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Mutiny on the Bounty

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7.0/10 • 314

1962-11-083h 5m

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

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.

Directors
Lewis Milestone
Editors
John McSweeney Jr.

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  1. Marlon Brando

    Marlon Brando

    First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian

  2. Trevor Howard

    Trevor Howard

    Capt. William Bligh

  3. Richard Harris

    Richard Harris

    Seaman John Mills

  4. Hugh Griffith

    Hugh Griffith

    Alexander Smith

  5. Richard Haydn

    Richard Haydn

    William Brown

  6. Percy Herbert

    Percy Herbert

    Matthew Quintal

  7. Gordon Jackson

    Gordon Jackson

    Seaman Edward Birkett

  8. Chips Rafferty

    Chips Rafferty

    Michael Byrne

  9. Noel Purcell

    Noel Purcell

    Seaman William McCoy

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CinemaSerf

Jul 8, 2024

7/10

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 proceeds, fresh water runs short and the food starts to move about the plate by itself, the men turn to Lt. Christian (Brando) for some sort of relief. The two officers are pretty much at odds from the start with the flamboyant subordinate quite a contrast to the ship's more hardened master. It's their arrival on the island that finally causes the men to reach breaking point and for Christian to execute the unthinkable in maritime law. The story is history, so we now what happens as Howard turns in a remarkably convincing effort - his deep and gravelly voice helps too - as the commander who would rather water the trees than his men. Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith and a face of recognisable Britons pad out the crew effectively and the aesthetics of the production, especially at sea, are powerfully illustrative of the dangers to the sailors of the sea and their taskmaster. It does fall away a little towards the Pitcairn aspects of the story, and I just didn't love Brando's accent/overly theatrical effort - but is still well worth a watch.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$19,000,000.00
Revenue
$13,680,000.00
Keywords
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