Botany Bay
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.
John Farrow
Casts & Crew
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
Also Directed by John Farrow
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