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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Drama
Release Date:January 1, 1935
Running time:122 minutes
Cast:Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin, Eddie Quillan
Director:Frank Lloyd
Producer:Irving Thalberg
Writer:Charles Nordhoff, James Norman Hall
Distributor:MGM

Description: In December, 1787, the Bounty sails from Portsmouth, bound for Tahiti, amid great optimism among its crew, including idealistic midshipman Franchot Tone. But as the journey continues, shipboard life becomes a nightmare, a series of desperate confrontations between vicious, bullying Captain Bligh and the courageous first mate, Fletcher Christian. The crew mutiny, set the captain adrift, and eventually come to shore on the remote Pitcairn Islands.

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