Mutiny on the Bounty

Based On the book by James Norman Hall

Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 American historical adventure drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It dramatizes the mutiny of HMS Bounty, and is adapted from the novels Mutiny on the Bounty and Men Against the Sea by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. It stars Charles Laughton as William Bligh, Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian, and Franchot Tone as Roger Byam (based on Peter Heywood). Despite historical inaccuracies, the film was a huge box office success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1935 and one of MGM's biggest hits of the 1930s.

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Release date:

1935

Director:

Frank Lloyd

Cast:

Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Movita Castaneda, Mamo Clark

Genre:

Historical, Adventure, Trial

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1935 in adaptations