The Spanish Main

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Paul Henreid

Capt. Laurent Van Horn

Age : 84 | Popularity : 8%

Maureen O'Hara

Contessa Francesca

Age : 95 | Popularity : 9%

Walter Slezak

Don Juan Alvarado

Age : 80 | Popularity : 8%

Binnie Barnes

Anne Bonney

Age : 95 | Popularity : 12%

John Emery

Mario Du Billar

Age : 59 | Popularity : 3%

Barton MacLane

Capt. Benjamin Black

Age : 66 | Popularity : 9%

J. M. Kerrigan

Pillery Gow

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Fritz Leiber

Bishop

Age : 67 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

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

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