Mutiny on the Bounty was one of the films -- some would say the key film -- that destroyed Marlon Brandos position as one of the worlds greatest actors in the 60s.

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Her destination is Tahiti, and her mission is to transplant thousands of breadfruit plants from that island to Jamaica in the hope that the plants will become a food staple for plantation slaves.

The vessel is commanded by William Bligh, an experienced but tyrannical captain who quickly arouses the ire of the crew.

His first officer is Fletcher Christian, a somewhat foppish country gentleman, though an excellent sailor, whose genteel family background irritates the lowborn Bligh.

As a result of Blighs disastrous attempt to reach Tahiti by rounding Cape Horn in midwinter, the ship loses a month of sailing time and arrives in Tahiti at a time when the breadfruit plants are dormant.

Goaded on by seaman John Mills and by his own mounting anger against Blighs cruelty, Christian leads a mutiny and takes control of the ship.

Bligh and 18 other men are set adrift in a boat and eventually reach Timor.

Christian takes the Bounty back to Tahiti to pick up supplies and those natives, including his own beloved Maimiti, who wish to start a new life with the mutineers.

Aware that the British Navy will soon send ships in search of them, Christian looks for a new home and eventually finds the remote and uncharted Pitcairn Island.

He soon realizes that he and his men must return to England or forever be hunted as criminals, but he loses the possibility of a choice when some of the mutineers set fire to the Bounty.

The destination is Tahiti, and the crews mission is to transplant thousands of breadfruit plants from that island to Jamaica in the hope that the plants will become a food staple for plantation slaves.

His first officer is Fletcher Christian who tries to intercede on his behalf but soon turns against him over his cruel treatment of the men and eventually leads a mutiny against him.

After setting Bligh and his supporters adrift in the sea, Christian and his crew seek refuge on an uncharted Pacific island, knowing that the British navy will try to hunt them down and prosecute them.

Director: Lewis Milestone Producer: Aaron Rosenberg Screenplay: Charles Lederer Based on the novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall.

Art Direction: George W.

Davis, J. McMillan Johnson Music: Bronislau Kaper Cast: Marlon Brando (Fletcher Christian), Trevor Howard (Capt.

Followed by 20th Century-Foxs Cleopatra (1963), another epic production that lost money on its initial release, Mutiny on the Bounty marked the end of Hollywoods golden age.

Its box office failure signaled that the days in which individual studio productions would rule at the box office were long past.

For all of its flaws and the bad press it received, the films epic scale and drama is truly powerful, representing the height of studio filmmaking in terms of design and technical effects.

Mutiny On The Bounty 1962 Full Movie