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Matinee Idols: Botany Bay

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring Alan Ladd James Mason with Patricia Medina Cedric Hardwicke
Unjustly convicted as a highwayman,
American medical student Hugh Tallant finds himself aboard a convict ship, at the mercy of her brutal captain, bound for
Botany Bay, in this adventure story set in the 1780s.
Screenplay by JONATHAN LATIMER From the novel by CHARLES NORDHOFF and JAMES NORMAN HALL Produced by JOSEPH SISTROM Directed by JOHN FARROW
* FILMS: page 16

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Ladd
Unknown:
James Mason
Unknown:
Patricia Medina
Unknown:
Cedric Hardwicke
Unknown:
Hugh Tallant
Unknown:
Jonathan Latimer
Novel By:
Charles Nordhoff
Novel By:
James Norman
Produced By:
Joseph Sistrom
Directed By:
John Farrow
Hugh Tallant:
Alan Ladd
Capt Gilbert:
James Mason
Sally Munroe:
Patricia Medina
Governor Phillip:
Cedric Hardwicke
Rev Mortimer Thynne:
Murray Matheson
Nick Sabb:
Malcolm Lee Beggs
Tom Oakley:
Jonathan Harris
Second Mate Spencer:
Noel Drayton
Mrs Garth:
Dorothy Patten
Nat Garth:
John Hardy
Inching:
Hugh Pryse
Moll Cudlipp:
Anita Bolster
Source: Radio Times

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