Summary Adam (Beau Bridges) is a young American wrongly accused of being an accomplice to murder while on shore leave in Liverpool. He is sentenced to death by hanging, but the sentence is commuted to twenty years in a convict settlement in Australia. The Governor of the colony, Sir Philip MacDonald (Sir John Mills), has a scheme in mind to settle Australia by allowing convicts to marry and by giving them land, and Adam is the perfect choice to prove his scheme is viable. He is partnered with Bess (Jane Merrow), a young Irish lass, and together they endure the hardships of the Australian outback. View more details
Directed : Philip Leacock
Written : Lowell Barrington Richard Fielder
Stars : Beau Bridges James Booth John Mills Jane Merrow
Genres : Drama Western
Release date : Apr 1, 1970
Countries of origin : Australia
Language : English
Filming locations : Shoalhaven River, New South Wales, Australia
Production companies : SBP Films
Summary Adam (Beau Bridges) is a young American wrongly accused of being an accomplice to murder while on shore leave in Liverpool. He is sentenced to death by hanging, but the sentence is commuted to twenty years in a convict settlement in Australia. The Governor of the colony, Sir Philip MacDonald (Sir John Mills), has a scheme in mind to settle Australia by allowing convicts to marry and by giving them land, and Adam is the perfect choice to prove his scheme is viable. He is partnered with Bess (Jane Merrow), a young Irish lass, and together they endure the hardships of the Australian outback. View more details
Genres : Drama Western
Release date : Apr 1, 1970
Countries of origin : Australia
Language : English
Filming locations : Shoalhaven River, New South Wales, Australia
Production companies : SBP Films
