| Mutiny on the
Bounty (1935) MGM  Release Date: November 8,1935 Directed by: Frank Lloyd Costarring: Charles Laughton Franchot Tone Gable is legendary historical figure Fletcher Christian in this adaption of the famous tale of mutiny on the high seas in 1787. He is first mate to the tyrannical Captain Bligh (Laughton) on a two year voyage from England to Tahiti to obtain breadfruit plants. Bligh beats and starves the sailors, all while Christian and fellow officer Bynum (Tone) stand and watch. Christian finally can't stand it anymore and rallies the men to overthrow Bligh and take over the ship. They send Bligh and his supporters adrift at sea in a small boat and take the Bounty back to Tahiti. They live there peacefully, marrying native women and enjoying the island until Bligh and a new crew come searching for them. Listen to the Radio Commercial
Quote-able Gable “…in the king’s name! Well, we’ve got all the fish we need in one neck!” first line “I was like you when I first came to sea---tumble and moss all over me---now it’s turned to barnacles!” “My advice, sir, f you’ll take it, is not to be too harsh with them. We’re sailing ten thousand miles locked up together on this ship for the next two years. It’s like a powder magazine.” “Is that the face that launched a thousand ships?” “Any more of that and I’ll clap you in irons!” “I’ve never known a better seaman but as a man he’s a snake! He doesn’t punish for discipline, he likes to see men crawl! Sometimes I’d like to push his own poison down his throat!” “The captains I’ve served with before didn’t starve their men! They didn’t save money by buying up the stinking meat that you couldn’t have bought! They didn’t buy yams that would sicken a pig and force them on their crew! They didn’t call their men thieves and flog them to the bone because they complained about it!” “Mr. Bligh, may I recall the outward voyage—some harsh things were said then but I’ve been hoping the return trip would be more fortunate.” “What do you expect, Mr. Bligh? The man’s dead. I call the ship’s company to bear witness: you killed him!” “I can’t stand this devil’s work much longer! One of these days I’ll forget all this discipline and break his neck!” “That butcher! I’ve had enough of this bloodshed! He’s no master of life and death on a quarter deck above the angels!” “I’m sick of blood! Bloody backs, bloody faces! Well, you’ve given your last command on this ship. We’ll be men again if we hang for it! “I’ll take my chance against the law. You’ll take yours against the sea!” “Your ship? The king’s ship you mean! And you’re not fit to command it! Into the boat!” “When you’re back in England with the fleet again and you hear the human cry against me…from now on they’ll spell mutiny with my name. I regret that. But not the taking of the ship. Every time I think of Bligh…well, I’d do it again.” “We’re not afraid of a new life anywhere, as long as we can live it with decency and self respect. We can and we must, for ourselves and our children!” “Good English oak." last line Behind the Scenes
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