Summary
Botany Bay is an American romantic film drama first released in 1953,
directed by John Farrow.
The film is based on a novel by James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff and stars Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina, Cedric Hardwicke and Murray Matheson.
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Credits
- Director: John Farrow
- Script: James Norman Hall (novel), Jonathan Latimer, Charles Nordhoff (novel)
- Photo: John F. Seitz
- Music: Franz Waxman
- Cast: Alan Ladd (Hugh Tallant), James Mason (Capt. Paul Gilbert), Patricia Medina (Sally Munroe), Cedric Hardwicke (Gov. Phillips), Murray Matheson (Rev. Mortimer Thynne), Dorothy Patten (Mrs. Nellie Garth), John Hardy (Nat Garth), Hugh Pryse (Ned Inching), Malcolm Lee Beggs (Nick Sabb), Anita Sharp-Bolster (Moll Cudlip), Jonathan Harris (Tom Oakly), Alec Harford (Brig-keeper Jenkins), Noel Drayton (Second Mate Spencer), Branden Toomey (Guard), Ben Wright (Deck Officer Green), Bruce Payne (Doctor), Harry Martin (Sailor), Patrick Aherne (Bo’s’n’s Mate), Margaret Brewster (Old Woman Prisoner), Skelton Knaggs (Newgate prisoner drawing on cell wall), Ivis Goulding (Prisoner), David Torrence (Prison governor), Keith McConnell (Longboat Guard), Patrick Whyte (Guard), Don Dunning (Helmsman), Anita Martell (Prisoner), George W. Watkins (Helmsman), Barbara Bendle (Prisoner), Gwen Caldwell (Prisoner), Bert Rumsey (Prisoner), Linad Whittman (Prisoner), Bobby Hale (Tompkins), Ivan Hayes (Sailor), Loren Brown (Sailor), Ashley Cowan (19 Year Old), Jim Davies (Marine), Leslie Denison (Convict with bandaged neck), Kay English (Prisoner), Michael Hadlow (Guard), Frank Hagney (Guard), Kenneth Hunter (Middleton), Jerry James (Naval Lieutenant), Stanley Mann (Prisoner), Sean McClory (Marine Sergeant), Eddie McLean (Marine), Bill Nind (Sailor), Tudor Owen (Warden), Walter Pietila (Sailor), Jack Raine (Governor’s Aide), Joey Ray (Marine), Philip Rock (Guard), Louise Saraydar (Prisoner), Russell Saunders (Sailor), Robert R. Stephenson (Turnkey), Gilchrist Stuart (Sailor), Basil Tellou (Sentry), John Trebach (Sailor), James Van Horn (Sailor), Helen Winston (Prisoner)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 93 min
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