Botany Bay

Name: Botany Bay
Director: John Farrow
Genre: Adventure, Romance, Action
Released: 1952-12-26
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina, Cedric Hardwicke, Murray Matheson

★ 6.6 1952 1h 33min Adventure • Romance • Action

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.