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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.
Lewis Milestone
Aaron Rosenberg
Charles Lederer
Robert Surtees
Bronislau Kaper
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
Noel Purcell
Seaman William McCoy
Eddie Byrne
John Fryer
Tim Seely
Midshipman Edward Young
Tarita
Maimiti
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CinemaSerf
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 proc...
Wuchak
**_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...
Larry Karaszewski on MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1962)
Trailer • YouTube
John Landis on MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
Featurette • YouTube
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer