The Bounty poster
Director Roger Donaldson
Screenplay Robert Bolt

The Bounty

Tagline: After 200 years, the truth behind the legend.

Release Date: 1984-05-04

Duration: 132 minutes

Synopsis

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.

Casting

  • Liam Neeson
    Charles Churchill
  • Mel Gibson
    Fletcher Christian
  • Anthony Hopkins
    Lieutenant William Bligh
  • Laurence Olivier
    Admiral Hood
  • Edward Fox
    Captain Greetham
  • Bernard Hill
    William Cole
  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    John Fryer
  • Phil Davis
    Edward Young
  • Neil Morrissey
    Matthew Quintal
  • Dexter Fletcher
    Thomas Ellison