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The Spanish Main

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  • 1945
  • 1 hr 40 mins
  • Action & Adventure, Drama
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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 Spanish ruler Don Juan Alvardo. 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 the jealous Anne Bonney and, also, Captain Benjamin Black, who was already irked. They overpower Laurent and send Francesca to Alvarado, and then Mario du Billar, trusted right-hand man, makes a deal to deliver Laurent to Alvarado too.

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Cast & Crew See All

Paul Henreid
Capt. Laurent Van Horn
Maureen O'Hara
Contessa Francesca
Walter Slezak
Don Juan Alvarado

Awards

  • 1946 - Oscar - Best Cinematography, Color - nominated

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