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.
Directed by Frank Borzage
cannon
swordplay
arranged marriage
pirate gang
beautiful woman
pirate
cannonball
double cross
swashbuckler
caribbean sea
sword duel
sea battle
pirate ship
forced marriage
galleon
corrupt governor
female pirate
tortuga
jailbreak
refugees
pirate captain
spanish galleon
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3.2 / 5
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Cast
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
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
Crew
Frank Borzage
Director
George Worthing Yates
Screenplay
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Screenplay
Frank Borzage
Producer
Æneas MacKenzie
Original Story
Hanns Eisler
Music
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Natalie Kalmus
Other
C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Popular Reviews
1 review
brunettegsundae
7.0★ · 03/30/26
Work? No, Contessa, yours is the cruelest of all suggestions
I’m sure that Anne and Francisca would be besties When I put on red lipstick, I want to look like this. She shines, how is that even possible??? I loved this, and I’ll probably watch more old pirate movies
Work? No, Contessa, yours is the cruelest of all suggestions
I’m sure that Anne and Francisca would be besties When I put on red lipstick, I want to look like this. She shines, how is that even possible??? I loved this, and I’ll probably watch more old pirate movies