Bridges, an American sailor, is wrongly sent into the penal colonies of Australia during the 19th century after a guilty charge is passed on him for a crime he did not commit. The penal colony is a cruel place, and Bridges and fellow prisoner Booth plan on escaping. But what they will do when they finally get free differs wildly, creating tension and danger between the two., Beau Bridges, Jane Merrow and John Mills in a tale of pioneer Australia, filmed on location. James Booth. O’Shea: Andrew Keir. Duchess: Tracy Reed. Barrett: Peter O’Shaughnessy. Croyden: John Warwick. Muir: Harry Lawrence. Directed by Philip Leacock.