The Spanish Main (1945)
Directed by Frank Borzage · 100 min · Adventure, Drama, Romance
8.1 TOPICAL score · #5,811 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The Spanish Main (1945, directed by Frank Borzage) has a TOPICAL score of 8.1 - ranked 5,811 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and audience, and lowest on cast. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 6.5/10 (35 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 12 languages.
Why this score
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- AudienceTMDB 6.5/10 (35 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 12 languages
- Still read2,149 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Paul Henreid (actor #898), Maureen O'Hara (actor #526), Walter Slezak (actor #1,801), Binnie Barnes (actor #1,945)