The Spanish Main

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

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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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Creators

Frank Borzage

director

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Æneas MacKenzie

writer

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George Worthing Yates

writer

Herman J. Mankiewicz

writer

Cast

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Paul Henreid actor Maureen O'Hara actor Walter Slezak actor

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Binnie Barnes actor

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John Emery actor Barton MacLane actor

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J. M. Kerrigan actor Fritz Leiber actor

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Nancy Gates actor

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Jack La Rue actor Mike Mazurki actor

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Ian Keith actor Victor Kilian actor Curt Bois actor Antonio Moreno actor

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John George actor

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Leo Schlesinger actor