Botany Bay (1952)

Directors

John Farrow

Cast

Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina, Cedric Hardwicke

The story

In 1787 a group of prisoners lodged in Newgate Jail receive notice that their death sentences are commuted to life imprisonment in New South Wales. They are boarded onto the and joined by a smaller group of female prisoners. Gilbert, the captain, offers one pretty female prisoner, Sally, free run of the ship on certain conditions.

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