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The Spanish Main
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.
The Spanish Main
Rating
6.2/10
Release Date
1945-10-01
Runtime
100 minutes
Status
Released
Cast
![Paul Henreid](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FkqlDSharpQjqeNVS5BZkqqJl3ZF.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Paul Henreid
Capt. Laurent Van Horn
![Maureen O'Hara](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FcZ9paCScbYICu1J3jv7cQwiQauH.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Maureen O'Hara
Contessa Francesca
![Walter Slezak](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FilVLhrlP21zvzfQ02vc5Lnj1O64.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Walter Slezak
Don Juan Alvarado
![Binnie Barnes](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FvenfbwUiANzQyyNSWRE7II7PKPq.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Binnie Barnes
Anne Bonney
![John Emery](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FkuzWbz3ACuW8UeD5CX90uSjMdYn.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
John Emery
Mario Du Billar
![Barton MacLane](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F5lrfsloSoznUSZWf9NYywYRLtDW.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Barton MacLane
Capt. Benjamin Black
![J.M. Kerrigan](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F2AE4lldtdkQEEcRl647xlMTpvD8.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
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Pillery Gow
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Fritz Leiber
Bishop
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Nancy Gates
Lupita
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Jack La Rue
Lt. Escobar
![Mike Mazurki](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FpqvD7JIIJ6NbzbnpvUmDWI63T39.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Mike Mazurki
Erik Swaine
![Ian Keith](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FnaYkm9Y17y0CYjW26ZoH8tEcLSG.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Ian Keith
Captain Lussan
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