Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Drop-in friendly
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 62GoodWatch 64
IMDb6.2
Running time
1 h 33 min
A typical length for adventure movies, −10 min on the typical 103
typical 10393Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1952
December 26, 1952
74 years ago
Genres
AdventureRomanceActionLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 8 more16 people
- 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- JHJohn HardyNat Garth
- MLMalcolm Lee BeggsNick Sabb
- AHAlec HarfordBrig-keeper Jenkins
Noel DraytonSecond Mate Spencer- BTBrandon ToomeyGuard (as Brendan Toomey)
Ben WrightDeck Officer Green- PWPatrick WhyteGuard
Directing · 1
- John Farrow Director
Writing · 3
- Jonathan Latimer Screenplay
- Charles Nordhoff Novel
- James Norman Hall Novel
Production · 1
- Joseph Sistrom Producer
Camera · 1
- John F. Seitz Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Alma Macrorie Editor
Sound · 3
- Franz Waxman Original Music Composer
- Hugo Grenzbach Sound Recordist
- John Cope Sound Recordist
Art · 4
- Hal Pereira Art Direction
- Sam Comer Set Decoration
- Ross Dowd Set Decoration
- J. McMillan Johnson Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Yvonne Wood Costume Design
- Wally Westmore Makeup Supervisor
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