Mutiny on the Bounty
Frank Lloyd, 1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
Charles Bernard Nordhoff, James Norman Hall, 1932
Mutiny on the Bounty is a movie directed by Frank Lloyd in 1935 and based on the book of the same name by Charles Bernard Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, first published in 1932. The movie features Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin, Eddie Quillan, Dudley Digges, and others.
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Storyline
One night in Portsmouth, England in 1787, a press gang breaks into a local tavern and presses all of the men drinking there into naval service. One of the men enquires as to what ship they will sail on, and the press gang leader informs him that it is HMS Bounty.
Movie vs Book
Year
1935
Minutes
132
Movie Rate
7.70
Source: IMDb
Year
1932
Pages
400
Book Rate
7.98
S: Goodreads
Book
Mutiny on the Bounty
Country: USA
First published in: 1932
Length: 400 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Bounty Trilogy
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“It’s often quite an adversarial relationship between a novelist and the people adapting their work, because a big part of the job is discarding material.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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