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26/12/1952 Adventure, Romance, Action 1h 33m
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SAVAGE as the Great Continent They Invaded!

Overview

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.

  1. John Farrow

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Alan Ladd

    Hugh Tallant

  2. James Mason

    Capt. Paul Gilbert

  3. Patricia Medina

    Sally Munroe

  4. Cedric Hardwicke

    Gov. Phillip

  5. Murray Matheson

    Rev. Mortimer Thynne

  6. Anita Sharp-Bolster

    Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)

  7. Jonathan Harris

    Tom Oakly

  8. Hugh Pryse

    Ned Inching

  9. Dorothy Patten

    Mrs. Nellie Garth

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-17
Following the death of his parents from the plague, American “Tallant” (Alan Ladd) came back to the mother country only to get embroiled with a crooked inheritance agent and find himself found guilty of stealing his own cash! Transportation was the order of the day, so he is imprisoned in the ship of “Capt. Gilbert” (James Mason) and off they set on the eight month voyage to New South Wales. En route, it soon appears that “Gilbert” might have learned the arts of seamanship from Captain Bligh, so when the decent young “Tallant” falls in with the enigmatic “Sally” (Patricia M...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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