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Botany Bay

"SAVAGE as the Great Continent They Invaded!"

1952-12-26
6.5
en 93m
AdventureRomanceAction
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.

Director

John Farrow

Screenplay

Jonathan Latimer

Novel

James Norman Hall

Novel

Charles Nordhoff

Producer

Joseph Sistrom

Art Direction

J. McMillan Johnson

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

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Paramount Pictures