Top billed cast

1. 

   Charles Laughton

   Captaine Bligh

2. 

   Clark Gable

   Lieutenant Fletcher Christian

3. 

   Franchot Tone

   Roger Byam

4. 

   Herbert Mundin

   Smith

5. 

   Eddie Quillan

   Tommy Ellison

6. 

   Dudley Digges

   Bacchus

7. 

   Donald Crisp

   Thomas Burkitt

8. 

   Henry Stephenson

   Joseph Banks

9. 

   Francis Lister

   Captain Nelson

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-19

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 don...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,950,000.00

Revenue
$4,460,000.00

Keywords

• ship
• mutiny
• island
• boat
• sailing
• based on true story
• tahiti
• 18th century
• tyrant
• flogging
• voyage
• high seas
• mutiny on the bounty