The Bounty

The Bounty

The Bounty

Fletcher Christian Master's Mate

Lieutenant William Bligh

Admiral Hood

Captain Greetham

John Fryer

William Cole

Edward Young

Seaman Charles Churchill

King Tynah

Seaman John Adams

David Nelson

Dr. John Huggan

Thomas Heywood

Seaman William McKoy

Seaman Matthew Quintal

John Mills

Seaman Thomas Ellison

William Purcell

John Norton

Robert Lamb

Michael Byrne

Seaman James Valentine

Prosecuting Captain

Queen Tynah

Mrs. Bligh

King Tynah's Councillor

The hull of the reproduction of HMS Bounty built for this film is built of steel, and only clad in wood. The reproduction of HMS Bounty built for Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) was built of wood, in the traditional manner.

The film was made and released about twelve years after its source book "Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian" by Richard Hough had been first published in 1972.

According to the book 'A Decade of New Zealand Film' (1986) by Nicholas Reid, the film was "long-delayed, [and] the production was the subject of much comment in the New Zealand media".

Among the midshipmen on the historical Bounty voyage were a Thomas Hayward and a Peter Heywood. These two are understandably combined in the film into a single character. It was, for example, Mr. Hayward who fell asleep on watch the night three men deserted ship, but Mr. Haywood who stayed behind when the Bounty returned to Tahiti. While this composite character is named "Thomas Heywood" in the credits, Fletcher Christian calls him "Peter" near the end of the film.

When the men are rowing in the launch, in the middle of the ocean, after having been set adrift, there is a green reflection moving from right to left in the sea, probably of some island or ship.

When the Bounty left Tahiti before the mutiny it actually sailed west. Cape Horn was never an option on the return journey as the breadfruit would not have survived the cold weather. So this was certainly not a factor in the mutiny.

Bligh: You will clean up this ship and yourselves!

Christian: I am in hell, sir! I am in hell!

Captain Greetham: [after learning at the trial that Bligh told King Tynah that Captain Cook is still alive] You told that to this man Tynah?