The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
Mel Gibson
as Fletcher Christian
Anthony Hopkins
as Lieutenant William Bligh
Daniel Day-Lewis
as John Fryer
Bernard Hill
as William Cole
Phil Davis
as Edward Young
Liam Neeson
as Charles Churchill
Wi Kuki Kaa
as King Tynah
Tevaite Vernette
as Mauatua
Laurence Olivier
as Admiral Hood
Edward Fox
as Captain Greetham
Philip Martin Brown
as John Adams
Simon Chandler
as David Nelson
