The Caine Mutiny Court Martial - Naseeruddin Shah

The Caine Mutiny was awarded the 1952 Pulitzer prize for fiction. The book was made into a hit Broadway play. The story concerns the events leading .up to and following from a mutiny on board, the USS Caine, Willie Keith , the main character, is a rich NewYorker who comes of age, he witnesses the fall of authority. In the center of events is the neurotic Captain Queeg who suffers from acute acute paranoia, incompetence and cowardice. "There are four ways of doing things on board," he says, "the right way, the wrong way, the navy way and my way. If they do things my way, we'll get along. However his way leads to a dead end."