ALEC GUINNESS, DIRK BOGARDE, DAVID ROBINSON – Navy Discipline 02 – Punishment Is Delivered
FILM TRAILER = https://youtu.be/2nEJh1KQj2U
Following directly on from https://youtu.be/AgIA6hzYEuA, in his rivalry on-board H.M.S. Defiant, First Lieutenant Scott-Padgett (Dirk Bogarde) has targeted the Captain’s son, Midshipman Harvey Crawford (David Robinson), for “special” treatment at the hands of Senior Midshipman Kilpatrick (Nigel Stock), beginning with the boy being severely caned for defacing the mess tabletop with his initials, HC, which in fact the First Lieutenant himself has clearly made very visible with a penknife. To ensure awareness of the beating, Scott-Padgett conveniently makes sure that Captain Crawford (Alec Guinness) is nearby, inspecting for possible woodworm, but when the Captain is confronted with his own son being excessively beaten, he retains a steely exterior, despite being clearly angry at events.
This is an edited sequence from the 1962 film, “H.M.S. Defiant” (aka “Damn The Defiant!”), in which there is a masterful display of British acting, led by Alec Guinness and Dirk Bogarde, and very ably supported here by Nigel Stock.