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The Spanish Main

1945 · 100 min

A lush, old-fashioned swashbuckler that sweeps you along with swordfights, sea battles, and a fiery romance in glorious Technicolor.

Tagline
Loving her . . . taming her . . . called for all his reckless daring!
Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • freedom
  • betrayal
  • justice
  • survival
Places
  • sea
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror1
Humour4
Realism3
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
adventure, drama, romance
Directed by
Frank Borzage
Written by
Herman J. Mankiewicz, George Worthing Yates
Starring
Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Binnie Barnes, John Emery, Barton MacLane, J.M. Kerrigan, Fritz Leiber
Cinematography
George Barnes
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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