Adam's Woman

Beau Bridges and Sir John Mills star in this drama set in the 1840s, when Australia was a penal colony for the British Empire. Beau Bridges plays wrongly convicted Adam, who endures brutal treatment, escapes, and is recaptured. After a reform-minded warden offers him a fresh start in life, Adam and his new wife (Jane Merrow) must fend off a group of scurrilous ex-prisoners headed by Adam's onetime cellmate (James Booth). Beau Bridges and Sir John Mills star in this drama set in the 1840s, when Australia was a penal colony for the British Empire. Beau Bridges plays wrongly convicted Adam, who endures brutal treatment, escapes, and is recaptured. After a reform-minded warden offers him a fresh start in life, Adam and his new wife (Jane Merrow) must fend off a group of scurrilous ex-prisoners headed by Adam's onetime cellmate (James Booth).