The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.

Mel Gibson
as Fletcher Christian

Anthony Hopkins
as Lieutenant William Bligh

Daniel Day-Lewis
as John Fryer

Bernard Hill
as William Cole

Phil Davis
as Edward Young

Liam Neeson
as Charles Churchill

Wi Kuki Kaa
as King Tynah

Tevaite Vernette
as Mauatua

Laurence Olivier
as Admiral Hood

Edward Fox
as Captain Greetham
CinemaSerf
When you already have a definitive version of a story on film (1935) it's always tough to remake it successfully. To be fair to Roger Donaldson, he has managed to come pretty close - and do far better than the 1962 iteration - with this well cast telling of a story of mutiny and brutality. It's told...
Wuchak
**_The most accurate and realistic version of the infamous mutiny_** The 1935 black & White version of "Mutiny on the bounty" may have won an Oscar for Best Picture at the time, but will likely strike modern viewers as dated and unrealistic. Marlon Brando's 1962 remake is the most epic, captivati...