Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film) but was not successful and received few bookings outside Australia. There was also an even earlier film, the 1916 Australian–New Zealand film, "The Mutiny on the Bounty" directed by Raymond Longford. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film) Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 American drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel "Mutiny on the Bounty". The film was one of the biggest hits of its time. Although its historical accuracy has been questioned (inevitably, as it is based on a novel), film critics
Clark Gable filmography Clark Gable filmography Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) appeared as an "extra" in thirteen films between 1924 and 1930. He also appeared in sixty seven films, as himself in seventeen "short subject" films, and he narrated for the World War II propaganda film, "Combat America", produced by the United States Army Air Forces. During the period 1924–1930, Clark Gable established himself as a major stage actor. Also during this period, Gable supplemented his income by working as an "extra" in motion pictures. Below is a listing of the films that Gable is known or believed to