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Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

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

19627.03h 5m

Overview

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.

Directed by Lewis Milestone
Written by Charles Lederer, Charles Nordhoff, James Norman Hall
Produced by Aaron Rosenberg
Box OfficeBudget: $19.0MRevenue: $13.7M

Top Cast

Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando

First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian

Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard

Capt. William Bligh

Richard Harris

Richard Harris

Seaman John Mills

Hugh Griffith

Hugh Griffith

Alexander Smith

Richard Haydn

Richard Haydn

William Brown

Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert

Matthew Quintal

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

Seaman Edward Birkett

Chips Rafferty

Chips Rafferty

Michael Byrne

Noel Purcell

Noel Purcell

Seaman William McCoy

Eddie Byrne

Eddie Byrne

John Fryer

Themes & Keywords

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About Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty is a adventure, drama, history film released in 1962 exploring themes of exotic island, mutiny, heart-throb, tahiti, import, 18th century. Directed by Lewis Milestone, it stars Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris. 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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