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Botany Bay

"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."

Cast

30510

Alan Ladd

as Hugh Tallant

2091

James Mason

as Capt. Paul Gilbert

105733

Patricia Medina

as Sally Munroe

99461

Cedric Hardwicke

as Gov. Phillip

138179

Murray Matheson

as Rev. Mortimer Thynne

98495

Anita Sharp-Bolster

as Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)

123037

Jonathan Harris

as Tom Oakly

133245

Hugh Pryse

as Ned Inching

1185748

Dorothy Patten

as Mrs. Nellie Garth

2181968

John Hardy

as Nat Garth

114265

Malcolm Lee Beggs

as Nick Sabb

1353601

Alec Harford

as Brig-keeper Jenkins

96739

Noel Drayton

as Second Mate Spencer

2181969

Brandon Toomey

as Guard (as Brendan Toomey)

71781

Ben Wright

as Deck Officer Green

151895

Patrick Whyte

as Guard

Crew

50300

John Farrow

Director

81286

Jonathan Latimer

Screenplay

72064

Charles Nordhoff

Novel

72065

James Norman Hall

Novel

3450

Joseph Sistrom

Producer

8619

Franz Waxman

Original Music Composer

8620

John F. Seitz

Director of Photography

68645

Alma Macrorie

Editor

5187

J. McMillan Johnson

Art Direction

5188

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

7687

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

224395

Ross Dowd

Set Decoration

417597

Yvonne Wood

Costume Design

7689

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

8627

John Cope

Sound Recordist

1533682

Hugo Grenzbach

Sound Recordist