Botany Bay

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Alan Ladd

Hugh Tallant

Age : 50 | Popularity : 11%

James Mason

Capt. Paul Gilbert

Age : 75 | Popularity : 13%

Patricia Medina

Sally Munroe

Age : 92 | Popularity : 6%

Cedric Hardwicke

Gov. Phillip

Age : 71 | Popularity : 10%

Murray Matheson

Rev. Mortimer Thynne

Age : 72 | Popularity : 11%

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)

Age : 89 | Popularity : 8%

Jonathan Harris

Tom Oakly

Age : 87 | Popularity : 11%

Hugh Pryse

Ned Inching

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Franz Waxman
	Sound Recordist	John Cope Hugo Grenzbach
Production	Producer	Joseph Sistrom
Art	Art Direction	J. McMillan Johnson Hal Pereira
	Set Decoration	Sam Comer Ross Dowd
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Supervisor	Wally Westmore
	Costume Design	Yvonne Wood
Camera	Director of Photography	John F. Seitz
Directing	Director	John Farrow
Editing	Editor	Alma Macrorie
Writing	Novel	Charles Nordhoff James Norman Hall
	Screenplay	Jonathan Latimer
Department	Role	Name

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