In the Wake of the Bounty
In the Wake of the Bounty is an Australian movie directed by Charles Chauvel. It is the first movie of Errol Flynn. It is based on the 1932 novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. The Australian movie was made two years before MGM's more famous Mutiny on the Bounty.
| In the Wake of the Bounty | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Charles Chauvel |
| Produced by | Charles Chauvel |
| Written by | Charles Chauvel |
| Starring | Mayne Lynton Errol Flynn |
| Cinematography | Tasman Higgins |
| Edited by | William Shepherd |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date | 1933 |
Running time | 60 min |
| Country |  Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ₤6,500[1] |
The movie mixed re-enactments with documentary. It focused not so much on the mutiny itself as on what happened afterwards.[2]
References
- ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 161.
- ↑ Curators notes at Australian Screen
