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Mutiny on the Bounty

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

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.

Release Date : 1935-11-22

Language :EnglishTahitian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Charles Laughton

Character Name : Captaine Bligh

Original Name : Charles Laughton

Gender : Male

Clark Gable

Character Name : Lieutenant Fletcher Christian

Original Name : Clark Gable

Gender : Male

Franchot Tone

Character Name : Roger Byam

Original Name : Franchot Tone

Gender : Male

Herbert Mundin

Character Name : Smith

Original Name : Herbert Mundin

Gender : Male

Eddie Quillan

Character Name : Tommy Ellison

Original Name : Eddie Quillan

Gender : Male

Dudley Digges

Character Name : Bacchus

Original Name : Dudley Digges

Gender : Male

Donald Crisp

Character Name : Thomas Burkitt

Original Name : Donald Crisp

Gender : Male

Henry Stephenson

Character Name : Joseph Banks

Original Name : Henry Stephenson

Gender : Male

Francis Lister

Character Name : Captain Nelson

Original Name : Francis Lister

Gender : Male

Spring Byington

Character Name : Mrs. Byam

Original Name : Spring Byington

Gender : Female

Movita

Character Name : Tehani

Original Name : Movita

Gender : Female

Mamo Clark

Character Name : Maimiti

Original Name : Mamo Clark

Gender : Female

Byron Russell

Character Name : Quintal

Original Name : Byron Russell

Gender : Male

Percy Waram

Character Name : Coleman

Original Name : Percy Waram

Gender : Male

David Torrence

Character Name : Lord Hood

Original Name : David Torrence

Gender : Male

John Harrington

Character Name : Mr. Purcell

Original Name : John Harrington

Gender : Male

Douglas Walton

Character Name : Stewart

Original Name : Douglas Walton

Gender : Male

Ian Wolfe

Character Name : Maggs

Original Name : Ian Wolfe

Gender : Male

DeWitt Jennings

Character Name : Fryer

Original Name : DeWitt Jennings

Gender : Male

Ivan F. Simpson

Character Name : Morgan

Original Name : Ivan F. Simpson

Gender : Male

Vernon Downing

Character Name : Hayward

Original Name : Vernon Downing

Gender : Male

Bill Bambridge

Character Name : Hithiti

Original Name : Bill Bambridge

Gender : Male

Marion Clayton Anderson

Character Name : Mary Ellison

Original Name : Marion Clayton Anderson

Gender : Female

Stanley Fields

Character Name : William Muspratt

Original Name : Stanley Fields

Gender : Male

Wallis Clark

Character Name : Morrison

Original Name : Wallis Clark

Gender : Male

Crauford Kent

Character Name : Lieutenant Edwards

Original Name : Crauford Kent

Gender : Male

Pat Flaherty

Character Name : Churchill

Original Name : Pat Flaherty

Gender : Male

Alec Craig

Character Name : McCoy

Original Name : Alec Craig

Gender : Male

Charles Irwin

Character Name : Thompson

Original Name : Charles Irwin

Gender : Male

Dick Winslow

Character Name : Tinkler

Original Name : Dick Winslow

Gender : Male

Robert Adair

Character Name : Warden (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Adair

Gender : Male

Harry Allen

Character Name : Wherryman (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Allen

Gender : Male

Lionel Belmore

Character Name : Innkeeper (uncredited)

Original Name : Lionel Belmore

Gender : Male

Nadine Beresford

Character Name : Ellison's Mother (uncredited)

Original Name : Nadine Beresford

Gender : Male

Julie Bescos

Character Name : Able-Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Original Name : Julie Bescos

Gender : Male

Derek Blomfield

Character Name : Jeremy (uncredited)

Original Name : Derek Blomfield

Gender : Male

James Cagney

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : James Cagney

Gender : Male

Lucy Chavarria

Character Name : Hina (uncredited)

Original Name : Lucy Chavarria

Gender : Male

Harry Cording

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Cording

Gender : Male

Ray Corrigan

Character Name : Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Original Name : Ray Corrigan

Gender : Male

Sam Wallace Driscoll

Character Name : Michael Byrne (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Wallace Driscoll

Gender : Male

Charles Dunbar

Character Name : Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Dunbar

Gender : Male

Edgar Edwards

Character Name : Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Original Name : Edgar Edwards

Gender : Male

Harold Entwistle

Character Name : Captain Colpoys (uncredited)

Original Name : Harold Entwistle

Gender : Male

Sig Frohlich

Character Name : Mutineer (uncredited)

Original Name : Sig Frohlich

Gender : Male

Mary Gordon

Character Name : Peddler (uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Gordon

Gender : Female

Fred Graham

Character Name : Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Original Name : Fred Graham

Gender : Male

Jon Hall

Character Name : Tahitian Native (uncredited)

Original Name : Jon Hall

Gender : Male

Winter Hall

Character Name : Chaplain (uncredited)

Original Name : Winter Hall

Gender : Male

Dick Haymes

Character Name : Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Original Name : Dick Haymes

Gender : Male

Lilyan Irene

Character Name : Moll (uncredited)

Original Name : Lilyan Irene

Gender : Female

Clarke Jennings

Character Name : Able-Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Original Name : Clarke Jennings

Gender : Male

Tiny Jones

Character Name : Ship's Visitor (uncredited)

Original Name : Tiny Jones

Gender : Female

Stubby Kruger

Character Name : Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Original Name : Stubby Kruger

Gender : Male

Hal Le Sueur

Character Name : Millard (uncredited)

Original Name : Hal Le Sueur

Gender : Male

Robert Livingston

Character Name : Lieutenant Young (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Livingston

Gender : Male

Doris Lloyd

Character Name : Cockney Moll (uncredited)

Original Name : Doris Lloyd

Gender : Female

King Mojave

Character Name : Richard Skinner (uncredited)

Original Name : King Mojave

Gender : Male

Charles Nauu

Character Name : Tahitian Native (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Nauu

Gender : Male

David Niven

Character Name : Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Original Name : David Niven

Gender : Male

Vivien Oakland

Character Name : Moll (uncredited)

Original Name : Vivien Oakland

Gender : Female

Gil Perkins

Character Name : Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Original Name : Gil Perkins

Gender : Male

John Power

Character Name : Hillebrandt (uncredited)

Original Name : John Power

Gender : Male

Satini Pualoa

Character Name : Tahitian Native (uncredited)

Original Name : Satini Pualoa

Gender : Male

William Stack

Character Name : Judge Advocate (uncredited)

Original Name : William Stack

Gender : Male

Will Stanton

Character Name : Portsmouth Joe (uncredited)

Original Name : Will Stanton

Gender : Male

Jack Sterling

Character Name : Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Sterling

Gender : Male

Lotus Thompson

Character Name : Moll (uncredited)

Original Name : Lotus Thompson

Gender : Female

David Thursby

Character Name : McIntosh (uncredited)

Original Name : David Thursby

Gender : Male

Harry Warren

Character Name : Able-Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Warren

Gender : Male

Eric Wilton

Character Name : Board Captain (uncredited)

Original Name : Eric Wilton

Gender : Male

Mary Shaw

Character Name : Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Shaw

Gender : Female

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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 "Mutiny on the Bounty" (book by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall) is the template by which other adaptations would come to be judged. We are in safe hands from the off due to the casting of Laughton as the strutting evil peacock that is Captain Bligh, and Gable as Fletcher Christian, the handsome hero who decides enough of tyranny and raises a sailor army to usurp the tyrannical Bligh. The pic positively thrives on the characterisations, instead of giving over to fanciful sea faring shenanigans, it's more concerned with the principal players and the conflicts that said characters partake in. Based upon an actual real life instance, there's a realism factor on show as the sailors of The Bounty deal with the harsh realities of sea voyage in the 1700's, this before their captain thinks nothing of flogging an already dead shipmate!. We witness the best and worst of men at sea, this be a time where loyalty and harsh discipline were in turn expected and meted out as a course of nature. It's a tragic tale, though it's a little let down in the mid-section when the ship gets to Tahiti and it's all jolification and frivolity, which belies the harsh nature of the core beast. Yet once Laughton and Gable square up against each other, we are in the presence of greatness, mortal enemies are born and they take us to a finale that asks us the audience if it is indeed justified? 9/10

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-07-08

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 a rather good looking but wooden "Byam" and Gable's accent is probably best to be glossed over but the production standards, and excellent maritime photography are proof positive of what could be done without computer animation. There is a rousing score from Herbert Stothard and a great supporting cast of professionals - especially Ian Wolfe's efforts as the odious ship's clerk "Maggs" and Herbert Mundin's rather hapless "Smith" - giving this story added depth, a soupçon of humour and lots of style as they battle the hostilities of the sea and the inhumanities of a brute. It's history, so not too much room for jeopardy with the narrative, but Laughton proves to be entirely convincing as a man never to be crossed.