Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
24 audience votes
Key crew
- Jonathan LatimerScreenplay
- John FarrowDirector
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alan LaddHugh Tallant
- James MasonCapt. Paul Gilbert
- Patricia MedinaSally Munroe
- Cedric HardwickeGov. Phillip
- Murray MathesonRev. Mortimer Thynne
- Anita Sharp-BolsterMoll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)
- Jonathan HarrisTom Oakly
- Hugh PryseNed Inching
- Dorothy PattenMrs. Nellie Garth
- John HardyNat Garth
- Malcolm Lee BeggsNick Sabb
- Alec HarfordBrig-keeper Jenkins
Stills
Themes
australiashipmutinybased on novel or bookconvict18th centuryhigh seas