The Spanish Main
6.3
“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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Cast
17 people
Paul Henreid
Capt. Laurent Van Horn
Known for
Casablanca
Now, Voyager
Maureen O'Hara
Contessa Francesca
Known for
Miracle on 34th Street
The Quiet Man
Walter Slezak
Don Juan Alvarado
Known for
Lifeboat
Michael
Binnie Barnes
Anne Bonney
Known for
Holiday
The Trouble with Angels
John Emery
Mario Du Billar
Known for
Spellbound
Rocketship X-M
Barton MacLane
Capt. Benjamin Black
Known for
I Dream of Jeannie
The Maltese Falcon
J.M. Kerrigan
Pillery Gow
Known for
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Wolf Man
Fritz Leiber
Bishop
Known for
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Nancy Gates
Lupita
Known for
Comanche Station
World Without End
Jack La Rue
Lt. Escobar
Known for
A Farewell to Arms
Captains Courageous
Mike Mazurki
Erik Swaine
Known for
Some Like It Hot
Murder, My Sweet
Ian Keith
Captain Lussan
Known for
Queen Christina
Nightmare Alley
Frank Borzage Director · Herman J. Mankiewicz Screenplay George Worthing Yates Screenplay
Budget $2M · United States release October 1, 1945 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$2,000,000
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 1, 1945
Theatrical
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