The Spanish Main

The Spanish Main (1945)

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

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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  • Release Date: 1945-10-01
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Director: Frank Borzage

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Cast

  • Paul Henreid

    Capt. Laurent Van Horn

  • Maureen O'Hara

    Contessa Francesca

  • Walter Slezak

    Don Juan Alvarado

  • Binnie Barnes

    Anne Bonney

  • John Emery

    Mario Du Billar

  • Barton MacLane

    Capt. Benjamin Black

  • J.M. Kerrigan

    Pillery Gow

  • Fritz Leiber

    Bishop

  • Nancy Gates

    Lupita

  • Jack La Rue

    Lt. Escobar

  • Mike Mazurki

    Erik Swaine

  • Ian Keith

    Captain Lussan

  • Victor Kilian

    Santa Madre Captain

  • Curt Bois

    Paree

  • Antonio Moreno

    Commandante

  • John George

    Pirate (uncredited)

  • Leo Schlesinger

    Spanish Guard

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