Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) quotes

Director
Lewis Milestone.

Cast
Marlon Brando.
Trevor Howard.
Richard Harris.

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.

You remarkable pig. You can thank whatever pig god you pray to that you haven’t turned me into a murderer.
– Fletcher Christian

But I assure you, sir, that the execution of my duties is entirely unaffected by my private opinion of you.
– Fletcher Christian

I was just thinking, sir, that our little errand for groceries might wind up in a page of naval history if we succeed in negotiating The Horn in the dead of winter.
– Fletcher Christian
Why shouldn’t we succeed? Admiral Anderson did.
– Captain Bligh
Yes, but of course he didn’t choose to attempt it in a ninety-one-foot chamber pot. In any event, his was the only ship to do it and I believe he lost fifty percent of his crew.
– Fletcher Christian
You might point that out to the crew. It should improve their performance. Remember: fear is our best weapon. Goodnight, sir.
– Captain Bligh

Fletcher, I’m proud to be with you.
– Midshipman Edward ‘Ned’ Young
Well you’ve done rather well, Ned. Promoted to the rank of criminal. Not even 20 and a death sentence on your head.
– Fletcher Christian

You’re in prison now, Mills. With one slight difference. We’re not locked in. We’re locked out.
– Fletcher Christian

I believe I did what honour dictated and that belief sustains me, except for a slight desire to be dead which I’m sure will pass.
– Fletcher Christian

Remember, fear is our best weapon.
– Captain Bligh

There’ll be no more killing aboard this ship, not even Captain Bligh.
– Fletcher Christian
If that’s an attempt to earn clemency,I spit on it.
– Captain Bligh

Midshipmen – be a dull navy without them. Now get that slut off my ship.
– Captain Bligh

I’m not leaving you Mr Christian, not ever. Go to the dirtiest little corner of the world I’ll be there, right behind you, with a rope in my hand.
– Captain Bligh

While our mission remains unfulfilled I’m not in any port, Mr Fryer, I’m command where you may find one day it’s always lonely. You see, command allows no intimacies. You can hardly expect unquestioning obedience from last night’s partner in a debauch.
– Captain Bligh

I wonder why an alleged gentleman should give his first loyalty to ordinary seamen.
– Captain Bligh
Instead of to other alleged gentlemen?
– Fletcher Christian
Impertinence noted.It shall be logged. Do you care to enlarge the entry?
– Captain Bligh
Yes, only with this observation, which I will report to the Admiralty in any case: in my years of service I have never met an officer who inflicted punishment upon men with such incredible relish. Sickening.
– Fletcher Christian
Then go and be sick in your cabin, Mr Christian. I have never met a naval officer who was so proud of a weak stomach.
– Captain Bligh

We need only persuade the British people of something they already know – that inhumanity is its poorest servant.
– Fletcher Christian