Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, and directed by Frank Lloyd based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel Mutiny on the Bounty. The film was one of the biggest hits of its time. Although its historical accuracy has been questioned (inevitable as it is based on a novel about the facts, not the facts themselves), film critics consider this adaptation to be the best cinematic work inspired b... More
Read article at Wikipedia

Initial release date:

  • 1935

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 2 h 12 min

Produced by:

View Mutiny on the Bounty: Producer »

Screenplay by:

View Mutiny on the Bounty: Screenplay writers »

Also known as:

  • Mutiny On The Bounty

Film

Directed by

Frank Lloyd

Frank Lloyd (2 February 1886, Glasgow, UK – 10 August 1960, Santa Monica, California, United States) was a film director, scriptwriter and producer. Lloyd was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and its president between 1934 and 1935. Frank Lloyd was Scotland's...

Tagline:

  • Clark Gable as the daring mutineer in the screen's most exciting adventure story!
  • A Thousand Hours of Hell For One Moment of Love!

Genres:

View Mutiny on the Bounty: Genre »

Subjects:

Story by:

View entire collection »

Cinematography:

Edited by:

Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1935
  • Feb 3, 2004
  • Nov 22, 1935
View entire collection »

Art direction by:

Music by:

View entire collection »

Runtime:

  • 2 h 12 min

Languages:

View Languages Mutiny on the Bounty is available in »

Country of origin:

Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 1,905,000

Production companies:

Distributors:

top ↑

Awards

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner
  • 1935

Academy Award for Best Picture Winners

View all Academy Award for Best Picture Winners »

Award Nominations:

Year Award Award Nominee
  • 1935
  • 1935
  • 1935
  • 1935
  • 1962
  • 1935
  • 1935
View entire collection »

Academy Award for Best Picture Nominees

View all Academy Award for Best Picture Nominees »

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Note
  • 86
  • 81
  • 7.0
View entire collection »

The Movie List: the first 9200

View all The Movie List: the first 9200 »
top ↑

Media

Adapted From

Mutiny on the Bounty

For the actual event described in this book, see Mutiny on the Bounty. Mutiny on the Bounty is the title of the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, based on the mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of the Bounty in 1789. It has been made into several films...

Netflix Genres:

View entire collection »
top ↑

TV Episode

Series

Family Classics

Family Classics is a Chicago television series which began in 1962 when Frazier Thomas was added to another program at WGN-TV. Thomas not only hosted classic films but also selected the titles and personally edited them to remove those scenes which he thought were not fit for family viewing. After...

top ↑

Facts from the Community

From the Great Films base

Appears in ranked lists:

List Ranking
  • 86
top ↑

These people have edited this topic:

  • gmackenz Metaweb Current Staff
  • robert
  • patrick Top Contributor
  • jon Metaweb Current Staff
  • hailey2009
Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution »