Production
When the U.S. Navy hesitated about endorsing a possible film and aiding the production, studios shied away from purchasing the film rights to Herman Wouk's novel. As a result, producer Stanley Kramer purchased the rights himself for an estimated $60,000 – $70,000. After an unusually long pre-production period of fifteen months, due to the Navy's indecision, The Caine Mutiny went into production from 3 June to 24 August 1953, under the initial working title of Authority and Rebellion.
Location shooting took place in front of Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles in the opening scene, at Naval Station Treasure Island in San Francisco, Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, and at Yosemite National Park in California, the scene of the Yosemite Firefall and Keith's romantic interlude with May Wynn while on leave.
The film premiered in New York City on 24 June 1954, and went into general release on July 28. It cost an estimated $2 million to make and grossed $8.7 million in the United States.
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