Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)
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| Directed by | Frank Lloyd |
| Written by | Talbot Jennings Jules Furthman Carey Wilson John Farrow (uncredited) |
| Based on | Mutiny on the Bounty and Men Against the Sea by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall |
| Produced by | Frank Lloyd Irving Thalberg |
| Starring | Charles Laughton Clark Gable Franchot Tone Movita Castaneda Mamo Clark |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | Margaret Booth |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,950,000 |
| Box office | $4,460,000 (rentals) |
Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 American historical adventure drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It dramatizes the mutiny of HMS Bounty, and is adapted from the novels Mutiny on the Bounty and Men Against the Sea by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. It stars Charles Laughton as William Bligh, Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian, and Franchot Tone as Roger Byam (based on Peter Heywood).
Despite historical inaccuracies, the film was a huge box office success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1935 and one of MGM's biggest hits of the 1930s. The film was also a major critical success, and received a leading eight nominations at the 8th Academy Awards, winning Best Picture.