Botany Bay (1953)

  • NR
  • 10/07/1953 (US)
  • Adventure, Action, Romance
  • 1h 33m

SAVAGE as the Great Continent They Invaded!

Overview

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.

James Norman Hall

Novel

Jonathan Latimer

Screenplay

John Farrow

Director

Charles Nordhoff

Novel

Cast

Alan Ladd's headshot

Alan Ladd

Hugh Tallant
James Mason's headshot

James Mason

Capt. Paul Gilbert
Patricia Medina's headshot

Patricia Medina

Sally Munroe
Cedric Hardwicke's headshot

Cedric Hardwicke

Gov. Phillip
Murray Matheson's headshot

Murray Matheson

Rev. Mortimer Thynne
Anita Sharp-Bolster's headshot

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)
Jonathan Harris's headshot

Jonathan Harris

Tom Oakly
Hugh Pryse's headshot

Hugh Pryse

Ned Inching

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