Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film) Bligh starring Spencer Tracy or Charles Laughton, at Universal. It was never made. In 1945 it was reported that MGM would make a sequel with Gable, "Christian of the Bounty". It would be based on a novel by Charles Nordhoff about Christian's romantic adventures in England and South America following the colonization of Pitcairn Island and would be produced by Carey Wilson. It was never made. A 1962 three-hour-plus widescreen Technicolor remake, starring Marlon Brando as Fletcher Christian and Trevor Howard as Capt. Bligh, was a disaster both critically and financially at the time. Nonetheless, the remake was nominated for
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film) part ways. Byam and several crew members remain on the island for the ship to take them back to England, while Christian leads the remaining crew, his wife and several Tahitian men and women back on board "Bounty" in search of a new island on which to seek refuge. Byam boards "Pandora" and, much to his surprise, discovers that Bligh is the captain. Bligh, who suspects that Byam was complicit in the mutiny, has him imprisoned for the remainder of the journey across the sea. Back in England Byam is court-martialed and found guilty of mutiny. Before the court condemns