At dinner in his quarters, Bligh, played by Trevor Howard, explains his reasoning to his second in command, Fletcher Christian (Marlon Brando). In the 1962 remake, Bligh steals cheese from the ship’s stores, and when he is accused of the theft by one of his sailors, has the man flogged. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY is the thrilling account of the strange, eventful, and tragic voyage of His Majestys Ship Bounty in 1788-1789, which culminated in Fletcher Christians mutiny against Captain Bligh. In the Hollywood version, which has been remade numerous times, Bligh is also a brutal disciplinarian, ordering men flogged to death and keelhauled-an often fatal punishment in which sailors were dragged underwater from one side of the ship to the other-for minor infractions. As described in historical accounts, the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, and the Oscar-winning 1935 movie, the ship’s commander, William Bligh, was a tempestuous and paranoid man. The exact cause of the mutiny is unclear, but the captain’s harsh and brutal treatment of his men has been offered as a possible explanation that said, conditions on-board ships in those days were very hard. Constitution on which Trump seems so fuzzy came into force). Good question! Mutiny on the Bounty is based on the true story of a mutiny that took place aboard the HMS Bounty in April of 1789 (the same year the U.S. As the cruel captain of the HMS Bounty, a ship bound for Tahiti, William Bligh wins few friends. In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian. With Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith. What does that have to do with Mutiny on the Bounty? Mutiny on the Bounty: Directed by Lewis Milestone, Carol Reed.
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