Episode 57: Mutiny on the Bounty
ABOUT THE EPISODE:
There are a number of movies where Charles Laughton has been acting in an entirely different film than everyone else on screen, but this is the first where that one seems like the better movie. Based on a true story, Mutiny on the Bounty departs radically from history for all the wrong reasons… if you can find a reason at all. Fraught with white washing British colonialism and naval history, not to mention the cast of white actors playing native Tahitians, not even a shirtless (albeit sadly clean shaven) Clark Gable nor one very impressive boat can save this poorly paced dud.
SHOW NOTES:
Year Eligible: 1935 (Won)
Additional audio: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
(Explicit language, as always)