Based on the story of the start of Australia's colonisation. An American medical student is falsely convicted of robbery, with his sentence involving the torturous voyage with other prisoners to the new penal colony at Botany Bay. Because of his attempt to escape, evil Captain Gilbert decides to return him to England on charges of mutiny.
Released: Dec 26, 1952
Runtime: 93 minutes
Genre: Adventure, Romance, Action
Stars: Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina, Cedric Hardwicke, Murray Matheson, Anita Sharp-Bolster
Crew: James Norman Hall (Novel), Jonathan Latimer (Screenplay), John Farrow (Director), Charles Nordhoff (Novel), Hal Pereira (Art Direction), John F. Seitz (Director of Photography)