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.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
US
Genres:
Adventure, Romance, Action
Release:
December 1952
Production:
Paramount Pictures
Cast:
Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina, Cedric Hardwicke, Murray Matheson, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Jonathan Harris, Hugh Pryse, Dorothy Patten, John Hardy, Malcolm Lee Beggs, Alec Harford, Noel Drayton, Brandon Toomey, Ben Wright, Patrick Whyte
Tags:
australia, ship, mutiny, based on novel or book, convict, 18th century, high seas