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Botany Bay
Film / 1952

Botany Bay

Directed by John Farrow
AdventureRomanceAction

★ 6.6/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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

Alan LaddHugh Tallant James MasonCapt. Paul Gilbert Patricia MedinaSally Munroe Cedric HardwickeGov. Phillip Murray MathesonRev. Mortimer Thynne Anita Sharp-BolsterMoll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster) Jonathan HarrisTom Oakly Hugh PryseNed Inching Dorothy PattenMrs. Nellie Garth John HardyNat Garth Malcolm Lee BeggsNick Sabb Alec HarfordBrig-keeper Jenkins
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Noel DraytonSecond Mate Spencer Brandon ToomeyGuard (as Brendan Toomey) Ben WrightDeck Officer Green Patrick WhyteGuard

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