Mutiny on the bounty quotes

Mutiny On The Bounty Quotes. With Humphrey Bogart Jose Ferrer Van Johnson Fred MacMurray. The real-life mutiny that inspired John Boynes novel Mutiny on the Bounty took place aboard the HMS Bounty 224 years ago today. Charles Laughton is brilliant as the harsh captain of the 18th-century British naval vessel Bounty and Clark Gable gives an intelligent performance as Fletcher Christian the first mate burdened with leading a mutiny in the South Seas. I was just thinking sir that our little errand for groceries might wind up in a page of naval history if we succeed in negotiating The Horn in the dead of winter.

Your methods so far as this court can discern show what we shall cautiously term an excess of zeal. Captain Bligh youve told your story of mutiny on the Bounty how men plotted against you seized your ship cast you adrift in an open boat a great venture in science brought to nothing two British ships lost. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. The ship of democracy which has weathered all storms may sink through the mutiny of those on board. To Byam When youre back in England with the fleet again youll hear the hue and cry against me. Disaffected crewmen led by Lieutenant Fletcher Christian seized control of the ship from their captain Lieutenant William Bligh and set him and 18 loyalists adrift in the ships open launchThe mutineers variously settled on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island.

The crew were anything but discontent sir.

Turns to Captain Bligh Byam. - Lieutenant William Bligh. We cannot rebuke an officer who has administered discipline according to the articles of war but the articles are fallible as any articles are bound to be. Disaffected crewmen led by Lieutenant Fletcher Christian seized control of the ship from their captain Lieutenant William Bligh and set him and 18 loyalists adrift in the ships open launchThe mutineers variously settled on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island. Charles Laughton is brilliant as the harsh captain of the 18th-century British naval vessel Bounty and Clark Gable gives an intelligent performance as Fletcher Christian the first mate burdened with leading a mutiny in the South Seas. Half the ships crew seduced by several months of good life on Tahiti rose up against Captain William Bligh.