Mutiny on the Bounty
- IMDb link: 0056264
- IMDb rating: 7.2 (19,439 votes)
- Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance, History, Documentary
- Director: Richard Harris, Carol Reed, Marlon Brando, Lewis Milestone, George Seaton
- Cast: Trevor Howard, Hugh Griffith and others
- Release date: 8 Nov 1962
- Release year: 1962
- Runtime: 178 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: south seas, based on novel, year 1787, questioning authority, native tribe, ocean voyage, discipline, mutiny, detour, flogging
Plot:
In 1787, in Portsmouth, the rude Captain William Bligh of the British ship Bounty is assigned to travel to Tahiti to transplant breadfruit to bring to England. Bligh is jealous of the aristocratic 1st Lt. Fletcher Christian and along the journey, his tyrannical and cruel behavior leads to a showdown with the rebel seaman John Mills and other seamen. But on the return voyage to England, his savage attitudes kill crew members, forcing Fletcher to lead a mutiny to overthrow Bligh. What will be the consequences of this action?