Botany Bay

Name: Botany Bay
Cast: Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina, Cedric Hardwicke, Murray Matheson

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: John FarrowWriter: Jonathan LatimerProducer: Joseph Sistrom

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)

Jonathan Harris

as Tom Oakly

Hugh Pryse

as Ned Inching

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