Based on the story of Australia's colonization, this atmospheric drama stars Alan Ladd as Hugh Tallant, an American medical student falsely convicted of robbery and sent on a torturous voyage with other prisoners to the penal colony at Botany Bay. Because of his attempt to escape, evil Captain Gilbert decides to return him to England on charges of mutiny.
| Directing | John Farrow | Director |
| Writing | Jonathan Latimer | Screenplay |
| Writing | Charles Nordhoff | Novel |
| Writing | James Norman Hall | Novel |
| Production | Joseph Sistrom | Producer |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | John F. Seitz | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Alma Macrorie | Editor |
| Art | J. McMillan Johnson | Art Direction |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Art | Ross Dowd | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Wood | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Sound | John Cope | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Hugo Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
