Botany Bay 1952

Directed by John Farrow | Starring: Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina, Cedric Hardwicke

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.