The Spanish Main (1945)

The Spanish Main (1945)

Loving her . . . taming her . . . called for all his reckless daring! 1945-10-01 United States of America 100 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Paul Henreid is Capt. Laurent Van Horn
Capt. Laurent Van Horn
Maureen O'Hara is Contessa Francesca
Contessa Francesca
Walter Slezak is Don Juan Alvarado
Don Juan Alvarado
Binnie Barnes is Anne Bonney
Anne Bonney
John Emery is Mario Du Billar
Mario Du Billar
Barton MacLane is Capt. Benjamin Black
Capt. Benjamin Black
J.M. Kerrigan is Pillery Gow
Pillery Gow
Fritz Leiber is Bishop
Nancy Gates is Lupita
Jack La Rue is Lt. Escobar
Lt. Escobar
Mike Mazurki is Erik Swaine
Erik Swaine
Ian Keith is Captain Lussan
Captain Lussan