Mutiny on the Bounty

1935 132 min ★ 7.4 Adventure, Drama, History

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.

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Cast

Charles Laughton

Captaine Bligh

Clark Gable

Lieutenant Fletcher Christian

Franchot Tone

Roger Byam

Herbert Mundin

Smith

Eddie Quillan

Tommy Ellison

Dudley Digges

Bacchus

Donald Crisp

Thomas Burkitt

Henry Stephenson

Joseph Banks

Francis Lister

Captain Nelson

Spring Byington

Mrs. Byam

Details

Director

Frank Lloyd

Screenplay

Talbot Jennings

Tagline

"Clark Gable as the daring mutineer in the screen's most exciting adventure story!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$1,950,000

Revenue

$4,460,000

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Reviews

J

John Chard

June 20, 2020

★ 8/10

When you're back in England with the fleet again, you'll hear the hue and cry against me. From now on they'll spell mutiny with my name. A tyrannical ships captain takes his reluctant crew on a two-year voyage that will change British maritime law forever... Directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone, this 1935 version of the often filmed tale of the...

C

CinemaSerf

June 19, 2022

★ 8/10

A really outstanding adaptation of this story of the tyrannical behaviour of the Royal Navy Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton) who was tasked with sailing round the world to procure breadfruit trees as cheap fodder for slaves in the Caribbean and in so doing brutalises his ill fed and thirsty crew to the point of mutiny lead by Lieutenant Christian (a very dashing Clark Gable). I found Franchot Tone...