Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 film starring
Charles Laughton and
Clark Gable, and directed by
Frank Lloyd based on the
Charles Nordhoff and
James Norman Hall novel
Mutiny on the Bounty.
The film was one of the biggest hits of its time. Although its historical accuracy has been questioned (inevitable as it is based on a novel about the facts, not the facts themselves), film critics consider this adaptation to be the best cinematic work inspired by the mutiny.