The Spanish Main

Oct 1, 1945

1h 40m

★ 6.3

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

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.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Capt. Laurent Van Horn

Paul Henreid

Contessa Francesca

Maureen O'Hara

Don Juan Alvarado

Walter Slezak

Anne Bonney

Binnie Barnes

Mario Du Billar

John Emery

Capt. Benjamin Black

Barton MacLane

Pillery Gow

J.M. Kerrigan

Bishop

Fritz Leiber

Lupita

Nancy Gates

Lt. Escobar

Jack La Rue

Erik Swaine

Mike Mazurki

Captain Lussan

Ian Keith

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