Mutiny on the Bounty

The 1962 film "Mutiny on the Bounty" tells the heavily fictionalized story of the real-life mutiny led by Fletcher Christian against William Bligh, captain of HMAV Bounty, in 1789. Marlon Brando stars as Christian, who, along with the crew, revels in the easygoing life of the tropical paradise of Tahiti, but is forced to endure Bligh's brutal authoritarian rule. When the Bounty sets sail back to England, Christian seizes command of the ship and leads a mutiny against Bligh, who is eventually exonerated, but the court also determines that his appointment to command Bounty was a mistake, paving the way for Christian's eventual fate.