72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The Spanish Main / THE SPANISH MAIN

Frank Borzage
     101 m.
Synopsis
When Dutch Captain Van Horn's ship runs aground just off the coast of Cartagena de Indias, Spanish viceroy Don Alvarado issues orders that the survivors be thrown into jail. Van Horn escapes, becoming a pirate nicknamed ?Barracuda? and kidnapping Francesca, daughter of the Mexican viceroy and fiancée of Don Alvarado. Fear of retaliation leads the ?Pirates' Council? to return the girl, but she is already smitten by the pirate, who unhesitatingly dashes to her rescue.
Director
Frank Borzage
Screenplay
George Worthington Yates, Herman J. Mankiewicz
Photography
George Barnes, (Frank Redmond)
Edition
Ralph Dawson
Music
Hanns Eisler
Cast
Paul Henreid (Laurent Van Horn), Maureen O'Hara (Doña Francisca de Guzmán y Argandora), Walter Slezak (Don Juan Alvarado de Soto), Binnie Barnes (Anne Bonney)
Running Time
101 m.
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