The Bounty (1984)

Movie Details

Original Title The Bounty

Original Language EN

Budget $25,000,000

Revenue $8,613,462

Status Released

Popularity 4.5

Cast

Mel Gibson

Fletcher Christian

Popularity: 3.4

Anthony Hopkins

Lieutenant William Bligh

Popularity: 3.0

Daniel Day-Lewis

John Fryer

Popularity: 1.0

Bernard Hill

William Cole

Popularity: 0.9

Phil Davis

Edward Young

Popularity: 0.8

Liam Neeson

Charles Churchill

Popularity: 6.6

Wi Kuki Kaa

King Tynah

Popularity: 0.2

Tevaite Vernette

Mauatua

Popularity: 0.4

Laurence Olivier

Admiral Hood

Popularity: 1.0

Edward Fox

Captain Greetham

Popularity: 0.8

Philip Martin Brown

John Adams

Popularity: 0.2

Simon Chandler

David Nelson

Popularity: 0.4

Key Crew

Editor Tony Lawson

Screenplay Robert Bolt

Executive Producer Dino De Laurentiis

Director Roger Donaldson

Producer Bernard Williams, Dino De Laurentiis

Production

The De Laurentiis Company

Bounty Films Production

Videos & Trailers

Larry Karaszewski on THE BOUNTY

Featurette

The Bounty ≣ 1984 ≣ Trailer

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10

Nov 5, 2023

When you already have a definitive version of a story on film (1935) it's always tough to remake it successfully. To be fair to Roger Donaldson, he has managed to come pretty close - and do far better than the 1962 iteration - with this well cast telling of a story of mutiny and brutality. It's told ... Read more

Wuchak 8/10

Sep 18, 2025

**_The most accurate and realistic version of the infamous mutiny_** The 1935 black & White version of "Mutiny on the bounty" may have won an Oscar for Best Picture at the time, but will likely strike modern viewers as dated and unrealistic. Marlon Brando's 1962 remake is the most epic, captivati ... Read more