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Mutiny on the Bounty
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Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 American historical adventure film directed by Frank Lloyd. The cast includes Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, and Movita Castaneda. Irving Thalberg produced the film, which was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The screenplay was written by Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, and Carey Wilson, with Herbert Stothart composing the score. Arthur Edeson served as director of photography, while Margaret Booth edited the film. Filming took place in San Francisco, California.
The 132-minute film is presented in English and falls into the genres of trial, adventure, and historical film. Its main subjects include capital punishment and the historical event of the Mutiny on the Bounty. Cedric Gibbons was the production designer. The film received the Academy Award for Best Picture and was named to the National Board of Review Top Ten Films. It also received nominations for Best Actor, Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.
According to TMDb, the film had a budget of 1,950,000 and generated revenue of 4,460,000. It holds a TMDb vote average of 7.364 based on 387 votes and an IMDb rating of 7.6 from 26,729 votes. The film was released on November 22, 1935, and is also available on Netflix.
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Film · TMDB
7.4Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- ship
- mutiny
- island
- boat
- sailing
- based on true story
- tahiti
- 18th century
- tyrant
- flogging
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- historical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- Main subject
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- Director
- Frank Lloyd
- Screenwriter
- Carey Wilson
- Cast member
- Dick Winslow
- Composer
- Herbert Stothart
- Producer
- Irving Thalberg
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Arthur Edeson
- Narrative location
- Insular Oceania
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 132
- FilmAffinity ID
- 780223
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Poster - Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).jpg
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- Commons category
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)
- publication date
- 1935-11-22
- film editor
- Margaret Booth
- Commons gallery
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)
- title
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- color
- black-and-white
- capital cost
- 1950000
- film format
- 16 mm film
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- ship
- review score
- 87/100
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Encyclopedic overview
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. The film was also a major critical success, and received a leading eight nominations at the 8th Academy Awards, winning Best Picture. As of 2026, it is the last Best Picture winner to win in no other category.
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