H.M.S. Defiant  aka  Damn the Defiant! 07/29/25

We’re always interested in movies about ships, and Lewis Gilbert’s accomplished Napoleonic battle epic is back in a Region B disc with some new extras. Alec Guinness’s captain is up against mutinous sailors and Dirk Bogarde’s troublemaking executive officer, a sadist who takes his anger out on the captain’s young son. With excellent visual effects by Howard Lydecker. The supporting cast is impressive too: Anthony Quayle, Maurice Denham, Nigel Stock, Tom Bell, Murray Melvin, Victor Maddern. This English movie’s been on disc for twenty years, but never from an English company. On Region B Blu-ray from Powerhouse Indicator.
07/29/25