Botany Bay (1952)

Film details

Featuring

Alan Ladd James Mason Patricia Medina
Country

USA
Year

1952
Genre

Historical drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Story of the founding of the first white settlement in Australia. Based on the novel by Charles Nordholl and James Norman Hall. Screenplay by Jonathan Latimer

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Hugh Tallant
    
    Alan Ladd
  - Capt. Paul Gilbert
    
    James Mason
  - Sally Munroe
    
    Patricia Medina
  - Governor Phillip
    
    Cedric Hardwicke
  - Rev. Mortimer Thynne
    
    Murray Matheson
  - Nick Sabb
    
    Malcolm Lee Beggs
  - Spencer
    
    Noel Drayton
  - Tom Oakley
    
    Jonathan Harris
  - Mrs. Garth
    
    Dorothy Patten
  - Nat Garth
    
    John Hardy
  - [cast]
    
    Alec Harford
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    John Farrow
  - Production Company
    
    Paramount Pictures
  - Producer
    
    Joseph Sistrom
  - Script
    
    Jonathan Latimer
  - Original novel
    
    Charles Nordhoff
  - Original novel
    
    James Norman Hall
  - Photography
    
    John F. Seitz
  - Editor
    
    Alma Macrorie
  - Art Director
    
    Hal Pereira
  - Art Director
    
    Joseph McMillan Johnson
  - Music
    
    Franz Waxman

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Botany Bay (1952)

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Credits

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