Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Frank Lloyd

Writers:

Talbot Jennings (screenplay) &
Jules Furthman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

1936 (Germany)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | History

Tagline:

A Thousand Hours of Hell For One Moment of Love!

Plot:

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on avenging his captors.

Plot Keywords:

Tahiti | Bounty | Mutiny | Voyage | Tyrant

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Charles Laughton	...	Bligh
Clark Gable	...	Christian
Franchot Tone	...	Byam
Herbert Mundin	...	Smith
Eddie Quillan	...	Ellison
Dudley Digges	...	Bacchus
Donald Crisp	...	Burkitt
Henry Stephenson	...	Sir Joseph Banks
Francis Lister	...	Captain Nelson
Spring Byington	...	Mrs. Byam
Movita	...	Tehani
Mamo Clark	...	Maimiti (as Mamo)
Byron Russell	...	Quintal
Percy Waram	...	Coleman
David Torrence	...	Lord Hood
John Harrington	...	Mr. Purcell
Douglas Walton	...	Stewart
Ian Wolfe	...	Maggs
DeWitt Jennings	...	Fryer
Ivan F. Simpson	...	Morgan (as Ivan Simpson)
Vernon Downing	...	Hayward
Bill Bambridge	...	Hitihiti (as William Bambridge)
Marion Clayton Anderson	...	Mary Ellison (as Marion Clayton)
Stanley Fields	...	Muspratt
Wallis Clark	...	Morrison
Crauford Kent	...	Lieutenant Edwards (as Craufurd Kent)
Pat Flaherty	...	Churchill
Alec Craig	...	McCoy
Charles Irwin	...	Thompson
Dick Winslow	...	Tinkler
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Adair	...	Warden (uncredited)
Harry Allen	...	Wherryman (uncredited)
Lionel Belmore	...	Innkeeper (uncredited)
Nadine Beresford	...	Ellison's Mother (uncredited)
Julie Bescos	...	Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
James Cagney	...	Extra (uncredited)
Lucy Chavarria	...	Hina (uncredited)
Harry Cording	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Ray Corrigan	...	Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Sam Wallace Driscoll	...	Michael Byrne - Fiddler (uncredited)
Charles Dunbar	...	Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Harold Entwistle	...	Captain Colpoys (uncredited)
Sig Frohlich	...	Mutineer (uncredited)
Mary Gordon	...	Peddler (uncredited)
Fred Graham	...	Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Winter Hall	...	Chaplain (uncredited)
Dick Haymes	...	Extra (uncredited)
Lilyan Irene	...	Moll (uncredited)
Clarke Jennings	...	Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Tiny Jones	...	Ship's Visitor at Portsmouth (uncredited)
Stubby Kruger	...	Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Hal Le Sueur	...	Millard (uncredited)
Robert Livingston	...	Lieutenant Young (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd	...	Cockney Moll (uncredited)
King Mojave	...	Richard Skinner (uncredited)
Charles Nauu	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
David Niven	...	Extra (uncredited)
Vivien Oakland	...	Moll (uncredited)
Gil Perkins	...	Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
John Power	...	Hillebrandt (uncredited)
Satini Pualoa	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
William Stack	...	Judge Advocate (uncredited)
Will Stanton	...	Portsmouth Joe (uncredited)
Jack Sterling	...	Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Lotus Thompson	...	Moll (uncredited)
David Thursby	...	McIntosh (uncredited)
Harry Warren	...	Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Eric Wilton	...	Captain of the Board (uncredited)

Directed by
Frank Lloyd

Writing credits
Talbot Jennings		(screenplay) &
Jules Furthman		(screenplay) and
Carey Wilson		(screenplay)
Charles Nordhoff		(book) and
James Norman Hall		(book)

Produced by
Albert Lewin	....	associate producer
Frank Lloyd	....	producer (as A Frank Lloyd Production)
Irving Thalberg	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Herbert Stothart		(music score by)

Cinematography by
Arthur Edeson
Charles G. Clarke		(photographed by) (uncredited)
Sidney Wagner		(photographed by) (uncredited)

Film Editing by
Margaret Booth

Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons

Makeup Department
Robert J. Schiffer	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Ulric Busch	....	unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
J. Walter Ruben	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
A. Arnold Gillespie	....	associate art director (as Arnold Gillespie)

Sound Department
Douglas Shearer	....	recording director
William Steinkamp	....	sound (uncredited)

Stunts
Gene Coogan	....	stunt double: Franchot Tone (uncredited)
Harvey Parry	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gil Perkins	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Cliff Shirpser	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Glenn Strong	....	camera operator: second unit (uncredited)

Music Department
Charles Maxwell	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
James Curtis Havens	....	marine director (as James Havens)
Alfred Alexander	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
G.O.T. Bagley	....	technical advisor: English background (uncredited)
Howard Dietz	....	press agent (uncredited)
Hertzel Effensachs	....	marine coordinator (uncredited)
Bob Roberts	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Bill Ryan	....	script clerk (uncredited)
John Waters	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1935) (USA) (theatrical)
• Loew's (1935) (USA) (theatrical) (uncredited)
• Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical) (16mm print)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Western Costume Company  wardrobe (uncredited)

Runtime:

132 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Polynesian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Canada:PG (video rating) | South Korea:12 (2003) | New Zealand:G | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Sweden:11 (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:G | Germany:12 | USA:Approved (PCA #1531) | UK:PG (video rating) (2002) | Netherlands:12 | UK:A (original rating)

Filming Locations:

French Polynesia

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Franchot Tone's role was originally intended for Robert Montgomery.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Christian orders the return of the Bounty to Tahiti, he has nothing in his hands. Next shot he has a musket in his left hand.

Quotes:

Captain William Bligh: What's your name?
Seaman Thomas Ellison: Thomas Ellison, sir. Pressed into service. I've got a wife, a baby!
Captain William Bligh: I asked your name, not the history of your misfortunes.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)

Soundtrack:

Rule Britannia

The sentimental favorite version.

When watching this great motion picture keep in mind that it is now over sixty (60)years old! Even through the passage of time it provides for entertaining viewing. Charles Laughtons performance as William Bligh captain of the Bounty basically set the standard as how Bligh is pictured and thought of when his name is mentioned. Other actors have portrayed Bligh but it is Laughtons portrayal that is remembered most. The 1984 version with Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson is probably a more historical version of actual events but this 1935 classic will most likely always be the sentimental favorite.