Botany Bay (1952)
1h 33m
Running Time
December 26, 1952Release Date
Botany Bay (1952)
1h 33m
Running Time
December 26, 1952Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Alan Ladd
Hugh Tallant
James Mason
Capt. Paul Gilbert
Patricia Medina
Sally Munroe
Cedric Hardwicke
Gov. Phillips
Murray Matheson
Rev. Mortimer Thynne
John Farrow
Director
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)
Jonathan Latimer
Writer
Jonathan Harris
Tom Oakly
Hugh Pryse
Ned Inching
Charles Nordhoff
Writer
James Norman Hall
Writer
Dorothy Patten
Mrs. Nellie Garth
Joseph Sistrom
Producer
John Hardy
Nat Garth
Malcolm Lee Beggs
Nick Sabb
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 26, 1952
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Botany Bay is a 1953 American adventure film directed by John Farrow and starring Alan Ladd, James Mason and Patricia Medina. It was based on a novel of the same name by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall.While the story includes characters loosely based on real figures (Gilbert and Phillips) and the ship Charlotte, it is a largely fictional telling of the First Fleet's arrival in Australia in 1788.