Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Directed by

Frank Lloyd

Genre

adventure film, trial film, historical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 12m

Rated

12

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 393 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1789, the crew of the HMS Bounty, led by first officer Fletcher Christian, mutinies against the harsh captain William Bligh. The film follows the uprising and its aftermath for both the mutineers and Bligh.

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What happens

Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 American historical adventure drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It dramatizes the mutiny of HMS Bounty, and is adapted from the novels Mutiny on the Bounty and Men Against the Sea by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. It stars Charles Laughton as William Bligh, Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian, and Franchot Tone as Roger Byam (based on Peter Heywood). Despite historical inaccuracies, the film was a huge box office success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1935 and one of MGM's biggest hits of the 1930s. The film was also a major critical success, and received a leading eight nominations at the 8th Academy Awards, winning Best Picture. As of 2026, it is the last Best Picture winner to win in no other category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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