Mutiny on the Bounty

The second screen version of the famous British naval mutiny, an epic, big-budget event with Marlon Brando this time taking the role of the mutineer Fletcher Christian, and Trevor Howard as the ruthless Captain Bligh., A famous 1787 incident inspired this Best Picture winner about a clash of wills between tyrannical captain William Bligh and his mutinous mate Fletcher Christian aboard an 18th-century British merchantman in the South Seas. Clark Gable (Christian), Charles Laughton (Bligh) and Franchot Tone (Roger Byam) garnered Best Actor nominations., Academy Award winner Clark Gable stars as the first mate who leads his ship’s exploited and abused crew in the Mutiny on the Bounty. The South Pacific, 1789., In this film, Clark Gable stars as Fletcher Christian, first mate of the infamous HMS Bounty, skippered by Captain William Bligh, the cruelest taskmaster on the Seven Seas. During the journey back to England, Bligh’s cruelties become more than Christian can bear and he leads a mutiny.