Nope Kiwi, I remember the Caine Mutiny, Humphery Bogart played a tough USN captain on a rather sloppy ship. He had the habit of rolling ball-bearings through his fingers, a trick my elder brother tried to emulate but never succeeded. My father reckoned a conjurer/magican`s hands were used for the close-ups. Cant remember anything else about the film except it ended with a court-martial. Black and white ..the palm tree film was in colour and very lightweight . "

...what Palm tree ?"