Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)

Mutiny on the Bounty
Original film poster by Reynold Brown
Directed by	Lewis Milestone
Produced by	Aaron Rosenberg (uncredited)
Written by	Charles Lederer
Based on	Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
Starring	Marlon Brando Trevor Howard Richard Harris
Music by	Bronisław Kaper
Cinematography	Robert L. Surtees
Edited by	John McSweeney, Jr.
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	November 8, 1962
Running time	178 min. (UK:185 min.)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$19 million
Box office	$13,680,000

Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1962 American epic historical drama film starring Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard and Richard Harris, based on the novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall.

The film retells the 1789 real-life mutiny aboard HMAV Bounty led by Fletcher Christian against the ship's captain, William Bligh. It is the second American film to be made from the novel, the first being Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). It was directed by Lewis Milestone, who replaced Carol Reed early in the production schedule, and it turned out to be Milestone's final film.

The screenplay was written by Charles Lederer (with uncredited input from Eric Ambler, William L. Driscoll, Borden Chase, John Gay and Ben Hecht). The score was composed by Bronisław Kaper.

Mutiny on the Bounty was filmed in the Ultra Panavision 70 widescreen process, the first motion picture so credited. It was partly shot on location in the South Pacific. Behind the scenes, Marlon Brando effectively took over directing duties himself and caused it to become far behind schedule and over budget — resulting in director Carol Reed pulling out of the project and being replaced by Lewis Milestone who is credited as director of the picture. The film was heavily panned, and was considered a box office bomb, having lost over $6 million.