The Spanish Main (1945)
1h 40m
Running Time
October 1, 1945Release Date
The Spanish Main (1945)
1h 40m
Running Time
October 1, 1945Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Paul Henreid
Capt. Laurent Van Horn
Maureen O'Hara
Contessa Francesca
Walter Slezak
Don Juan Alvarado
Binnie Barnes
Anne Bonney
John Emery
Capt. Mario Du Billar
Barton MacLane
Capt. Benjamin Black
J.M. Kerrigan
Pillery Gow
Fritz Leiber
Bishop
Nancy Gates
Lupita
Jack La Rue
Lt. Escobar
Mike Mazurki
Erik Swaine
Ian Keith
Captain Lussan
Frank Borzage
Director
George Worthing Yates
Writer
Victor Kilian
Santa Madre Captain
Curt Bois
Paree
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Writer
Antonio Moreno
Commandante
Æneas MacKenzie
Writer
John George
Pirate (uncredited)
Hanns Eisler
Composer
Leo Schlesinger
Spanish Guard
George Barnes
Cinematographer
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
Ralph Dawson
Editor
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Carroll Clark
Art Direction
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Mel Berns
Makeup Department Head
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Claude E. Carpenter
Set Decoration
James G. Stewart
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 1, 1945
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
The Spanish Main is a 1945 American adventure film starring Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak and Binnie Barnes, and directed by Frank Borzage. It was RKO's first all-Technicolor film since Becky Sharp ten years before.
Cinematographer George Barnes received an Oscar nomination for Best Color Cinematography. Though a box-office hit upon its first release, the film is chiefly remembered today for its lavish and intricate score by Hanns Eisler.