Favorite Mister Fletcher Christian

[MrScorpio]

Trivia: All three roles of a British Naval Officer were filled by Americans


Clark Gable


Marlon Brando


Mel Gibson

[Pacifist Patriot]

1. Would have liked to have seen Sean Connery in the role in his prime.

[Tyler Durden]

2. Excellent suggestion.

[charlie and algernon]

3. i voted for gable, but I liked Gibson's version

[edbermac]

4. Watched Brando on MOTB last night on TCM.

Bizarre performance, to say the least. Trevor Howard was a good Capt Bligh. And the photography and music were first-rate.

[EstimatedProphet]

5. I thought Mel Gibson was Australian

[jobycom]

6. Born in America, moved to Australia at age 12. Although he probably denies that, too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Gibson

[bikebloke]

7. Errol Flynn played Christian, too.

But it was an early silent. I saw a clip at a Bounty exhibition in Sydney years back.

I voted Gable. But recently, I saw the Brando version finally all the way through and in colour (as a kid, bedtime for school left a lot of movies without endings). I liked it.

[MonkeyFunk]

8. Never seen either of them

but I recorded both the Gable and Brando versions on TMC recently. Maybe I'll give 'em a watch today.

[edbermac]

9. Well Gable was better performance than Brando, but...

Marlon was surely a flashier dresser! Catch his outfit when he first boards the Bounty. And check out his fucking pajamas!