Mutiny on the Bounty

Directed by Frank Lloyd
Passed
1935    2h 12mAdventure, Drama,
7.696%84%
Midshipman Roger Byam joins Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian aboard HMS Bounty for a voyage to Tahiti. Bligh proves to be a brutal tyrant and, after six pleasant months on Tahiti, Christian leads the crew to mutiny on the homeward voyage. Even though Byam takes no part in the mutiny, he must defend himself against charges that he supported Christian.

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Cast of Mutiny on the Bounty

  • Charles LaughtonCaptaine Bligh
  • Clark GableLieutenant Fletcher Christian
  • Franchot ToneRoger Byam
  • Herbert MundinSmith
  • Eddie QuillanTommy Ellison
  • Dudley DiggesBacchus
  • Donald CrispThomas Burkitt
  • Henry StephensonJoseph Banks
  • Francis ListerCaptain Nelson
  • Spring ByingtonMrs. Byam
  • MovitaTehani
  • Mamo ClarkMaimiti
  • Byron RussellQuintal
  • Percy WaramColeman
  • David TorrenceLord Hood
  • John HarringtonMr. Purcell
  • Douglas WaltonStewart
  • Ian WolfeMaggs
  • DeWitt JenningsFryer
  • Ivan F. SimpsonMorgan
  • Vernon DowningHayward
  • Bill BambridgeHithiti
  • Marion Clayton AndersonMary Ellison
  • Stanley FieldsWilliam Muspratt
  • Wallis ClarkMorrison
  • Crauford KentLieutenant Edwards
  • Pat FlahertyChurchill
  • Alec CraigMcCoy
  • Charles IrwinThompson
  • Dick WinslowTinkler
  • Robert AdairWarden (uncredited)
  • Harry AllenWherryman (uncredited)
  • Lionel BelmoreInnkeeper (uncredited)
  • Nadine BeresfordEllison's Mother (uncredited)
  • Julie BescosAble-Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
  • Derek BlomfieldJeremy (uncredited)
  • James Cagney(uncredited)
  • Lucy ChavarriaHina (uncredited)
  • Harry CordingSoldier (uncredited)
  • Ray CorriganAble Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
  • Sam Wallace DriscollMichael Byrne (uncredited)
  • Charles DunbarAble Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
  • Edgar EdwardsAble Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
  • Harold EntwistleCaptain Colpoys (uncredited)
  • Sig FrohlichMutineer (uncredited)
  • Mary GordonPeddler (uncredited)
  • Fred GrahamAble Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
  • Jon HallTahitian Native (uncredited)
  • Winter HallChaplain (uncredited)
  • Dick HaymesAble Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
  • Lilyan IreneMoll (uncredited)
  • Clarke JenningsAble-Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
  • Tiny JonesShip's Visitor (uncredited)
  • Stubby KrugerAble Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
  • Hal Le SueurMillard (uncredited)
  • Robert LivingstonLieutenant Young (uncredited)
  • Doris LloydCockney Moll (uncredited)
  • King MojaveRichard Skinner (uncredited)
  • Charles NauuTahitian Native (uncredited)
  • David NivenAble Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
  • Vivien OaklandMoll (uncredited)
  • Gil PerkinsAble Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
  • John PowerHillebrandt (uncredited)
  • Satini PualoaTahitian Native (uncredited)
  • William StackJudge Advocate (uncredited)
  • Will StantonPortsmouth Joe (uncredited)
  • Jack SterlingAble Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
  • Lotus ThompsonMoll (uncredited)
  • David ThursbyMcIntosh (uncredited)
  • Harry WarrenAble-Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
  • Eric WiltonBoard Captain (uncredited)
  • Mary ShawMinor Role (uncredited)
  • Frank LloydDirector / Producer
  • John FarrowWriter
  • Irving ThalbergProducer

Mutiny on the Bounty Ratings & Reviews

  • Charles LondonMay 1, 2025
    Perhaps I know the story too well to appreciate this 1935 version of the classic mutiny aboard HMS Bounty. There are too many fictional inclusions and historical omissions. I actually chose to watch this movie because of Charles Laughton, a prolific character actor from the Golden Age. Here in a starring role he is said to have given one of his greatest performances, and while it most certainly is attention grabbing, I find it to be slightly over the top. Captain Bligh was a prickly old salt with a penchant for discipline, but I don't believe he was the monster that the film makes him out to be. Of the three movie versions I've seen (1935, 1962, 1984) this one is unfortunately my least favorite. I do find Laughton worth watching though, even if he lays on the ham a bit thick.

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