Botany Bay
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.
Top Billed Cast
Alan Ladd
Hugh Tallant
James Mason
Capt. Paul Gilbert
Patricia Medina
Sally Munroe
Cedric Hardwicke
Gov. Phillip
Murray Matheson
Rev. Mortimer Thynne
Featured Crew
James Norman Hall
Novel
Jonathan Latimer
Screenplay
John Farrow
Director
Charles Nordhoff
Novel
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Joseph Sistrom
Producer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Yvonne Wood
Costume Design
Ross Dowd
Set Decoration
J. McMillan Johnson
Art Direction
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
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