Mutiny on the Bounty
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.
Cast
Marlon Brando
as First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian
Trevor Howard
as Capt. William Bligh
Richard Harris
as Seaman John Mills
Hugh Griffith
as Alexander Smith
Richard Haydn
as William Brown
Percy Herbert
as Matthew Quintal
Gordon Jackson
as Seaman Edward Birkett
Chips Rafferty
as Michael Byrne
Noel Purcell
as Seaman William McCoy
Eddie Byrne
as John Fryer
Reviews
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...
