---
title: 'Botany Bay (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Farrow'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/botany-bay-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045574/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Botany Bay (1953)

1953 · 94 min · Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

Botany Bay is a 1953 American adventure film directed by John Farrow and starring Alan Ladd, James Mason and Patricia Medina. It was based on a novel of the same name by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Farrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-farrow)
- **Screenplay:** [Jonathan Latimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-latimer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-waxman)
- **Producer:** [Joseph Sistrom](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-sistrom)
- **Director of Photography:** [John F. Seitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-f-seitz)
- **Editor:** [Alma Macrorie](https://cinepixo.com/people/alma-macrorie)

## Cast

- [Ben Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-wright) as deck officer Green
- [Sean McClory](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-mcclory)
- [Cedric Hardwicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/cedric-hardwicke) as Arthur Phillip
- [Jonathan Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-harris) as Tom Oakly
- [Murray Matheson](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-matheson) as Rev. Mortimer Thynne
- [Alan Ladd](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-ladd) as Hugh Tallant
- [Patricia Medina](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-medina) as Sally
- [Anita Sharp-Bolster](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-sharp-bolster) as Moll Cudlip
- [Malcolm Lee Beggs](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-lee-beggs) as Nick Sabb
- [Noel Drayton](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-drayton) as first mate Spencer
- [Frank Hagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-hagney)
- [Gilchrist Stuart](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilchrist-stuart) as Marin
- [James Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mason) as Thomas Gilbert
- [Skelton Knaggs](https://cinepixo.com/people/skelton-knaggs) as prisoner at Newgate
- [John Hardy](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hardy-2) as Nat Garth

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/botany-bay-1953
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