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Botany Bay (1952)

Botany Bay (1952)

Action Romance Adventure

SAVAGE as the Great Continent They Invaded!

Release Date: 1952, December 26
Directors: John Farrow
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Cedric Hardwicke, Jonathan Harris, Ben Wright, Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patrick Whyte, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Murray Matheson, John Hardy, Patricia Medina, Noel Drayton, Hugh Pryse

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book 18th century australia ship convict mutiny high seas