The Spanish Main

The Spanish Main

Loving her . . . taming her . . . called for all his reckless daring!

1945 en 100 minutes

Rating: 6.3

Plot

Laurent van Horn is the leader of a band of Dutch refugees on a ship seeking freedom in the Carolinas, when the ship is wrecked on the coast of Cartagene, governed by Don Juan Alvardo, a Spanish ruler. Alvarado has Laurent thrown in prison, but the latter escapes, and five-years later is a pirate leader. He poses as the navigator on a ship in which Contessa Francesca, daughter of a Mexican noble, is traveling on her way to marry Alvarado, whom she has never seen. Laurent's pirates capture the ship and Francesca, in order to save another ship, gives her hand-in-marriage to Laurent, who sails her to the pirate hideout. This irks his jealous pirate comrades Anne Bonney and Captain Benjamin Black. They overpower Laurent and send Francesca to Alvarado, and then Mario du Billar, a trusted right-hand man, makes a deal to deliver Laurent to Alvarado.

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Cast

Paul Henreid

Paul Henreid

Capt. Laurent Van Horn

Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara

Contessa Francesca

Walter Slezak

Walter Slezak

Don Juan Alvarado

Binnie Barnes

Binnie Barnes

Anne Bonney

John Emery

John Emery

Mario Du Billar

Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane

Capt. Benjamin Black

J.M. Kerrigan

J.M. Kerrigan

Pillery Gow

Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber

Bishop

Nancy Gates

Nancy Gates

Lupita

Jack La Rue

Jack La Rue

Lt. Escobar

Mike Mazurki

Mike Mazurki

Erik Swaine

Ian Keith

Ian Keith

Captain Lussan

Victor Kilian

Victor Kilian

Santa Madre Captain

Curt Bois

Curt Bois

Paree

Antonio Moreno

Antonio Moreno

Commandante

John George

John George

Pirate (uncredited)

Leo Schlesinger

Leo Schlesinger

Spanish Guard

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