Edward Fox credited as playing...
Captain Greetham
- Captain Greetham: [after learning at the trial that Bligh told King Tynah that Captain Cook is still alive] You told that to this man Tynah?
- Lt. William Bligh: King Tynah, sir.
- Admiral Hood: A savage king.
- Lt. William Bligh: A king, milord, descended from many kings.
- Admiral Hood: As our King George is descended from many kings?
- Lt. William Bligh: Yes, in a way, sir.
- Captain Greetham: Then why did you lie to him? Why did you not tell him Captain Cook was murdered in Hawaii ten years before?
- Lt. William Bligh: Because they believe that Captain Cook is immortal.
- Admiral Hood: Literally?
- Lt. William Bligh: Yes, I think so, sir. They seem to regard his likeness as a sacred image.
- Admiral Hood: Interesting.
- Lt. William Bligh: They also believe that every British officer is more or less related to him.
- Admiral Hood: So you were more or less immortal too.
- Lt. William Bligh: It would appear so, sir. And I also needed their assistance. Captain Cook was our guarantor.
- Captain Greetham: [at the trial] So, it did began at the ceremony?
- Lt. William Bligh: No, sir. Not at the ceremony. No, it was just Fletcher Christian and the native girl.
- Captain Greetham: And you didn't understand the depth of the emotion between them?
- Lt. William Bligh: Yes, I realize that now. No, I assumed it was just youthful passion.
- Admiral Hood: It takes more than an infatuated youth to make a mutiny. It takes a discontented crew.
- Lt. William Bligh: The crew were anything but discontent, sir. Fletcher Christian corrupted them.
- Captain Greetham: Yes, but what made them so easy to corrupt?
- Lt. William Bligh: I don't know. It was the place itself.