Botany Bay
6.2
“SAVAGE as the Great Continent They Invaded!”
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
16 people
Alan Ladd
Hugh Tallant
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Shane
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James Mason
Capt. Paul Gilbert
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Patricia Medina
Sally Munroe
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Cedric Hardwicke
Gov. Phillip
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Murray Matheson
Rev. Mortimer Thynne
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Anita Sharp-Bolster
Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)
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Jonathan Harris
Tom Oakly
Known for
A Bug's Life
Toy Story 2
Hugh Pryse
Ned Inching
Also in
Three Cases of Murder
Roadhouse Girl
Dorothy Patten
Mrs. Nellie Garth
John Hardy
Nat Garth
Also in
Julius Caesar
Malcolm Lee Beggs
Nick Sabb
Known for
Houdini
Alec Harford
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John Farrow Director · Jonathan Latimer Screenplay Charles Nordhoff Author
Worldwide gross $1.9M · United States release October 7, 1953 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,900,000
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · December 26, 1952
Theatrical
United States · October 7, 1953
Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 26, 1952 · Theatrical · London
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