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Botany Bay
RELEASED • 1952 • ADVENTURE • ACTION • ROMANCE
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Original
movie
Rating
3
Language
English
Runtime
93m
Popularity
Trending Up
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.
Cast
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Alan Ladd
Hugh Tallant
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8iun5pwVh2hBRJ1Nq51mys39Dy1.jpg)
James Mason
Capt. Paul Gilbert
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/tH6zmMmVCj2pfnUSnTepEpyvc0B.jpg)
Patricia Medina
Sally Munroe
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ypNZBNKlCibI0KsI3GQ1G0xJsQB.jpg)
Cedric Hardwicke
Gov. Phillip
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/cYaP4ycpqPxifdZxQyXMpWHZitv.jpg)
Murray Matheson
Rev. Mortimer Thynne
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5TXokT8kg57VTYciarbCOgN56p.jpg)
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ieLNe2cBJTJ2Aeb3QAXVp6w1sKu.jpg)
Jonathan Harris
Tom Oakly
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oxmwg2Hmy72ErfuRQsfqjuzJkgZ.jpg)
Hugh Pryse
Ned Inching
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Dorothy Patten
Mrs. Nellie Garth
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John Hardy
Nat Garth
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