"Clark Gable as the daring mutineer in the screen's most exciting adventure story!"

1935

2h 12m

7.4(366 votes)

Adventure

Drama

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Overview

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.

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Cast & Crew

72 members

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Charles Laughton

Captaine Bligh

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Clark Gable

Lieutenant Fletcher Christian

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Franchot Tone

Roger Byam

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Herbert Mundin

Smith

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Eddie Quillan

Tommy Ellison

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Dudley Digges

Bacchus

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Donald Crisp

Thomas Burkitt

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Henry Stephenson

Joseph Banks

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Francis Lister

Captain Nelson

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Spring Byington

Mrs. Byam

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Movita

Tehani

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Mamo Clark

Maimiti

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Byron Russell

Quintal

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Percy Waram

Coleman

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David Torrence

Lord Hood

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John Harrington

Mr. Purcell

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Douglas Walton

Stewart

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Ian Wolfe

Maggs

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DeWitt Jennings

Fryer

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Ivan F. Simpson

Morgan

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Vernon Downing

Hayward

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Bill Bambridge

Hithiti

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Marion Clayton Anderson

Mary Ellison

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Stanley Fields

William Muspratt

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Wallis Clark

Morrison

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Crauford Kent

Lieutenant Edwards

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Pat Flaherty

Churchill

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Alec Craig

McCoy

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Charles Irwin

Thompson

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Dick Winslow

Tinkler

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Robert Adair

Warden (uncredited)

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Harry Allen

Wherryman (uncredited)

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Lionel Belmore

Innkeeper (uncredited)

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Nadine Beresford

Ellison's Mother (uncredited)

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Julie Bescos

Able-Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

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Derek Blomfield

Jeremy (uncredited)

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James Cagney

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Lucy Chavarria

Hina (uncredited)

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Harry Cording

Soldier (uncredited)

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Ray Corrigan

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

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Sam Wallace Driscoll

Michael Byrne (uncredited)

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Charles Dunbar

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

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Edgar Edwards

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

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Harold Entwistle

Captain Colpoys (uncredited)

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Sig Frohlich

Mutineer (uncredited)

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Mary Gordon

Peddler (uncredited)

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Fred Graham

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

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Jon Hall

Tahitian Native (uncredited)

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Winter Hall

Chaplain (uncredited)

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Dick Haymes

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

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Lilyan Irene

Moll (uncredited)

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Clarke Jennings

Able-Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

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Tiny Jones

Ship's Visitor (uncredited)

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Stubby Kruger

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

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Hal Le Sueur

Millard (uncredited)

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Robert Livingston

Lieutenant Young (uncredited)

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Doris Lloyd

Cockney Moll (uncredited)

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King Mojave

Richard Skinner (uncredited)

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Charles Nauu

Tahitian Native (uncredited)

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David Niven

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

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Vivien Oakland

Moll (uncredited)

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Gil Perkins

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

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John Power

Hillebrandt (uncredited)

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Satini Pualoa

Tahitian Native (uncredited)

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William Stack

Judge Advocate (uncredited)

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Will Stanton

Portsmouth Joe (uncredited)

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Jack Sterling

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

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Lotus Thompson

Moll (uncredited)

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David Thursby

McIntosh (uncredited)

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Harry Warren

Able-Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

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Eric Wilton

Board Captain (uncredited)

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Mary Shaw

Minor Role (uncredited)

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