AdventureRomanceAction
Botany Bay
“SAVAGE as the Great Continent They Invaded!”
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.
Directed by John Farrow
66
User score
24 votes
Status
Released
Released
December 26, 1952
Runtime
1h 33m
Language
English
Top cast
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
