The Spanish Main (1945)
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.
Director:
Frank Borzage
Writers:
George Worthing Yates, Herman J. Mankiewicz.
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Paul Henreid as Capt. Laurent Van Horn |
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Maureen O'Hara as Contessa Francesca |
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Walter Slezak as Don Juan Alvarado |
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Binnie Barnes as Anne Bonney |
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John Emery as Mario Du Billar |
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Barton MacLane as Capt. Benjamin Black |
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J.M. Kerrigan as Pillery Gow |
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Fritz Leiber as Bishop |
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Nancy Gates as Lupita |
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Jack La Rue as Lt. Escobar |
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Mike Mazurki as Erik Swaine |
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Ian Keith as Captain Lussan |
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Victor Kilian as Santa Madre Captain |
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Curt Bois as Paree |
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Antonio Moreno as Commandante |
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John George as Pirate (uncredited) |
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Leo Schlesinger as Spanish Guard |
| Writing | Æneas MacKenzie | Original Story |
| Writing | George Worthing Yates | Screenplay |
| Directing | Frank Borzage | Director |
| Writing | Herman J. Mankiewicz | Screenplay |
| Sound | Hanns Eisler | Music |
| Camera | George Barnes | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mel Berns | Makeup Department Head |
| Art | Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Art | Carroll Clark | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edward Stevenson | Costume Design |
| Production | Frank Borzage | Producer |
| Art | Claude E. Carpenter | Set Decoration |
| Art | Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Lew Borzage | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Ralph Dawson | Editor |
| Crew | Vernon L. Walker | Special Effects |
| Directing | B. Reeves Eason | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | C. Bakaleinikoff | Music Director |
| Production | Robert Fellows | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Natalie Kalmus | Other |
| Production | Stephen Ames | Associate Producer |
| Sound | James G. Stewart | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Morgan Padelford | Other |
| Sound | John E. Tribby | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Fred Ellis | Technical Advisor |
