In Herman Wouk's novel, Queeg identifies himself as being a 1936 graduate of the US Naval Academy, which would make his age about 30 when he assumed command of the Caine in September 1943 (November in the film), or roughly a quarter-century younger than 54-year old Humphrey Bogart was when he played him ("The Caine Mutiny", p. 131: After a moment of silent sipping De Vriess said, "You're class of '34?" "Thirty-six," said Queeg. De Vriess knew this. He also knew Queeg's precedence number, his class standing, and several other facts about him. But it was a nice point of etiquette to simulate ignorance. It was a courtesy, too, to place Queeg by mistake in an earlier class; it implied that Queeg was obtaining a command for which he was rather young. "They're moving you fellows up now pretty fast.") In the screenplay, Queeg states in his wardroom meeting with the Caine's officers on the day he took command of the ship in Peal Harbor, that he had spent the previous seven years (1936-43) serving at sea in the Atlantic, which included the first two years of the war. ("I've had seven tough years in the Atlantic. Believe you me they made the last two mighty interesting. The way those subs ganged up on us I thought they had it in for me personally.") He later also tells Maryk and Keefer that he had been "a lowly Ensign on a cruiser" at the time of the stolen cheese incident in 1937.

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L'ammutinamento del Caine (1954)

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