Botany Bay

Release Year
1952
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Action
Adventure
Romance
Directed By
John Farrow
Botany Bay

Based on the story of Australia's colonization, this atmospheric drama stars Alan Ladd as Hugh Tallant, an American medical student falsely convicted of robbery and sent on a torturous voyage with other prisoners to the penal colony at Botany Bay. Because of his attempt to escape, evil Captain Gilbert decides to return him to England on charges of mutiny.

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