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

Starring: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Movita, Mamo, Herbert Mundin, Eddie Quillan, Dudley Diggs, Donald Crisp

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★ - perfect

"I'll live to see you - all of you - hung from the highest yardarm in the British fleet." – Captain William Bligh, as his mutinous crew casts him adrift in a rowboat.

Why watch this? Laughton's performance as Captain Bligh - he's such a nasty old curmudgeon.

Plot Summary: On a perilous journey across the Pacific to secure breadfruit plants from Tahiti, the HMS Bounty's crew endures the increasingly sadistic tyranny of Captain Bligh. First Mate Fletcher Christian, initially attempting to tolerate Bligh's cruelty, eventually rallies the tormented sailors to seize the ship and remove the captain from command. The consequences of this mutiny on the high seas lead to further adventure and the potential for severe retribution as the story unfolds.

Dad's Preview: This classic, I believe, is the best of three Bounty renditions on film, thanks to the strong performances by Gable as Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, and Charles Laughton as the cruel Captain Bligh. When Bligh's treatment of the crew becomes too severe, Christian leads a successful mutiny. Bligh and his loyalists are set adrift in a small skiff. This is an exciting film with intense performances, and it was rewarded with the Best Picture Oscar of 1935.

Frank Lloyd, Irving Thalberg; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer