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The Spanish Main
Swashbuckling adventure in which a Spanish governor orders a crew of Dutch sailors to be enslaved and their captain hanged, but they escape and plot revenge. With Maureen O'Hara.
Early RKO Technicolor swashbuckling adventure. A Spanish governor ruthlessly orders a shipwrecked crew of Dutch sailors to be enslaved and their captain hanged. With the help of a smitten contessa and with typical courage, captain Laurent Van Horn and his crew escape and set out to wreak a fitting revenge on the villainous Don Alvarado.
Last on
Thu 23 Jul 2020
13:45
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Francisca | Maureen O'Hara |
| Laurent Van Horn | Paul Henreid |
| Don Alvarado | Walter Slezak |
| Anne Bonny | Binnie Barnes |
| Da Bilar | John Emery |
| Captain Black | Barton MacLane |
| Pillory | Joseph M. Kerrigan |
| Bishop | Fritz Leiber |
| Lupita | Nancy Gates |
| Lieutenant Escobar | Jack La Rue |
| Swaine | Mike Mazurki |
| Captain Lussan | Ian Keith |
| Director | Frank Borzage |
| Writer | Herman J Mankiewicz |
| Producer | Robert Fellows |
Broadcasts
- Wed 19 Aug 2009 12:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except Yorkshire
- Sat 14 May 2011 12:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except Yorkshire
- Sat 25 Jan 2014 06:45ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except Yorkshire
- Sat 5 Aug 2017 06:10ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except Yorkshire
- Sun 3 Mar 2019 05:55ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except Scotland & Yorkshire
- Thu 23 Jul 2020 13:45ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except Scotland & Yorkshire
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