Historical adventure starring Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard. In 1787, HMS Bounty embarks on a voyage to Tahiti to collect breadfruit, which is to be brought back to Jamaica. But the cruel methods of the ship's captain William Bligh are increasingly resented by his aristocratic first officer Fletcher Christian.
This 1960s treatment of the famous nautical incident was brought to the screen by veteran director Lewis Milestone, who made his name with All Quiet on the Western Front in 1930. He deserves credit for surviving laborious reshoots and difficulties caused by his demanding star, Marlon Brando ("I was as near to a nervous breakdown as I've ever been," he said). Though controversial, Brando's performance as Fletcher Christian is impressive as he moves from arrogant fop to gallant hero, despite his somewhat strangulated English accent. Trevor Howard is fine as the sadistic Captain Bligh, but the Tahiti interlude is a sequence definitely to be missed.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Fletcher Christian | Marlon Brando |
| Captain William Bligh | Trevor Howard |
| John Mills | Richard Harris |
| Alexander Smith | Hugh Griffith |
| William Brown | Richard Haydn |
| Maimiti | Tarita |
| Edward Young | Tim Seely |
| Matthew Quintal | Percy Herbert |
| Edward Birkett | Gordon Jackson |
| William McCoy | Noel Purcell |
| John Williams | Duncan Lamont |
| Michael Byrne | Chips Rafferty |
| Samuel Mack | Ashley Cowan |
| John Fryer | Eddie Byrne |
| James Morrison | Keith McConnell |
| Minarii | Frank Silvera |
| Graves | Ben Wright (1) |
| Court martial judge | Henry Daniell |
| Staines | Torin Thatcher |
| Chief Hitihiti | Matahiarii Tama |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Lewis Milestone |
