The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adventures, loves and excess was largely played out in front of the camera - either making movies or filling the newsreels and gossip magazines. Tragically he was dead from the effects of drugs and alcohol by the time he was only 50 & the myths live on. But there is another side of Flynn that is less well known - his ambitions to be a serious writer and newspaper correspondent, his documentary films and his interest in the Spanish Civil War and Castro's Cuba
Durante unas vacaciones en la montaña, los Chamberlain pierden a su hija Azaria, una niña de pocos meses. La madre le cuenta a la policía que durante la noche oyó ruidos y vio cómo un dingo (un perro salvaje australiano) entraba en la tienda de campaña y se llevaba al bebé. Como, a pesar de la minuciosa búsqueda llevada a cabo por la policía, el cuerpo de la niña nunca se encontró, la madre acabó siendo acusada de asesinato.
In old New South Wales a new bunch of convicts arrives including the little convict, young Toby Nelson. Consigned to a Government farm they are subjected to the cruelty of Sergeant Billy Langdon and Corporal Weazel Wesley. Toby escapes and flees into the Australian bush where he is saved from death by the aboriginal boy, Wahroonga. Together, with another escapee, the highwayman, Jack Doolan, and Wahroonga’s animal friends, they launch a spectacular mission to rescue the blacksmith, Big George, and Toby’s sister, Polly.
El comandante Reisman es un oficial estadounidense que se ha distinguido en la campaña de Italia, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. A pesar de ello, su mayor virtud no es la disciplina; de ahí que las relaciones con sus superiores sean más bien tensas. Sin embargo, debido a su brillante historial militar, no dudan en encargarle una misión suicida: asaltar una fortaleza nazi y matar a sus ocupantes, todos ellos altos mandos del régimen. Para ello debe someter a un duro entrenamiento a doce presidiarios.
