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.
Unfortunately the movie Botany Bay is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | John Farrow | Director |
| Writing | Jonathan Latimer | Screenplay |
| Writing | James Norman Hall | Novel |
| Writing | Charles Nordhoff | Novel |
| Production | Joseph Sistrom | Producer |
| Art | J. McMillan Johnson | Art Direction |
| Camera | John F. Seitz | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Alma Macrorie | Editor |
| Art | Ross Dowd | Set Decoration |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Wood | Costume Design |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Sound | John Cope | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Hugo Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
