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Botany Bay (1952)

"SAVAGE as the Great Continent They Invaded!"

6.6/10 1h 33m Dec 26, 1952
Adventure Romance Action

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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Movie Details

Original Title Botany Bay
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 1.2

Cast

Alan Ladd
Alan Ladd
Hugh Tallant
Popularity: 0.5
James Mason
James Mason
Capt. Paul Gilbert
Popularity: 0.8
Patricia Medina
Patricia Medina
Sally Munroe
Popularity: 0.4
Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke
Gov. Phillip
Popularity: 0.5
Murray Matheson
Murray Matheson
Rev. Mortimer Thynne
Popularity: 0.3
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)
Popularity: 0.1
Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris
Tom Oakly
Popularity: 0.9
Hugh Pryse
Hugh Pryse
Ned Inching
Popularity: 0.0
Dorothy Patten
Dorothy Patten
Mrs. Nellie Garth
Popularity: 0.0
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John Hardy
Nat Garth
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Malcolm Lee Beggs
Nick Sabb
Popularity: 0.1
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Alec Harford
Brig-keeper Jenkins
Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Director John Farrow
Screenplay Jonathan Latimer
Producer Joseph Sistrom
Editor Alma Macrorie

Production

Paramount Pictures
US

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Keywords

australia ship mutiny based on novel or book convict 18th century high seas

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10
Jul 17, 2025

Following the death of his parents from the plague, American “Tallant” (Alan Ladd) came back to the mother country only to get embroiled with a crooked inheritance agent and find himself found guilty of stealing his own cash! Transportation was the order of the day, so he is imprisoned in the sh ... Read more

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Details
Release Date December 26, 1952
Runtime 1h 33m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 1.2
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