Fresh
The case of the crew against the insane cruelty and avariciousness of Capt. Bligh is so powerfully presented that the injustice done to the men gets under one's skin to stir up a variety of emotion.
Kate Cameron, New York Daily News
Mutiny on the Bounty
Clark Gable as the daring mutineer in the screen's most exciting adventure story!
1935 · 2h 12m · Approved
Adventure, Drama, History
Directed by
Frank Lloyd
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Mutiny on the Bounty
Overview
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
Director and cast
- Frank Lloyd Director
- Charles Laughton as Captaine Bligh
- Clark Gable as Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
- Franchot Tone as Roger Byam
- Herbert Mundin as Smith
- Eddie Quillan as Tommy Ellison
- Dudley Digges as Bacchus
- Donald Crisp as Thomas Burkitt
- Henry Stephenson as Joseph Banks
- Francis Lister as Captain Nelson
- Spring Byington as Mrs. Byam
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
There's nothing to stand in the way of Mutiny qualifying for box office dynamite rating.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
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.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
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.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
An exotic and gripping piece of Hollywood mythology, made with all the technical skill and gloss one associates with Irving Thalberg's MGM.
Adrian Turner, Time Out
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