From today exclusively in the streaming subscription: The last thriller from one of the greatest directors of all time

William Friedkin was one of the most influential and greatest directors in American cinema. With ‘French Connection’, ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘Breathless with Fear’ he has delivered several classics that repeatedly explore boundaries and, not least, are groundbreaking, which still generate a lot of enthusiasm today. William Friedkin passed away on August 7, 2023 at the age of 87 – a sad day for all film lovers.

Fans can still look forward to another film from the master director: “The Caine Mutiny in Court.” The star-studded courtroom drama, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Caine Was Her Fate, is not in theaters in this country, starts today and is available with a Paramount+ subscription!

This is what ‘The Caine Mutiny in Court’ is about

Naval officer Lieutenant Stephen Maryk (Jake Lacy) faces a US Navy court-martial. He is accused of one of the most serious charges possible: mutiny! In December 2022, in the middle of a storm, he dismissed his captain, Lieutenant Commander Phillip Queeg (Kiefer Sutherland), from command of the minesweeper Caine – citing the fact that his superior was mentally ill.

Marky’s attorney, Lieutenant Barney Greenwald (Jason Clarke), tells his client before the trial that he would much rather represent the prosecutor. He also asks prosecutor commander Katherine Challee’s (Monica Raymund) first witness so few questions that even Judge Captain Luther Blakely (Lance Reddick) feels compelled to intervene. But the longer the trial goes on, the clearer it becomes that Greenwald has a defense strategy – one he may not even like…

Gripping cinema with great actors

Last year we were able to watch “The Caine Mutiny in Court” at the Venice Film Festival – and were quite impressed with the legal thriller. The conclusion in the official FILMSTARTS review (3.5 out of 5 stars) by our author Björn Becher is as follows:

“Fans of dialogue-heavy courtroom games can look forward to the streaming start of William Friedkin’s latest film. Because apart from a few Kiefer Sutherland exaggerations, this is a top-class drama cinema that lacks staging, but is otherwise exciting.

The Caine Mutiny in Court

Starting date
February 23, 2024
|
1 hour 49 minutes

By
William Friedkin

Of
Kiefer Sutherland,
Jake Kant,
Jason Clarke

Movie releases

3.5

William Friedkin does not break new ground with ‘The Caine Mutiny Before Judgment’. In 1997 he directed the highly watchable new edition of “The Twelve Jurors”. Friedkin was familiar with chamber play-like, dialogue-driven courtroom thrillers.