Botany Bay (film)
| Botany Bay | |
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| Directed by | John Farrow |
| Written by | Jonathan Latimer |
| Based on | novel by Charles Nordhoff James Norman Hall |
| Produced by | Joseph Sistrom |
| Starring | Alan Ladd James Mason Patricia Medina Cedric Hardwicke |
| Cinematography | John F. Seitz |
| Edited by | Alma Macrorie |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.9 million (US) |
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.
While the story includes characters loosely based on real figures (Gilbert and Phillips) and the ship Charlotte, it is a largely fictional telling of the First Fleet's arrival in Australia in 1788.