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Botany Bay (1952)
Directed by John Farrow
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 93 minutes
Actors
Alan Ladd | James Mason | Patricia Medina | Cedric Hardwicke | Murray Matheson | Anita Sharp-Bolster | Jonathan Harris | Hugh Pryse | Dorothy Patten | John Hardy | Malcolm Lee Beggs | Alec Harford | Noel Drayton | Brandon Toomey | Ben Wright | Patrick Whyte