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The Spanish Main is a american film of genre Drama directed by Frank Borzage released in USA on 1 october 1945 with Paul Henreid
The Spanish Main (1945)
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Add to a movie listThe Spanish Main (1945) is an 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 Academy Award 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.
Synopsis
Dutch sea captain Laurent van Horn (Henreid) is shipwrecked off the coast of the Spanish settlement of Cartagena. After being held and sentenced to death, van Horn and his crew manage to escape. Five years later, van Horn has established himself as the mysterious pirate known only by the name of his ship: The Barracuda. After infiltrating the vessel ferrying her to her wedding, they capture Francisca Alvarado (O'Hara) who has been arranged to marry the corrupt governor (Slezak). Wishing to avoid further bloodshed aboard the escort ship, Francisca offers to marry van Horn if he will spare the escort, to which he agrees. Over time Francisca and van Horn become attracted to each other and set out to defeat the villainous governor Don Juan Alvarado and treacherous pirates Du Billar and Capt.Actors
Paul Henreid
(Capt. Laurent Van Horn)
Maureen O'Hara
(Contessa Francesca)
Walter Slezak
(Don Juan Alvarado)
Binnie Barnes
(Anne Bonney)
John Emery
(Mario Du Billar)
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