The Spanish Main

The Spanish Main
Directed by	Frank Borzage
Produced by	Frank Borzage (uncredited) Robert Fellows (executive producer) Stephen Ames (associate producer)
Written by	Aeneas MacKenzie (story) George Worthing Yates Herman J. Mankiewicz
Starring	Maureen O'Hara Paul Henreid Walter Slezak Binnie Barnes
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s)	10 September 1945
Running time	100 min.
Language	English

This article is about the film. For the Caribbean coast, see Spanish Main.

The Spanish Main (1945) 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 largely forgotten today, despite occasional airings on cable stations such as Turner Classic Movies.

Plot

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. They capture Francisca Alvarado (O'Hara) who has been arranged to marry the corrupt governor (Slezak). Over time Francisca and Van Horn become attracted to each other and must set out to defeat villainous local politicians and treacherous pirates. The film also includes the character Anne Bonny (Barnes), in a fictionalized account of a real-life cross-dressing female pirate (see List of female pirates).

Principal cast

Maureen O'Hara as Francisca Alvarado
Paul Henreid as Laurent Van Horn
Walter Slezak as Don Alvarado
Binnie Barnes as Anne Bonny
John Emery as Du Billar
Barton MacLane as Capt. Black

External links

The Spanish Main at the Internet Movie Database

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