Based on a true story that's been told a hundred different ways, this 1935 version stars Clark Gable and presents the infamous mutiny as a battle between nice and mean. Gable's (comically American) Fletcher Christian believes the crew of the HMS Bounty should be treated with carrots, but Charles Laughton's Captain Bligh treats them with sticks. Also keelhauls, starvation, and all other manner of verbal and physical abuse. During the return voyage from Tahiti, Christian takes over the ship, packing Bligh and a handful of his loyalists onto a rowboat. He then sails back to Tahiti where he lives the good life until England finds him again. That's the movie version. Real world documents prove that Christian enslaved and kidnapped several Tahitians, dragging them against their will to Pitcairn, where his descendants still rule the island to this day (fun fact: his descendants are also still engaging in large scale sexual abuse that came to light in some famous trials this decade). But why let moral ambiguity get in the way of a good story? A LOT happens in this movie, but the stakes still remain weirdly low, and that "lot" includes precious little swashbuckling action. Join Derek and I as we learn a lot about breadfruit and wooden legs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.