Botany Bay (1953)
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Synopsis of Botany Bay
Framed for robbery, 18th century medical student Alan Ladd is sentenced to a New South Wales penal colony. En route to the prison, Ladd is tormented by sadistic ship's captain James Mason, while Mason's beloved Patricia Medina takes a fancy to the new prisoner. Once at the colony, Ladd is befriended by governor Sir Cedric Hardwicke, since the populace is in desperate need of a qualified physician. Mason's efforts to continue persecuting Ladd are foiled when Mason is killed by a group of disgruntled aborigines. Though it sounds a lot like Captain Blood, Botany Bay was based on a novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall (of Mutiny on the Bounty fame). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Botany Bay
- Alan Ladd - Hugh Tallant
- Patricia Medina - Sally Monroe
- Murray Matheson - Rev.Thynne
- John Hardy - Nat Garth
- Malcolm Lee Beggs - Nick Sabb
- Jonathan Harris - Tom Oakly
- Noel Drayton - 3rd Mate Spencer
- Ben Wright - lst Mate Green
- Bruce Payne - Doctor
- James Mason - Capt. Paul Gilbert
- Cedric Hardwicke - Gov. Phillips
- Dorothy Patten - Mrs. Nellie Garth
- Hugh Pryse - Ned Inching
- Anita Bolster - Moll Cudlip
- Alec Harford - Jenkins
- Branden Toomey - Guard
- Patrick Aherne - Bo's'n's Mate
- Harry Martin - Sailor
- Director(s):
- John Farrow
- Writer(s):
- Jonathan Latimer
- Producer(s):
- Joseph Sistrom
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