Adventure ·Romance ·Action · United States of America · 1952 · 1h 33m

Botany Bay

Director

Cast

Alan Ladd as Hugh Tallant James Mason as Capt. Paul Gilbert Patricia Medina as Sally Munroe Cedric Hardwicke as Gov. Phillip Murray Matheson as Rev. Mortimer Thynne Anita Sharp-Bolster as Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)

Crew

John F. Seitz — Director of Photography Alma Macrorie — Editor Franz Waxman — Original Music Composer Jonathan Latimer — Screenplay James Norman Hall — Novel Charles Nordhoff — Novel

Tagline

SAVAGE as the Great Continent They Invaded!

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

australia ship mutiny based on novel or book convict 18th century high seas

Key Collaborators

John Farrow Director John F. Seitz Director of Photography Alma Macrorie Editor Franz Waxman Original Music Composer Jonathan Latimer Screenplay James Norman Hall Novel Charles Nordhoff Novel Joseph Sistrom Producer Yvonne Wood Costume Design

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