- HD 1080
- Runtime: 93m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: John Farrow
- Stars: Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina, Cedric Hardwicke, Murray Matheson
- keywords: australia, ship, mutiny, based on novel or book, convict, 18th century, high seas
- Production_studio: Paramount Pictures
- Slogan: SAVAGE as the Great Continent They Invaded!
- The Botany Bay is featured in the top rankings of 1952
- #19 in Top Romance Movies of 1952
- #16 in Top Adventure Movies of 1952
- #3 in Top Action Movies of 1952
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.