Handlung
Portsmouth, 1787. Die HMS Bounty begibt sich auf eine über zweijährige Reise nach Tahiti, um von dort Brotfruchtbäume zu laden, die man als billige Nahrung für Sklaven benötigt. Das Kommando führt Kapitän Bligh, ein Mann niederer Herkunft, aber ein hervorragender Seemann, der aber für seine Brutalität bekannt ist. Einer der Offiziere ist Fletcher Christian, der um Ausgleich bemüht ist. Schon vor der Abfahrt stellt sich die Brutalität Blighs heraus: er lässt einen Seemann prügeln, obwohl er bereits tot ist. Während der Fahrt zeichnet sich Bligh vor allem dadurch aus, das er seine Mannschaft wg. geringster Anlässe prügeln lässt. Außerdem kürzt er die Essensrationen. Nach einigen Wochen auf Tahiti beginnt die Rückfahrt. Dort stirbt zunächst der beliebte Schiffsarzt „Bacchus“, da ihn Bligh trotz Krankheit antreten lässt. Dann lässt der Kapitän noch einige Männer in Ketten legen. Daraufhin schreitet Fletcher Christian ein; er ruft zur Meuterei auf...
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Besetzung
Charles Laughton
Captaine Bligh
Clark Gable
Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
Franchot Tone
Roger Byam
Herbert Mundin
Smith
Eddie Quillan
Tommy Ellison
Dudley Digges
Bacchus
Donald Crisp
Thomas Burkitt
Henry Stephenson
Joseph Banks
Francis Lister
Captain Nelson
Spring Byington
Mrs. Byam
Movita
Tehani
Mamo Clark
Maimiti
Byron Russell
Quintal
Percy Waram
Coleman
David Torrence
Lord Hood
John Harrington
Mr. Purcell
Douglas Walton
Stewart
Ian Wolfe
Maggs
DeWitt Jennings
Fryer
Ivan F. Simpson
Morgan
Vernon Downing
Hayward
Bill Bambridge
Hithiti
Marion Clayton Anderson
Mary Ellison
Stanley Fields
William Muspratt
Wallis Clark
Morrison
Crauford Kent
Lieutenant Edwards
Pat Flaherty
Churchill
Alec Craig
McCoy
Charles Irwin
Thompson
Dick Winslow
Tinkler
Robert Adair
Warden (uncredited)
Harry Allen
Wherryman (uncredited)
Lionel Belmore
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Nadine Beresford
Ellison's Mother (uncredited)
Julie Bescos
Able-Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Derek Blomfield
Jeremy (uncredited)
James Cagney
(uncredited)
Lucy Chavarria
Hina (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Soldier (uncredited)
Ray Corrigan
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Sam Wallace Driscoll
Michael Byrne (uncredited)
Charles Dunbar
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Edgar Edwards
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Harold Entwistle
Captain Colpoys (uncredited)
Sig Frohlich
Mutineer (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Peddler (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Jon Hall
Tahitian Native (uncredited)
Winter Hall
Chaplain (uncredited)
Dick Haymes
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Lilyan Irene
Moll (uncredited)
Clarke Jennings
Able-Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Ship's Visitor (uncredited)
Stubby Kruger
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Hal Le Sueur
Millard (uncredited)
Robert Livingston
Lieutenant Young (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd
Cockney Moll (uncredited)
King Mojave
Richard Skinner (uncredited)
Charles Nauu
Tahitian Native (uncredited)
David Niven
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Vivien Oakland
Moll (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
John Power
Hillebrandt (uncredited)
Satini Pualoa
Tahitian Native (uncredited)
William Stack
Judge Advocate (uncredited)
Will Stanton
Portsmouth Joe (uncredited)
Jack Sterling
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Lotus Thompson
Moll (uncredited)
David Thursby
McIntosh (uncredited)
Harry Warren
Able-Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Board Captain (uncredited)
Mary Shaw
Minor Role (uncredited)
