Botany Bay

Botany Bay

93 mins | Action, Adventure, Romance | Dec. 26, 1952

Based on the story of Australia's colonization, this atmospheric drama stars Alan Ladd as Hugh Tallant, an American medical student falsely convicted of robbery and sent on a torturous voyage with other prisoners to the penal colony at Botany Bay. Because of his attempt to escape, evil Captain Gilbert decides to return him to England on charges of mutiny.

Botany Bay

93 mins | Action, Adventure, Romance | Dec. 26, 1952

Botany Bay
Based on the story of Australia's colonization, this atmospheric drama stars Alan Ladd as Hugh Tallant, an American medical student falsely convicted of robbery and sent on a torturous voyage with other prisoners to the penal colony at Botany Bay. Because of his attempt to escape, evil Captain Gilbert decides to return him to England on charges of mutiny.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Paramount
Original title Botany Bay
Directors John Farrow
Writers Jonathan Latimer, James Norman Hall, Charles Nordhoff

Cast

Alan Ladd

as Hugh Tallant

James Mason

as Capt. Paul Gilbert

Patricia Medina

as Sally Munroe

Cedric Hardwicke

as Gov. Phillip

Murray Matheson

as Rev. Mortimer Thynne

Anita Sharp-Bolster

as Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)

Jonathan Harris

as Tom Oakly

Hugh Pryse

as Ned Inching

Dorothy Patten

as Mrs. Nellie Garth

John Hardy

as Nat Garth

Malcolm Lee Beggs

as Nick Sabb

Alec Harford

as Brig-keeper Jenkins

Noel Drayton

as Second Mate Spencer

Brandon Toomey

as Guard (as Brendan Toomey)

Ben Wright

as Deck Officer Green