קצין בריטי, שכלוא במחנה שבויים יפני, במלחמת העולם השנייה, מעורר את סקרנותו הסאדו-מזוכיסטית של מפקד המחנה. הבמאי השערורייתי, נאגיסה אושימה, מתמודד עם האירוטיקה של השבי ועם חוסר הסיכוי להפגיש בין התרבות המזרחית והמערבית. מפקד המחנה, המגולם על ידי כוכב הרוק והמלחין, רואישי סאקאמוטו, הוא צעיר אריסטוקרטי, שעולמו הרוחנו שואב ממסורת הסמוראים. עליו להתמודד עם קצין קומנדו בריטי (דיוויד בואי), העשוי ללא חת. המאבק הוא על שליטה וכוח, תוך גילוי בלתי נמנע וכואב של חולשות וסטיות אנושיות.
Barney Greenwald, a skeptical lawyer, reluctantly defends an officer of the navy who took control of the Caine from its captain, Lt. Philip Francis Queeg, while caught in a violent sea storm. As the court-martial proceeds, however, Greenwald increasingly questions if it was truly a mutiny or rather the courageous acts of a group of sailors who could not trust their unstable leader.
דרך משפטם של מספר קציני צי במלחמת העולם השנייה, מתגלה סיפורה המוזר של ספינה באוקיינוס השקט. הקצינים, המואשמים במרד, עשויים להוכיח כי הקפטן של הספינה הראה סימנים של הידרדרות נפשית חמורה, מה שעשוי לזכות אותם מהאישומים הכבדים. מרידה מסוכנת או אקט של תושייה? מקס שטיינר, אחד המלחינים החשובים של הוליווד הקלאסית , כתב גם כאן את הפסקול.
שני חיילי מארינס נאשמים ברצח חברם ליחידה במהלך ענישה בלתי חוקית. תוך כדי הכנת תיק התביעה מגלים הפרקליטים הצבאיים המטפלים בפרשה פרטים חשודים המזימים את טיעוני מפקדיו של הקורבן. בימוי סוחף של רוב ריינר ומשחק מצויין של טום קרוז וג'ק ניקולסון שהיה מועמד לאוסקר על תפקידו בסרט זה.
מבוסס על סיפורם האמיתי של שלושה קצינים אוסטרליים במהלך מלחמת הבורים, בדרום אפריקה של ראשית המאה העשרים. השלושה הוציאו להורג שבויים על-פי פקודות בלתי כתובות, והועמדו למשפט צבאי כשעירים לעזאזל. תקוותם נתונה בידו של עורך דין שמחליט לקחת את הקייס שלהם בשיא הרצינות. דרמה אינטנסיבית על צביעות ממסדית, של הבמאי ברוס ברספורד (הנהג של מיס דייזי), בכיכובו של פאנצ'ו וילה בתפקיד עצמו.
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.
The story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns—in part—a Huron massacre (with passive French acquiescence) of between 500 to 1,500 Anglo-American troops, who had honorably surrendered at Fort William Henry, plus some women and servants; the kidnapping of two sisters, daughters of the British commander; and their rescue by the last Mohicans.
In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But when Lt. Adams starts encountering roadblocks in his search for evidence, and his key witnesses start disappearing one after another, he soon realizes he's merely a pawn in a mysterious conspiracy that could extend to the highest levels of military power.
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.
On the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night. There is no shore leave, although wives are permitted to come to a party. The strain of command on the older captain and his new, young wife is very great.
A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.
Universal Century 0079. The One Year War rages on, and Shiro Amada and his unit, the 08th MS team, continue their struggle against Zeon forces in the jungles of Southeast Asia. But recent events have put them under close scrutiny by Federation leaders. Alice Miller, an officer of the Federation Intelligence Division, has been dispatched to ascertain the truth behind a series of events leading to the capture of a new enemy mobile armor. As she begins her investigation, the lines between Federation and Zeon become blurred. Is there really a spy among the 08th MS team?
After a bomb kills their company commander in Iraq, British soldiers Treacle and Shane are ordered to round up suspects and use torture on the detainees. Back home, the press gets the story and the pair achieves instant infamy.
Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces two other charges that could finish his distinguished service career. He decides to act in his own defence at his court martial hearing, his argument being that he is owed a lot of money from the army for his various postings that have cost him out of his own pocket. To further complicate the proceedings, Carrington alleges he told his superior, the very disliked Colonel Henniker, that he was taking the money from the safe. A man's career, his marriage, and quite a few reputations all hang in the balance.
A group of men are told that they have won an "erotic vacation" at a fantasy island. In reality, they are being lured to the island by women they have wronged, and once there they are captured and set loose on the island to be hunted down.
Having been falsely court marshaled for cowardice and sentenced to prison by the Army, Jed Kilton escapes and heads to Nevada Springs to see his kid brother. There he meets his old school friend Sam Ballou. But the two old friends soon find themselves on opposite sides and Sam has Jed arrested. Then when Jed's young brother sees one of Sam's men kill another man, the boy becomes Sam's intended victim.
Doris lives with her rough Coast Guardsman father. He has plans for her to marry an up and coming officer, but there is competition when a new, brash, Guardsman enters the picture. Dad hates the new guy, mostly because he is like himself.
A pair of reporters try to discover the link between three unsolved, seemingly isolated murders. The only connection between them is they all took place on the same day in three successive years. The police don't trust their instincts - but as 10th July nears again, a solicitor has started receiving threatening letters...
Lawrence Payne stars as Major Kellor, a well respected and decorated officer who is being court-martialled for the murder of his commanding officer Colonel Winch. The facts of the case are shrouded by the mayhem of war and the effects that fear, pressure and duty have upon a soldier. Did the Major covet the Colonel's wife? Was the Major ambitious and kill Winch to secure a promotion? Or had the Colonel cracked under the pressure of an illustrious battle career? To prove his innocence Major Keller must rely on the evidence and testimonies given in court, however when he himself is the only witness, his word may not be good enough to win his freedom.