Mutiny on the Bounty

1962 • 3h 5m •

Adventure Drama History

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★ 7.1/10

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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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Top Billed Cast

Marlon Brando

First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian

Trevor Howard

Capt. William Bligh

Richard Harris

Seaman John Mills

Hugh Griffith

Alexander Smith

Richard Haydn

William Brown

Percy Herbert

Matthew Quintal

Gordon Jackson

Seaman Edward Birkett

Chips Rafferty

Michael Byrne

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C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic

2024-07-08

For me, this was never going to be better than the Laughton/Gable version from 1935, but despite the rather hammily over-cooked effort from Marlon Brando, it does make for a decent enough version of the story of HMS "Bounty". It's a small ship with a big task. Sail round the world to Tahiti and procure some breadfruit trees then take them to the Caribbean for use a fodder for the slaves. Right from the outset, we realise that Captain Bligh (Trevor Howard) is not a man to mess with. He is a brutal authoritarian who punishes the slightest of misdemeanours from his crew mercilessly. As the voyage...

W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic

2025-09-17

**_The most captivating and compelling version of The Bounty story_**

The three versions of The Bounty story are **1.** The 1935 black & white version with Clark Gable; **2.** This 1962 Marlon Brando version; and **3.** The 1984 one with Mel Gibson, simply titled "The Bounty."

The mutiny story is TRUE (***SPOILER***): William Bligh was sent on a mission in 1787 to pick up breadfruit plants from Tahiti and bring them back to England. He intended to circumnavigate the globe, but unfortunately failed to make it around Cape Horn, South America, and had to take the long way around Africa. It ...