Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), based on the popular namesake novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable as Bligh and Christian, respectively. The film's story was presented, says Dening, as "the classic conflict between tyranny and a just cause"; Laughton's portrayal became in the public mind the definitive Bligh, "a byword for sadistic tyranny". The two subsequent major films, "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1962) with Trevor Howard and Marlon Brando, and "The Bounty" (1984) with Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson, largely perpetuated this image of Bligh and that of Christian as tragic hero. The latter film
Clark Gable the film was popular, and viewers at the time likely recognized Bugs Bunny's behaviour as satire. Gable has been portrayed in films by James Brolin in "Gable and Lombard" (1976), Larry Pennell in "" (1980), Edward Winter in "" (1980), Boyd Holister in "Grace Kelly" (1983), Gary Wayne in "Malice in Wonderland" (1985), Gene Daily in "The Rocketeer" (1991), Bobby Valentino in "RKO 281" (1999), Bruce Hughes and Shayne Greenman in "Blonde" (2001), and Charles Unwin in "Lucy" (2003). Clark Gable William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor and military officer, often