Mutiny on the Bounty

1962 185 min ★ 7.1 Adventure, Drama, History

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.

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Cast

Marlon Brando

First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian

Trevor Howard

Capt. William Bligh

Richard Harris

Seaman John Mills

Hugh Griffith

Alexander Smith

Richard Haydn

William Brown

Percy Herbert

Matthew Quintal

Gordon Jackson

Seaman Edward Birkett

Chips Rafferty

Michael Byrne

Noel Purcell

Seaman William McCoy

Eddie Byrne

John Fryer

Details

Director

Lewis Milestone

Screenplay

Charles Lederer

Tagline

"The mightiest excitement that ever swept across the sea or the screen!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$19,000,000

Revenue

$13,680,000

Production

Arcola Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

July 8, 2024

★ 7/10

For me, this was never going to be better than the Laughton/Gable version from 1935, but despite the rather hammily over-cooked effort from Marlon Brando, it does make for a decent enough version of the story of HMS "Bounty". It's a small ship with a big task. Sail round the world to Tahiti and procure some breadfruit trees then take them to the Caribbean for use a fodder for the slaves. Right fro...

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Wuchak

September 17, 2025

★ 9/10

**_The most captivating and compelling version of The Bounty story_** The three versions of The Bounty story are **1.** The 1935 black & white version with Clark Gable; **2.** This 1962 Marlon Brando version; and **3.** The 1984 one with Mel Gibson, simply titled "The Bounty." The mutiny story is TRUE (***SPOILER***): William Bligh was sent on a mission in 1787 to pick up breadfruit plants f...