Botany Bay

6.5

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.

Discover

Alan Ladd

Hugh Tallant

James Mason

Capt. Paul Gilbert

Patricia Medina

Sally Munroe

Cedric Hardwicke

Gov. Phillip

Murray Matheson

Rev. Mortimer Thynne

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)

Jonathan Harris

Tom Oakly

Hugh Pryse

Ned Inching

Dorothy Patten

Mrs. Nellie Garth

John Hardy

Nat Garth

Malcolm Lee Beggs

Nick Sabb

Alec Harford

Brig-keeper Jenkins

Noel Drayton

Second Mate Spencer

Brandon Toomey

Guard (as Brendan Toomey)

Ben Wright

Deck Officer Green

Patrick Whyte

Guard

Art

J. McMillan Johnson

Art Direction

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Ross Dowd

Set Decoration

Camera

John F. Seitz

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Yvonne Wood

Costume Design

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Directing

John Farrow

Director

Editing

Alma Macrorie

Editor

Production

Joseph Sistrom

Producer

Sound

Franz Waxman

Original Music Composer

John Cope

Sound Recordist

Hugo Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

Writing

Jonathan Latimer

Screenplay

Charles Nordhoff

Novel

James Norman Hall

Novel

Art

J. McMillan Johnson

Art Direction

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Ross Dowd

Set Decoration

Camera

John F. Seitz

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Yvonne Wood

Costume Design

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Directing

John Farrow

Director

Editing

Alma Macrorie

Editor

Production

Joseph Sistrom

Producer

Sound

Franz Waxman

Original Music Composer

John Cope

Sound Recordist

Hugo Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

Writing

Jonathan Latimer

Screenplay

Charles Nordhoff

Novel

James Norman Hall

Novel