Botany Bay

IMDb link: 0045574
IMDb rating: 6.2 (714 votes)
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Director: Cedric Hardwicke, John Farrow
Cast: James Mason, Alan Ladd, Patricia Medina and others

Release date: 7 Oct 1953
Release year: 1952
Runtime: 93 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: boy, prisoner, death, violence, brutality, bare chested man, mason and medina, farrow and ladd, medical student, ship

Plot:

In 1787 prisoners from London's Newgate Gaol are to be shipped to New South Wales. Hugh Tallant is an American medical student whom, we learn at sea, was falsely imprisoned. Because of his attempt to escape, evil Captain Gilbert decides to return him to England on charges of mutiny. Events, including arrival of plague, keep Tallant busy in New South Wales.

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