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Botany Bay

65 %|Dec 26, 1952|Adventure, Romance, Action

Based on the story of the start of Australia's colonisation. An American medical student is falsely convicted of robbery, with his sentence involving the torturous voyage with other prisoners to the new penal colony at Botany Bay. Because of his attempt to escape, evil Captain Gilbert decides to return him to England on charges of mutiny.

Featured Crew

John Farrow
Director
Jonathan Latimer
Screenplay
Charles Nordhoff
Novel
James Norman Hall
Novel
Joseph Sistrom
Producer
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Alma Macrorie
Editor

Cast

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Alan Ladd
Hugh Tallant
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James Mason
Capt. Paul Gilbert
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Patricia Medina
Sally Munroe
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Cedric Hardwicke
Gov. Phillip
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Murray Matheson
Rev. Mortimer Thynne
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Anita Sharp-Bolster
Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)
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Hugh Pryse
Ned Inching
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Dorothy Patten
Mrs. Nellie Garth
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John Hardy
Nat Garth
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Alec Harford
Brig-keeper Jenkins
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Noel Drayton
Second Mate Spencer
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Brandon Toomey
Guard (as Brendan Toomey)
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Ben Wright
Deck Officer Green