Film

Botany Bay

1952 · 1h 33m · Adventure · Romance · Action

SAVAGE as the Great Continent They Invaded!

IMDb

6.1

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.

Alan Ladd

Hugh Tallant

James Mason

Capt. Paul Gilbert

Patricia Medina

Sally Munroe

Cedric Hardwicke

Gov. Phillip

Murray Matheson

Rev. Mortimer Thynne

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)

Jonathan Harris

Tom Oakly

Hugh Pryse

Ned Inching

Dorothy Patten

Mrs. Nellie Garth

John Hardy

Nat Garth

Malcolm Lee Beggs

Nick Sabb

Alec Harford

Brig-keeper Jenkins

Noel Drayton

Second Mate Spencer

Brandon Toomey

Guard (as Brendan Toomey)

Ben Wright

Deck Officer Green

Patrick Whyte

Guard

• John FarrowDirector
• Jonathan LatimerScreenplay
• James Norman HallNovel
• Charles NordhoffNovel
• Joseph SistromProducer
• John F. SeitzDirector of Photography
• Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
• Alma MacrorieEditor

Release date

December 26, 1952

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

NR

Genres

Adventure, Romance, Action

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