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.
as Hugh Tallant
as Capt. Paul Gilbert
as Sally Munroe
as Gov. Phillip
as Rev. Mortimer Thynne
as Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)
as Tom Oakly
as Ned Inching
as Mrs. Nellie Garth
as Nat Garth
as Nick Sabb
as Brig-keeper Jenkins
as Second Mate Spencer
as Guard (as Brendan Toomey)
as Deck Officer Green
as Guard