"Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935)
"Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
A tyrannical ship captain decides to exact revenge on his abused crew after they form a mutiny against him, but the sailor he targets had no hand in it. - Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 American drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel Mutiny on the Bounty.
The film was one of the biggest hits of its time. Although its historical accuracy has been questioned, film critics consider this adaptation to be the best cinematic work inspired by the mutiny."
Genre': Adventure, Biography, Drama
Release date: November 8, 1935
Directed by: Frank Lloyd
Produced by: Frank Lloyd, Irving Thalberg
Written by: Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson
Based on: The 1932 Novel "Mutiny on the Bounty" by Charles Nordhoff, James Norman Hall
Music by: Herbert Stothart, Nat W. Finston score, Walter Jurmann, Bronisław Kaper song
Cinematography: Arthur Edeson
Edited by: Margaret Booth
Cast: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Movita, Mamo, Eddie Quillan, Donald Crisp, Ian Wolfe
Awards
Seven Nominations
*This was the first year in which the gold statuettes were called "Oscars"!
* © 1935 Warner Home Video
Comments
You know this is one of my favorites :)
For obvious reasons