Capt. Queeg

incompetent commander of the minesweeper Caine. [Am. Lit. and Cinema: Wouk The Caine Mutiny in Benét, 157]

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Humphrey Bogart (Capt. Queeg in "The Caine Mutiny") served in WW I.

The RFT quoted employees as saying she ruled with "a reign of terror," and they compared her to the fictional Capt. Queeg on the U.S.S.

Wente fired at KWMU

Also funny, unfortunately, is nervous tic that makes Wells look like a land-locked version of Capt. Queeg from "The Caine Mutiny"--during moments of stress, he rattles steel balls like worry beads.

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