
Mutiny on the Bounty(1935)
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.


“After 200 years, the truth behind the legend.”
An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when they find a tropical paradise.

Mel Gibson
Fletcher Christian

Anthony Hopkins
Lieutenant William Bligh

Daniel Day-Lewis
John Fryer

Bernard Hill
William Cole

Liam Neeson
Charles Churchill

Phil Davis
Edward Young

Wi Kuki Kaa
King Tynah

Tevaite Vernette
Mauatua

Laurence Olivier
Admiral Hood

Edward Fox
Captain Greetham
The Bounty is a action, drama, history film released in 1984 exploring themes of sea, ship, exotic island, mutiny, island, lake. Directed by Roger Donaldson, it stars Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Day-Lewis. An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when they find a tropical paradise.
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