In the 1954 film "The Caine Mutiny," who is nicknamed "Old Yellow Stain"?

In the "The Caine Mutiny," a 1954 movie war drama, Lieutenant Commander Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) takes over command of the USS Caine. It had previously been commanded by the popular Lieutenant Commander William H. De Vriess (Tom Tully).

When assigned to escort a group of landing crafts during an invasion of a small Pacific island, Queeg abandons the life or death mission. He does not go to the departure point, he drops a yellow dye marker in the ocean, leaving the landing crafts to fend for themselves. Queeg wants his officers to support him and his actions; they do not. They remain silent and nickname Queeg "Old Yellow Stain". They imply that he is nothing but a weak coward. In the end, Queeg has a public mental breakdown, confirming that he was never fit to command the USS Caine, a Clemson class DMS (destroyer-minesweeper).

This film is both a powerful World War II wartime story and an engrossing courtroom drama. It is cleverly directed by Edward Dmytryk. It also stars José Ferrer, Van Johnson, and Fred MacMurray. But, Bogart's performance as Queeg pulls out all the stops. As the "demented sea captain", he is compulsively acting like a time bomb, tick tick ticking each minute away. Finally there is a court-martial for mutiny; it is caused by the actions of the officers aboard their destroyer.