 "Mutiny on the Bounty" came in first place nationally as well as in the aforementioned twelve states.The film was so successful that it led to Gary Cooper being booked to star in a number of films of similar plots that were also set in "exotic" locales, including "Beau Geste", "The Real Glory", "North West Mounted Police" and "Distant Drums".Laura Elston from the magazine "Canada" wrote that "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer" did "more glory to the British traditions than the British would dare to do for themselves."