01:22:57,514
Like thinking
that the burning out
of the coffee makers,
1764
01:22:57,556 --> 01:22:59,433
which were government property,
1765
01:22:59,474 --> 01:23:01,435
was some kind of joke.
1766
01:23:01,476 --> 01:23:03,979
And that was
the attitude of everybody
from Maryk on down.
1767
01:23:04,021 --> 01:23:06,565
No-- No sense
of responsibility.
1768
01:23:06,607 --> 01:23:09,234
And I kept emphasizing
over and over
1769
01:23:09,276 --> 01:23:12,654
that all of these things
were gonna have to be
accounted for.
1770
01:23:12,696 --> 01:23:14,823
It was a constant battle.
1771
01:23:14,865 --> 01:23:16,575
Always--
Always the same thing.
1772
01:23:16,617 --> 01:23:19,369
Maryk and Keith
undermining my authority,
always arguing.
1773
01:23:19,411 --> 01:23:23,832
Now, I wanted--
I wanted to train Keith up
to be a good officer,
1774
01:23:23,874 --> 01:23:26,501
but I was stabbed
in the back by--
1775
01:23:29,880 --> 01:23:31,423
Well...
1776
01:23:34,051 --> 01:23:39,014
Well, I-- I think I've covered
that strawberry business.
1777
01:23:39,056 --> 01:23:41,141
And, oh, yes,
the mess account business.
1778
01:23:41,183 --> 01:23:44,811
Well, I had to
watch them like a hawk,
and believe me, I did.
1779
01:23:44,853 --> 01:23:47,356
Didn't sneak
any fast ones by me.
1780
01:23:47,397 --> 01:23:49,358
It wasn't for
a lack of trying.
1781
01:23:49,399 --> 01:23:51,985
Instead of paying attention
to their accounts
and their inventories,
1782
01:23:52,027 --> 01:23:53,862
which I would have to go
over again and again--
1783
01:23:53,904 --> 01:23:56,698
Always a few pennies short
or a couple dollars over.
1784
01:23:56,740 --> 01:24:01,578
But what do they care about
keeping accurate records?
Let the captain worry about it.
1785
01:24:01,620 --> 01:24:03,872
Well, by God, I did.
1786
01:24:03,914 --> 01:24:08,585
I-I defy anyone to find
a single wardroom mess statement
or ship service inventory
1787
01:24:08,627 --> 01:24:11,171
filed aboard the USS Caine
while I was captain
1788
01:24:11,213 --> 01:24:13,632
that had a mistake
of a single, solitary cent.
1789
01:24:13,674 --> 01:24:18,136
And by that, I mean, I defy
a certified public accountant
to do it. Okay?
1790
01:24:18,178 --> 01:24:19,805
Well, what else?
1791
01:24:19,846 --> 01:24:21,974
There's so much bullshit
1792
01:24:22,015 --> 01:24:25,018
in that precious log
of Mr. Maryk's.
1793
01:24:25,060 --> 01:24:28,522
Oh, yes!
Th-The movie business.
1794
01:24:28,563 --> 01:24:30,983
Okay,
no respect for command.
1795
01:24:31,024 --> 01:24:33,443
Th-That was the whole trouble
with that ship.
1796
01:24:33,485 --> 01:24:37,322
The movie operator, who had
a disrespectful manner anyways,
1797
01:24:37,364 --> 01:24:41,410
started the movie
without waiting for the arrival
of the commanding officer.
1798
01:24:41,451 --> 01:24:43,912
Out of that whole ship's crew,
officers and men,
1799
01:24:43,954 --> 01:24:48,750
did one person stand up
and call a halt or even notice
that the captain wasn't present?
1800
01:24:48,792 --> 01:24:51,920
I missed those movies
more than they did.
1801
01:24:52,963 --> 01:24:55,757
I banned them,
and, by God, I'd do it again.
1802
01:24:55,799 --> 01:24:59,344
Wh-What was I supposed to do,
start issuing them all
letters of commendation
1803
01:24:59,386 --> 01:25:02,931
for this gratuitous insult
to the commanding officer?
1804
01:25:04,141 --> 01:25:06,601
It's not like
I took it personal.
1805
01:25:06,643 --> 01:25:10,105
Uh, it's the principle.
The principle of respect
for the command.
1806
01:25:10,147 --> 01:25:13,942
That principle was dead
when I came aboard that ship
and I brought it to life.
1807
01:25:13,984 --> 01:25:15,986
And I nagged and I bitched
and I hollered,
1808
01:25:16,028 --> 01:25:18,613
and, by God, I made it stick
while I was captain!
1809
01:25:20,157 --> 01:25:22,492
Uh, and as I-- as I say,
1810
01:25:22,534 --> 01:25:24,786
it wasn't
just the coffee makers.
1811
01:25:24,828 --> 01:25:26,496
It was a matter of respect.
1812
01:25:26,538 --> 01:25:29,082
When I ask a sailor a question,
I want a straight answer.
1813
01:25:29,124 --> 01:25:31,335
Nobody's gonna get away
with this shifty evasion,
1814
01:25:31,376 --> 01:25:34,421
if I have to hold
a court of inquiry
for a week.
1815
01:25:34,463 --> 01:25:37,215
What do I care
about strawberries?
It's a question of principle.
1816
01:25:37,257 --> 01:25:39,176
Stealing is stealing.
1817
01:25:39,760 --> 01:25:41,636
And on my ship--
1818
01:25:45,682 --> 01:25:49,644
Well, it's not like we got
a lot of nice treats anyway.
1819
01:25:49,686 --> 01:25:53,815
Uh... if we ever did
get something pleasant
once in a blue moon,
1820
01:25:53,857 --> 01:25:55,984
like--
like strawberries, well,
1821
01:25:56,026 --> 01:25:59,071
it was outrageous that
I couldn't have a second helping
if I felt like it.
1822
01:25:59,112 --> 01:26:01,490
I wasn't gonna let them
get away with it, and I didn't.
1823
01:26:01,531 --> 01:26:05,494
By God, I never
let anything like that
happen on that ship again!
1824
01:26:16,380 --> 01:26:18,215
As I say, I--
1825
01:26:18,256 --> 01:26:19,466
Okay, um...
1826
01:26:20,384 --> 01:26:23,678
H-How many of these things
have I covered?
1827
01:26:23,720 --> 01:26:27,224
I-- I can only roughly
do this by memory.
1828
01:26:27,265 --> 01:26:29,976
If you ask me
specific questions,
I'll--
1829
01:26:30,018 --> 01:26:33,230
I'll tackle those
one by one by one.
1830
01:26:34,439 --> 01:26:36,858
That won't be necessary, sir.
1831
01:26:37,984 --> 01:26:39,986
That was very thorough.
1832
01:26:41,029 --> 01:26:42,531
Thank you.
1833
01:26:47,327 --> 01:26:51,206
I draw
the court's attention
to Exhibit 12.
1834
01:26:54,084 --> 01:26:56,211
Commander, I show you
an authenticated copy
1835
01:26:56,253 --> 01:26:59,131
of a fitness report
that you wrote
for Lieutenant Maryk
1836
01:26:59,172 --> 01:27:01,466
July 1, 2022.
1837
01:27:01,508 --> 01:27:03,885
Do you recognize it
as such?
1838
01:27:06,346 --> 01:27:08,014
Y-Yes.
1839
01:27:08,056 --> 01:27:10,851
And by this time
had the following events
occurred--
1840
01:27:10,892 --> 01:27:14,813
the water shortage,
the coffee maker
investigation,
1841
01:27:14,855 --> 01:27:17,649
the banning of the movies,
the Internet
1842
01:27:17,691 --> 01:27:19,734
and other events?
1843
01:27:21,528 --> 01:27:23,655
Yes, I believe so.
1844
01:27:23,697 --> 01:27:28,910
Please read your comments
on Lieutenant Maryk, July 1.
1845
01:27:29,744 --> 01:27:32,122
Well, n-not being vindictive,
1846
01:27:32,164 --> 01:27:36,460
I-I don't write down
every single, solitary instance.
1847
01:27:36,501 --> 01:27:39,045
A fitness report
goes into a man's record,
1848
01:27:39,087 --> 01:27:42,924
and, well, I've always
tried to go easy on them.
1849
01:27:42,966 --> 01:27:44,968
A-Always have, always will.
1850
01:27:45,010 --> 01:27:46,720
I appreciate that, sir.
1851
01:27:46,761 --> 01:27:48,722
Please read the comments.
1852
01:27:54,603 --> 01:27:56,771
"This officer has,
if anything,
1853
01:27:56,813 --> 01:27:59,941
improved in
his performance of duty
1854
01:27:59,983 --> 01:28:02,944
since the last fitness report.
1855
01:28:03,904 --> 01:28:07,199
He is consistently loyal,
unflagging,
1856
01:28:07,240 --> 01:28:11,620
thorough, courageous
and efficient.
1857
01:28:12,871 --> 01:28:15,207
He is considered at present
1858
01:28:15,248 --> 01:28:19,628
fully qualified for command
of a 1,200-ton MCM.
1859
01:28:21,087 --> 01:28:26,384
His professional determination
and integrity set him apart
1860
01:28:26,426 --> 01:28:30,388
as an outstanding example
for other officers,
1861
01:28:30,430 --> 01:28:32,807
reserve and regular alike.
1862
01:28:37,187 --> 01:28:39,940
He cannot be
too highly commended."
1863
01:28:45,320 --> 01:28:46,863
Thank you.
1864
01:28:48,740 --> 01:28:50,450
No further questions.
1865
01:28:54,829 --> 01:28:56,790
No cross-examination.
1866
01:29:01,127 --> 01:29:03,004
You're excused,
Commander.
1867
01:29:09,135 --> 01:29:10,679
Yes, sir.
1868
01:29:30,198 --> 01:29:32,117
Defense rests.
1869
01:29:34,369 --> 01:29:36,997
Is the trial counsel
ready for summation?
1870
01:29:38,331 --> 01:29:41,001
No summary, sir.
Prosecution rests.
1871
01:29:42,419 --> 01:29:44,212
No argument at all?
1872
01:29:49,968 --> 01:29:52,178
If it please
the court,
1873
01:29:57,434 --> 01:29:59,644
I'm-- I'm at a loss
1874
01:29:59,686 --> 01:30:02,522
to discuss the case
the defense has presented.
1875
01:30:03,565 --> 01:30:05,483
I have nothing to refute.
1876
01:30:05,525 --> 01:30:06,901
It's no case at all.
1877
01:30:06,943 --> 01:30:08,528
It has nothing to do
1878
01:30:08,570 --> 01:30:11,239
with the charge
or the specification.
1879
01:30:13,033 --> 01:30:16,411
The defense counsel's
very first question
in this trial
1880
01:30:17,621 --> 01:30:20,498
was, "Commander, have you
ever heard the expression,
1881
01:30:20,540 --> 01:30:22,917
Old Yellowstain?"
1882
01:30:22,959 --> 01:30:27,047
That was the key
to his entire strategy,
1883
01:30:27,088 --> 01:30:30,008
which was simply to twist
the proceedings around
1884
01:30:30,050 --> 01:30:34,262
so that the accused
would become not Maryk,
but Commander Queeg.
1885
01:30:34,304 --> 01:30:38,016
He has dragged out
every possible vicious
1886
01:30:38,058 --> 01:30:41,936
and malicious criticism
of the commander
from the other witnesses
1887
01:30:41,978 --> 01:30:46,733
and forced Captain Queeg
to defend himself against them
in open court,
1888
01:30:46,775 --> 01:30:48,610
on the spur of the moment,
1889
01:30:48,652 --> 01:30:50,570
without advice of counsel,
1890
01:30:50,612 --> 01:30:53,239
without any
of the normal privileges
and safeguards
1891
01:30:53,281 --> 01:30:56,326
of an accused man
under naval law.
1892
01:30:56,368 --> 01:30:59,788
Can this court possibly
endorse the precedent
1893
01:30:59,829 --> 01:31:04,584
that a captain who doesn't
please his underlings
can be deposed by them?
1894
01:31:04,626 --> 01:31:06,920
And then that the captain's
only recourse afterward
1895
01:31:06,961 --> 01:31:11,800
is to be placed
at a witness stand
in a general court-martial
1896
01:31:11,841 --> 01:31:13,968
to answer
every petty gripe
1897
01:31:14,010 --> 01:31:16,262
and justify
all his command decisions
1898
01:31:16,304 --> 01:31:20,725
to a hostile lawyer
taking the part of
his insubordinate inferiors?
1899
01:31:20,767 --> 01:31:24,646
Such a precedent is nothing
but a blank check for mutiny.
1900
01:31:24,688 --> 01:31:28,233
It is the absolute destruction
of the chain of command.
1901
01:31:30,985 --> 01:31:34,155
However,
all this doesn't worry me.
1902
01:31:35,031 --> 01:31:36,991
I am confident
1903
01:31:37,033 --> 01:31:40,620
that this court
hasn't been impressed
by such aggressive tactics.
1904
01:31:40,662 --> 01:31:43,081
I know that the court
is going to reject
1905
01:31:43,123 --> 01:31:45,333
this cynical play
on its emotions,
1906
01:31:45,375 --> 01:31:50,171
this... insult
to its intelligence,
1907
01:31:50,213 --> 01:31:53,383
and find the specification
proven by the facts.
1908
01:31:55,385 --> 01:31:57,387
I've only this to say.
1909
01:31:58,388 --> 01:32:00,682
Whatever the verdict
on the accused, I--
1910
01:32:01,766 --> 01:32:04,352
I formally recommend
that Defense Counsel Greenwald
1911
01:32:04,394 --> 01:32:06,187
be censured by this court
1912
01:32:06,229 --> 01:32:08,398
for conduct unbecoming
an officer of the Navy
1913
01:32:08,440 --> 01:32:11,568
and that this reprimand
be made part of his record.
1914
01:32:17,532 --> 01:32:20,577
Defense counsel.
Closing argument?
1915
01:32:25,874 --> 01:32:27,208
Please the court,
1916
01:32:28,543 --> 01:32:32,797
I undertook
the defense of the accused
very reluctantly
1917
01:32:32,839 --> 01:32:37,594
and only at the urging of
the judge advocate that no other
defense counsel was available.
1918
01:32:38,553 --> 01:32:40,388
I was reluctant
1919
01:32:40,430 --> 01:32:43,808
because I knew
that the only possible
form of defense
1920
01:32:43,850 --> 01:32:47,812
was to prove
the mental incompetence
of an officer of the Navy.
1921
01:32:47,854 --> 01:32:53,318
It has been
the most unpleasant duty
I have ever had to perform.
1922
01:32:54,319 --> 01:32:57,363
However,
once having undertaken it,
1923
01:32:57,405 --> 01:32:59,532
I have done my best
to win an acquittal.
1924
01:32:59,574 --> 01:33:03,369
I thought this was my duty,
both as defense counsel
appointed by the Navy
1925
01:33:03,411 --> 01:33:06,206
and as a member of the bar.
1926
01:33:07,457 --> 01:33:09,292
Let me make one thing clear.
1927
01:33:09,334 --> 01:33:12,045
It is not the contention
of the defense
1928
01:33:12,086 --> 01:33:14,214
that Commander Queeg
is a coward
1929
01:33:14,255 --> 01:33:19,969
and that therefore,
if he commits questionable acts
under intense fire,
1930
01:33:20,011 --> 01:33:22,889
the explanation
must lie elsewhere.
1931
01:33:22,931 --> 01:33:26,559
The court saw
Commander Queeg's bearing
on the stand.
1932
01:33:26,601 --> 01:33:30,063
The court can imagine
what his bearing
must have been like
1933
01:33:30,104 --> 01:33:32,273
at the height
of the storm.
1934
01:33:32,315 --> 01:33:34,192
And on that basis,
1935
01:33:35,235 --> 01:33:38,446
the court can decide
the fate of the accused.
1936
01:33:47,622 --> 01:33:49,874
Before recessing,
1937
01:33:49,916 --> 01:33:52,460
the court will rule
on the recommendation
to censure you.
1938
01:33:56,673 --> 01:33:58,132
Yes, sir.
1939
01:34:00,635 --> 01:34:04,597
This has been a strange
and tragic trial.
1940
01:34:05,682 --> 01:34:08,268
In the 248-year history
of the Navy,
1941
01:34:08,309 --> 01:34:11,479
there has been only
one other attempted mutiny.
1942
01:34:13,356 --> 01:34:16,776
You have conducted your case
with striking ingenuity.
1943
01:34:18,570 --> 01:34:20,321
But your conduct
has been puzzling
1944
01:34:20,363 --> 01:34:22,490
and it does raise questions.
1945
01:34:23,491 --> 01:34:25,743
Has your conduct here
been responsible,
1946
01:34:25,785 --> 01:34:27,495
Lieutenant Greenwald?
1947
01:34:30,456 --> 01:34:33,209
The reprimand,
if there is to be one,
1948
01:34:33,251 --> 01:34:36,379
must come
from your own conscience.
1949
01:34:38,506 --> 01:34:42,343
Court finds defense counsel
has not been in contempt.
1950
01:34:42,385 --> 01:34:45,305
Recommendation to reprimand
denied.
1951
01:34:45,346 --> 01:34:48,141
Court stands in recess
until further notice.
1952
01:34:54,480 --> 01:34:57,692
What happens now?
Well, that's
the ball game.
1953
01:34:58,818 --> 01:35:00,194
And when do we find out?
1954
01:35:00,236 --> 01:35:02,030
If it's an acquittal,
soon.
1955
01:35:02,071 --> 01:35:05,533
If not, well,
they won't publish
their findings for weeks.
1956
01:35:05,575 --> 01:35:07,035
Okay.
1957
01:35:08,036 --> 01:35:09,787
You were terrific.
1958
01:35:09,829 --> 01:35:11,664
Thanks.
1959
01:35:14,125 --> 01:35:16,377
You murdered Queeg
up there.
1960
01:35:16,961 --> 01:35:19,255
Yes, I murdered him.
1961
01:35:24,010 --> 01:35:27,680
I'm grateful to you,
win or lose.
1962
01:35:32,477 --> 01:35:33,770
Okay.
1963
01:35:36,522 --> 01:35:38,524
What's wrong?
Not a thing.
1964
01:35:38,566 --> 01:35:41,152
Well, look, I need to
ask you something.
1965
01:35:41,194 --> 01:35:43,279
What now? Hmm?
1966
01:35:44,948 --> 01:35:47,742
Tom Keefer's having a party
tonight at the hotel.
1967
01:35:47,784 --> 01:35:50,745
This morning
he got a $10,000 advance
on his novel.
1968
01:35:50,787 --> 01:35:53,081
Well, I hope he sells
a million copies,
1969
01:35:53,122 --> 01:35:56,417
wins the Nobel Prize,
the Pulitzer Prize,
the Medal of Honor.
1970
01:35:56,459 --> 01:35:59,087
Wrap this whole thing up
in a nice, pink ribbon.
1971
01:35:59,128 --> 01:36:00,838
We're both invited.
1972
01:36:03,216 --> 01:36:04,759
What?
1973
01:36:05,843 --> 01:36:08,471
Look, I know what
you probably think.
1974
01:36:08,513 --> 01:36:11,182
But one way or another,
it's over.
1975
01:36:11,224 --> 01:36:14,268
I don't know
what I would have done
in Tom's place.
1976
01:36:14,310 --> 01:36:16,437
You'd go
to Keefer's party.
1977
01:36:17,605 --> 01:36:20,775
I'll go if you will,
if you think we should.
1978
01:36:43,131 --> 01:36:45,758
Oh!
1979
01:36:53,307 --> 01:36:55,601
All right, quiet, quiet!
1980
01:36:56,769 --> 01:36:59,731
Quiet, you drunken bums
of the Caine!
1981
01:36:59,772 --> 01:37:03,901
Here he is,
the guest of honor,
our courageous hero.
1982
01:37:03,943 --> 01:37:05,069
Hey!
Whoo!
1983
01:37:05,111 --> 01:37:07,113
Speech!
Speech, speech, speech!
1984
01:37:07,155 --> 01:37:10,450
Speech! Speech! Speech!
No, no, no, no.
1985
01:37:10,491 --> 01:37:13,828
No, no, no, no, no, no!
Come on, Barney!
1986
01:37:13,870 --> 01:37:16,873
No, I-I-I'm drunker
than any of you guys.
1987
01:37:16,914 --> 01:37:19,042
I've been out
with the trial counsel,
1988
01:37:19,083 --> 01:37:22,045
trying to get her to take back
some of the dirty names
she called me.
1989
01:37:24,380 --> 01:37:27,842
I finally got her to shake hands
on the third bourbon and soda,
maybe the fourth.
1990
01:37:27,884 --> 01:37:30,928
That's good. That's good.
I had to talk loud and fast,
Steve.
1991
01:37:30,970 --> 01:37:34,307
I played some pretty
dirty pool in court.
Well...
1992
01:37:34,348 --> 01:37:36,100
Poor Katherine Challee, huh?
Yeah.
1993
01:37:36,142 --> 01:37:38,352
Mmm. So what's this?
1994
01:37:38,394 --> 01:37:40,396
Oh, it's
a double celebration.
1995
01:37:40,438 --> 01:37:41,981
A cake baked like a book.
1996
01:37:42,023 --> 01:37:44,233
$10,000
came in the mail today.
Advance on my novel.
1997
01:37:46,277 --> 01:37:48,446
Very nice.
Very nice.
1998
01:37:48,488 --> 01:37:49,906
I got something
in the mail today too.
1999
01:37:49,947 --> 01:37:52,617
What's that, Barney?
Medical clearance.
2000
01:37:52,658 --> 01:37:55,203
Orders back to my ship.
Leaving tomorrow.
2001
01:37:56,412 --> 01:37:58,956
Good.
Hey, that's great.
2002
01:38:01,084 --> 01:38:02,376
Ten thousand bucks,
huh?
2003
01:38:05,588 --> 01:38:07,006
You know,
maybe I should
2004
01:38:07,048 --> 01:38:09,592
return
the celebrated author's
toast.
2005
01:38:09,634 --> 01:38:11,260
Yes!
A little, little speech.
2006
01:38:11,302 --> 01:38:13,888
All right, all right, all right.
Here we go, here we go.
2007
01:38:13,930 --> 01:38:15,515
Okay.
2008
01:38:15,556 --> 01:38:18,017
Uh, war novel, isn't it?
That's right.
2009
01:38:18,059 --> 01:38:20,937
I assume you gave the Navy
a good screwing, yeah?
2010
01:38:20,978 --> 01:38:22,980
Yeah?
2011
01:38:23,022 --> 01:38:25,358
I don't think
that Navy Public Affairs
would approve it at any rate.
2012
01:38:25,399 --> 01:38:28,569
Well, somebody
should show up these stupid,
stuffy old pricks, huh?
2013
01:38:28,611 --> 01:38:31,155
Yeah!
Who's the hero, you?
2014
01:38:31,197 --> 01:38:34,158
If there's any similarities,
it is purely coincidental.
2015
01:38:36,410 --> 01:38:39,372
Okay, I'm warped
and I'm drunk.
2016
01:38:40,790 --> 01:38:43,751
But it suddenly seems to me,
if I wrote a war novel,
2017
01:38:43,793 --> 01:38:46,587
I would try to make a hero
out of Old Yellowstain.
2018
01:38:46,629 --> 01:38:48,506
Mmm.
Oh, come on.
2019
01:38:48,548 --> 01:38:49,966
That's right, I would.
No. No.
2020
01:38:50,007 --> 01:38:52,426
No, I would.
And I'll tell you why.
2021
01:38:53,636 --> 01:38:56,305
You see, Mr. Keefer,
while I was studying law
2022
01:38:56,347 --> 01:38:58,015
and you were
writing short stories,
2023
01:38:58,057 --> 01:39:00,768
and Willie Keith
was playing on the fields
of Princeton,
2024
01:39:00,810 --> 01:39:04,021
why, all that time,
these--
2025
01:39:04,063 --> 01:39:06,899
these old birds
we call regulars,
these stupid, stuffy pricks,
2026
01:39:06,941 --> 01:39:08,693
were standing guard
2027
01:39:08,734 --> 01:39:12,947
on our fat, dumb
and happy country.
2028
01:39:13,948 --> 01:39:16,450
Of course, they were
doing it for dough.
2029
01:39:16,492 --> 01:39:18,452
Same as anybody does anything.
2030
01:39:19,453 --> 01:39:23,082
But the question is,
in the last analysis...
2031
01:39:24,208 --> 01:39:26,669
I mean,
what do you do for dough?
You and me.
2032
01:39:26,711 --> 01:39:30,464
We're advancing
our free little careers.
2033
01:39:31,924 --> 01:39:36,220
So when 9/11 happened
and so many of us
rushed to join up
2034
01:39:36,262 --> 01:39:40,600
to fight those assholes
that crashed those planes
into the Twin Towers...
2035
01:39:42,351 --> 01:39:45,396
You couldn't fight them
with a law book,
so I-- I went active.
2036
01:39:45,438 --> 01:39:47,023
I joined the Navy.
2037
01:39:48,357 --> 01:39:50,109
Maybe I'd fly over
the Middle East
2038
01:39:50,151 --> 01:39:52,153
and bomb the shit
out of some terrorists,
right?
2039
01:39:52,195 --> 01:39:54,363
Whoo!
2040
01:39:54,405 --> 01:39:58,951
But there were already
a lot of guys
ready to do that.
2041
01:40:00,286 --> 01:40:02,580
And it wasn't me.
Not yet.
2042
01:40:02,622 --> 01:40:05,082
Wasn't Tom Keefer,
still in school,
2043
01:40:05,124 --> 01:40:07,793
or Willie Keith
in midshipman training,
2044
01:40:07,835 --> 01:40:11,714
but Old Yellowstain
and guys like him.
2045
01:40:12,798 --> 01:40:15,384
They were already on station,
ready to go.
2046
01:40:16,552 --> 01:40:18,346
And they're a lot smarter
than any of us.
2047
01:40:18,387 --> 01:40:21,015
I mean, let's-- Come on.
Let's not kid ourselves.
2048
01:40:21,057 --> 01:40:25,436
I mean, you don't get anywhere
in the all-volunteer,
upwardly mobile American Navy
2049
01:40:25,478 --> 01:40:27,271
unless you're goddamn good.
2050
01:40:28,814 --> 01:40:31,859
And these old-line pros,
they may not be up
on the latest video game,
2051
01:40:31,901 --> 01:40:34,362
but they know how
to get a tough job done.
2052
01:40:35,488 --> 01:40:39,158
And they were standing by,
and they were ready to do it,
2053
01:40:39,200 --> 01:40:41,744
while the rest of us
were still trying to
know shit from Shinola.
2054
01:40:41,786 --> 01:40:44,705
Barney. Hey, Barney.
It's over.
2055
01:40:44,747 --> 01:40:46,707
All right? Come on.
Let's just enjoy dinner.
2056
01:40:46,749 --> 01:40:49,210
Dinner's a sham, Steve.
You're guilty.
2057
01:40:50,753 --> 01:40:53,381
Of course,
you're only half guilty.
2058
01:40:53,422 --> 01:40:56,884
I mean, there was someone else
standing very neatly
out of the picture,
2059
01:40:57,802 --> 01:40:59,720
the guy who started
the whole idea
2060
01:40:59,762 --> 01:41:01,514
that Queeg's
a dangerous paranoiac,
2061
01:41:01,555 --> 01:41:04,058
who argued you into it
for six months,
2062
01:41:04,100 --> 01:41:06,727
who coined the nickname
Old Yellowstain,
2063
01:41:06,769 --> 01:41:10,815
who pointed out the psychiatry
books and Article 1108
and kept hammering it at you.
2064
01:41:10,856 --> 01:41:12,358
All right,
wait a minute here.
2065
01:41:12,400 --> 01:41:15,528
Oh, yeah, yeah, Mr. Keefer.
That's right, yeah.
2066
01:41:16,362 --> 01:41:18,489
I had to drag it
out of Steve.
2067
01:41:18,531 --> 01:41:21,701
Big dumb Polack
tried to tell me
it was all his own idea.
2068
01:41:21,742 --> 01:41:25,663
He wouldn't know a paranoid
from an anthropoid.
But you knew, didn't you?
2069
01:41:25,705 --> 01:41:31,252
You told him his medical log
was a clinical picture
of a paranoid.
2070
01:41:31,294 --> 01:41:34,588
You advised him
to go to Admiral Williams.
You offered to go with him.
2071
01:41:34,630 --> 01:41:39,093
You didn't get cold feet
until you stood on Williams's
quarterdeck in Bahrain.
2072
01:41:39,135 --> 01:41:41,721
Yeah, and then you ducked,
and you've been ducking
ever since.
2073
01:41:41,762 --> 01:41:43,597
I don't know
where you're
getting all this.
2074
01:41:43,639 --> 01:41:45,725
Biggest favor
you could have done Steve,
2075
01:41:45,766 --> 01:41:47,727
as far as winning
an acquittal went,
2076
01:41:47,768 --> 01:41:49,729
though I doubt
you realize it.
2077
01:41:51,939 --> 01:41:54,859
But if there is
a guilty party,
it's you.
2078
01:41:56,319 --> 01:41:59,780
If you hadn't filled
Steve Maryk's thick head
2079
01:41:59,822 --> 01:42:01,449
full of paranoia
and Article 1108,
2080
01:42:01,490 --> 01:42:05,286
why, he'd have--
he'd have got Queeg
to come north.
2081
01:42:05,328 --> 01:42:08,956
Or he'd have helped him
pull through to the south.
2082
01:42:10,291 --> 01:42:12,960
And the Caine wouldn't have
been yanked out of action.
2083
01:42:13,002 --> 01:42:14,754
And that--
2084
01:42:14,795 --> 01:42:17,631
that is your contribution
2085
01:42:17,673 --> 01:42:19,967
to the good old USA,
my friend--
2086
01:42:20,009 --> 01:42:23,471
pulling a minesweeper
out of the Persian Gulf
when it was most needed.
2087
01:42:23,512 --> 01:42:26,265
That-- That...
...and fucking
Multitudes, Multitudes.
2088
01:42:26,307 --> 01:42:27,475
You're drunk.
2089
01:42:27,516 --> 01:42:29,226
You know, excuse me, okay?
2090
01:42:29,268 --> 01:42:30,728
I'm all done.
2091
01:42:31,645 --> 01:42:33,564
You know, here's to you.
2092
01:42:33,606 --> 01:42:36,484
You bowled a perfect score.
You went after Queeg,
and you got him.
2093
01:42:36,525 --> 01:42:39,320
You kept your own whites
all starchy,
2094
01:42:39,362 --> 01:42:41,781
and you wrote your novel
proving the Navy sucks,
2095
01:42:41,822 --> 01:42:45,326
and you'll say, oh, you know,
you'll make a million dollars,
marry a movie star.
2096
01:42:45,368 --> 01:42:47,745
And so you won't mind
a little verbal reprimand
from me.
2097
01:42:47,787 --> 01:42:49,705
What does it all mean?
Hmm?
2098
01:42:50,539 --> 01:42:52,166
You know,
I-I defended Steve Maryk
2099
01:42:52,208 --> 01:42:56,670
because I realized
the wrong guy was on trial.
2100
01:42:56,712 --> 01:42:59,673
And the only way
I could defend him
was to murder Queeg for you.
2101
01:42:59,715 --> 01:43:04,595
And I'm pissed off
that I was put in that position.
I'm ashamed of what I did.
2102
01:43:05,513 --> 01:43:07,681
And that's why I'm drunk.
2103
01:43:08,891 --> 01:43:10,893
Queeg deserved better.
2104
01:43:14,271 --> 01:43:16,982
He served this country
for 21 years.
2105
01:43:20,111 --> 01:43:22,822
So I'm not gonna
eat your dinner,
2106
01:43:23,823 --> 01:43:25,699
drink your wine.
2107
01:43:27,159 --> 01:43:29,578
I'll make my toast
and go.
2108
01:43:32,581 --> 01:43:33,958
So here's to you.
2109
01:43:33,999 --> 01:43:36,210
Here's to Caine's
favorite author.
2110
01:43:37,586 --> 01:43:39,255
Here's to your book.
2111
01:44:13,539 --> 01:44:17,835
Baby's into runnin' round
Hangin' with the crowd
2112
01:44:17,877 --> 01:44:19,837
Puttin' your business
In the street
2113
01:44:19,879 --> 01:44:21,881
Talkin' out loud
2114
01:44:21,922 --> 01:44:24,133
Sayin' you bought her
This and that
2115
01:44:24,175 --> 01:44:26,135
And how much you done spent
2116
01:44:26,177 --> 01:44:30,139
I swear she must believe
It's all heaven sent
2117
01:44:30,181 --> 01:44:31,932
Hey, boy
2118
01:44:31,974 --> 01:44:34,518
You better bring
Your chick around
2119
01:44:34,560 --> 01:44:36,604
To the sad, sad truth
2120
01:44:36,645 --> 01:44:38,772
The dirty lowdown
2121
01:44:42,485 --> 01:44:46,113
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
2122
01:44:46,155 --> 01:44:48,866
Taught her how
To talk like that
2123
01:44:50,493 --> 01:44:53,621
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
2124
01:44:53,662 --> 01:44:56,123
Gave her that big idea
2125
01:45:03,589 --> 01:45:07,760
Nothin' you can't handle
Nothin' you ain't got
2126
01:45:07,801 --> 01:45:11,972
Put your money on the table
And drive it off the lot
2127
01:45:12,014 --> 01:45:13,891
Turn on that old love light
2128
01:45:13,933 --> 01:45:16,143
And turn a "Maybe"
To a "Yes"
2129
01:45:16,185 --> 01:45:19,730
Same old schoolboy game
Got you into this mess
2130
01:45:19,772 --> 01:45:22,107
Hey, son
2131
01:45:22,149 --> 01:45:24,193
Better get on back to town
2132
01:45:24,235 --> 01:45:26,654
Face the sad old truth
2133
01:45:26,695 --> 01:45:29,031
The dirty lowdown
2134
01:45:32,409 --> 01:45:35,871
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
2135
01:45:35,913 --> 01:45:38,832
Put those ideas
In your head
2136
01:45:40,876 --> 01:45:44,713
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
2137
01:45:54,890 --> 01:45:56,934
Well
2138
01:46:03,065 --> 01:46:06,026
Come on back down
Little son
2139
01:46:06,068 --> 01:46:12,116
Dig the low, low
Low, low, lowdown
2140
01:46:26,589 --> 01:46:30,843
You ain't got to be so bad
Got to be so cold
2141
01:46:30,884 --> 01:46:35,180
This dog eat dog existence
Sure is getting old
2142
01:46:35,222 --> 01:46:39,184
Gotta have a jones for this
Jones for that
2143
01:46:39,226 --> 01:46:41,103
This runnin'
With the Joneses
2144
01:46:41,145 --> 01:46:44,982
Boy, just ain't
Where it's at, no, no
2145
01:46:45,024 --> 01:46:47,318
You gonna come back around
2146
01:46:47,359 --> 01:46:49,820
To the sad, sad truth
2147
01:46:49,862 --> 01:46:52,156
The dirty lowdown
2148
01:46:55,451 --> 01:46:58,829
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
2149
01:46:58,871 --> 01:47:01,999
Got you thinking
Like that, boy
2150
01:47:03,626 --> 01:47:08,047
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
2151
01:47:24,355 --> 01:47:28,317
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
2152
01:47:28,359 --> 01:47:32,321
Said I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
2153
01:47:33,364 --> 01:47:37,034
Oh, look out
For that lowdown
2154
01:47:37,076 --> 01:47:39,036
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
2155
01:47:39,078 --> 01:47:43,582
That dirty, dirty
Dirty, dirty lowdown
2156
01:47:45,084 --> 01:47:49,588
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
2157
01:47:53,133 --> 01:47:56,804
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
2158
01:47:56,845 --> 01:47:58,972
Got you thinkin' like that
2159
01:47:59,014 --> 01:48:02,309
Got you thinkin'
By yourself
2160
01:48:02,351 --> 01:48:04,770
Lookin' that girl
In the face
2161
01:48:04,812 --> 01:48:06,939
It's a sad affair
2162
01:48:06,980 --> 01:48:09,608
Ashamed of yourself
2163
01:48:09,650 --> 01:48:14,071
I wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder who
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