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
Written by: Herman J. Mankiewicz & George Worthing Yates
Runtime: 100 minutes
Tagline: Loving her . . . taming her . . . called for all his reckless daring!
Cast:
Paul Henreid Paul Henreid
Capt. Laurent Van Horn 
Maureen O'Hara Maureen O'Hara
Contessa Francesca 
Walter Slezak Walter Slezak
Don Juan Alvarado 
Binnie Barnes Binnie Barnes
Anne Bonney 
John Emery John Emery
Mario Du Billar 
Barton MacLane Barton MacLane
Capt. Benjamin Black 
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Also known as:
  • Los piratas del mar Caribe
  • En la ruta de los corsarios