Like the following year’s Cleopatra, the drama behind the scenes of Lewis Milestone’s Mutiny on the Bounty surpassed the film itself. Its reputation has inched upward after a rocky reception in 1962; Trevor Howard delivers a scathing take on the surly Captain Bligh, and as the foppish Fletcher Christian, Marlon Brando can’t help but be compelling. Though the three-hour running time is daunting, Milestone has a steady hand on the rudder and Robert Surtees’s glorious 70MM imagery is a big help.
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