Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
***
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Richard Haydn, Tarita Teriipia
In the late 18th century the Bounty sets sail under the rule of Captain Bligh. However, his increasingly domineering behaviour leads to mutiny aboard the ship. This entertaining drama looks terrific, but it's overegged and overlong. The film pits two strong characters and two schools of acting against each other: Trevor Howard and his Rada background vs. Marlon Brando and his method acting. Adapted from a novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall which is based on the real-life mutiny. The story was filmed before in 1935 and again in 1984 as The Bounty.
