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Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

Adventure · Drama · History · 1962

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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Mutiny on the Bounty

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

1962 Adventure · Drama · History 3h 5m

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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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Names above the title

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Directed by

Lewis Milestone

Written by

Charles Lederer

Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando

First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian

Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard

Capt. William Bligh

Richard Harris

Richard Harris

Seaman John Mills

Hugh Griffith

Hugh Griffith

Alexander Smith

Richard Haydn

Richard Haydn

William Brown

Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert

Matthew Quintal

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

Seaman Edward Birkett

Court is in session

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.