Mutiny on the Bounty movie storyline. The oft-filmed (1962 and 1984), classic adventure tale of the famous, historical 1788 British naval vessel the HMS Bounty and its mutiny on the high seas. Based on Nordhoff and Hall’s novel. Partially filmed on location in Tahiti. One of MGM’s glossiest and biggest box-office successes. On a journey from Portsmouth, England to Tahiti to procure breadfruit trees, the crew suffers under the merciless chastisements of the tyrannically-cruel and mean Captain William Bligh (Laughton).
After an idyllic interlude on the exotic island, where the crew romances native women, the crew on the return voyage rebels under the courageous, noble leadership of First Mate Fletcher Christian (Gable) following the Captain’s brutal insistence that the ship’s elderly doctor Bacchus (Digges) come topside to witness the flogging of five crew members. The despicable Captain is set adrift in an open lifeboat with no sail, compass or food, for an amazing 4,000 mile voyage to safety. In the final scene, Roger Byam (Tone) is brought to trial.
Mutiny on the Bounty is an 1935 American drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel Mutiny on the Bounty. The film was one of the biggest hits of its time. Although its historical accuracy has been questioned (inevitably, as it is based on a novel), film critics consider this adaptation to be the best cinematic work inspired by the mutiny.
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Directed by: Frank Lloyd
Starring: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone , Herbert Mundin, Eddie Quillan, Dudley Digges, Donald Crisp, Mamo Clark, Henry Stephenson, Francis Lister, Spring Byington, Percy Waram
Screenplay by: Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman
Cinematography by: Arthur Edeson, Charles G. Clarke, Sidney Wagner
Film Editing by: Margaret Booth
Art Direction by: Cedric Gibbons
Makeup Department: Robert J. Schiffer
Music by: Herbert Stothart
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release Date: November 8, 1935
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