James Garner appeared in a non speaking role as a court martial panelist.
Bird (he would later go on to play Ensign Rabbit in the 1954 film version of the novel). The play starred Henry Fonda as Barney Greenwald, the accused mutineer's defense attorney, and John Hodiak as the accused, Steve Maryk Lloyd Nolan played Queeg. The play was first presented by Paul Gregory in the Granada Theatre, Santa Barbara, California, on October 13, 1953, and then went on tour across the United States before being given its first performance on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre on Januin a production directed by Charles Laughton and produced by Paul Gregory. Like jurors at a trial, the audience knows only what various witnesses tell of the events aboard Caine. The play covers only the court-martial itself. It begins with Willis Keith's assignment to Caine, chronicles the mismanagement of the ship under Philip Francis Queeg, explains how Steve Maryk relieved Queeg of command, gives an account of Maryk's court-martial, and describes the aftermath of the mutiny for all involved.
Wouk's novel covered a long stretch of time aboard United States Navy destroyer minesweeper USS Caine in the Pacific.
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial is a two-act play, of the courtroom drama type, that was dramatized for the stage by Herman Wouk, which he adapted from his own 1951 novel, The Caine Mutiny.
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