An exotic and gripping piece of Hollywood mythology, made with all the technical skill and gloss one associates with Irving Thalberg's MGM.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:25
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: The historical inaccuracies in this high-seas adventure are more then offset by its timeless themes, larger-than-life performances from Clark Gable and Charles Laughton, and Frank Lloyd's superb direction.
Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY is the classic tale of one of the most infamous adventures on the high seas. The story is based on the fictional accounts written by Charles Nortdhoff and James Norman Hall.... MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY is the classic tale of one of the most infamous adventures on the high seas. The story is based on the fictional accounts written by Charles Nortdhoff and James Norman Hall. English conscripts sailing for Tahiti buckle under the chastisements of cruel Captain William Bligh, savagely portrayed by Charles Laughton. Bligh's grotesque abuses of power, including a brutal flogging that results in the death of the sick old ship's doctor, finally inspire a mutiny on the return voyage, conducted under the leadership of fair-minded officer Fletcher Christian, played by the dashing and heroic Clark Gable. Following the mutiny, Bligh and a few cronies are set onto a small dinghy after the successful muntiy, at which point the real adventure begins--Bligh's 4,000-mile journey from Tahiti to the Dutch East Indies. A solid seagoing adventure epic with breathtaking location photography, MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY offers an unparalleled nautical authenticity--the ship photographed and the costumes worn were exact replicas of the 18th-century originals. [More]
Starring: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin
Starring: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin, Eddie Quillan, Dudley Digges, Donald Crisp, Henry Stephenson, Spring Byington, Mamo Clark, Ian Wolfe, De Witt Jennings, Stanley Fields, Douglas Walton, Doris Lloyd, Crauford Kent, Will Stanton
Director: Frank Lloyd
Director: Frank Lloyd
Reviews for Mutiny on the Bounty
A big studio film, with still-superb sea sequences and a then-daring erotic interlude with the native girls of Pitcairn Island, this remains irresistible.
Epic stuff, beautifully cast, handsomely mounted and directed with passionate conviction.
An exciting, perfectly executed production that features Gable at his most magnetic and Laughton at his most commanding.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) is one of the best nautical adventure films of all time and one of MGM's greatest classics. The 18th century story
Gable makes a great Fletcher Christian, in his last movie without a mustache. The emotions which cross his face as Bligh commits one indignity after another upon various crew members is great 1930s dramatic acting.
Historically accurate or not, the movie works as a seagoing adventure; and the performances by [Clark] Gable and Charles Laughton are terrific.
It's tainted by a fair amount of middlebrow stuffiness, but it's a fleet piece of storytelling and serves to enshrine one of the great ham performances of all time, Charles Laughton's Captain Bligh.
The first and best of the three versions of the famous mutiny is a big budget MGM production, a stirring sea adventure praised at the time for its narrative pull, great acting of the three leads, and exotic locales--it was Clark Gable's favorite film.
Its theme of rebellion against that which binds us resonates today. Mutiny on the Bounty is well acted and well scripted.
There's nothing to stand in the way of Mutiny qualifying for box office dynamite rating.
Charles Laughton's Captain Bligh is one of the best evil characters in early movie history, and the bloated slobbery actor is perfect for the part. Clark Gable is handsome and seductive once - one of his best performances.
The story is spellbinding, the acting lusty and the spectacle everything you could expect from a Golden Age MGM production -- though sometimes it's a bit too much on the monumental side.
Despite the efforts of Producer Irving Thalberg, Director Frank Lloyd, three scenarists and $2,000,000 to give it balance, polish and direction, the picture lacks all three.
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