The Spanish Main

The Spanish Main (1945)

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

  • Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1945-10-01
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 28 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Frank Borzage
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Summary

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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  • Paul Henreid

    as Capt. Laurent Van Horn
  • Maureen O'Hara

    as Contessa Francesca
  • Walter Slezak

    as Don Juan Alvarado
  • Binnie Barnes

    as Anne Bonney
  • John Emery

    as Mario Du Billar
  • Barton MacLane

    as Capt. Benjamin Black
  • J.M. Kerrigan

    as Pillery Gow
  • Fritz Leiber

    as Bishop
  • Nancy Gates

    as Lupita
  • Jack La Rue

    as Lt. Escobar
  • Mike Mazurki

    as Erik Swaine
  • Ian Keith

    as Captain Lussan
  • Victor Kilian

    as Santa Madre Captain
  • Curt Bois

    as Paree
  • Antonio Moreno

    as Commandante
  • John George

    as Pirate (uncredited)
  • Leo Schlesinger

    as Spanish Guard
Directing Frank Borzage Director
Writing Æneas MacKenzie Original Story
Writing George Worthing Yates Screenplay
Writing Herman J. Mankiewicz Screenplay
Camera George Barnes Director of Photography
Sound Hanns Eisler Music
Costume & Make-Up Mel Berns Makeup Department Head
Costume & Make-Up Edward Stevenson Costume Design
Art Carroll Clark Art Direction
Art Darrell Silvera Set Decoration
Editing Ralph Dawson Editor
Art Claude E. Carpenter Set Decoration
Production Frank Borzage Producer
Art Albert S. D'Agostino Art Direction
Directing Lew Borzage Assistant Director
Camera Natalie Kalmus Other
Sound C. Bakaleinikoff Music Director
Sound James G. Stewart Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Production Stephen Ames Associate Producer
Production Robert Fellows Executive Producer
Camera Morgan Padelford Other
Sound John E. Tribby Sound Recordist
Directing B. Reeves Eason Second Unit Director
Crew Fred Ellis Technical Advisor
Crew Vernon L. Walker Special Effects

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