Movie: Botany Bay

Top 10 Billed Cast

Alan Ladd
Alan Ladd

Hugh Tallant

James Mason
James Mason

Capt. Paul Gilbert

Patricia Medina
Patricia Medina

Sally Munroe

Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke

Gov. Phillip

Murray Matheson
Murray Matheson

Rev. Mortimer Thynne

Anita Sharp-Bolster
Anita Sharp-Bolster

Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)

Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris

Tom Oakly

Hugh Pryse
Hugh Pryse

Ned Inching

Dorothy Patten
Dorothy Patten

Mrs. Nellie Garth

John Hardy
John Hardy

Nat Garth

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1952-12-26

  • Average

    6.474

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
  • Tagline

    SAVAGE as the Great Continent They Invaded!

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
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