Laurent van Horn (Paul Henreid) is the captain of the peaceful Dutch pilgrim ship, the Golden Maid, on their way to the Carolinas. The crew gets shipwrecked by a storm outside Spanish Cartagena. Don Juan Alvarado (Walter Slezak) sentences them to be indentured servants. Laurent escapes execution with other prisoners and they become pirates. Five years later, they capture Contessa Francisca Alvarado (Maureen O'Hara) on her way to an arranged marriage to the ruthless governor Alvarado.
It's an old Hollywood Technicolor swashbuckler. Paul Henreid is a good pilgrim type although he's no pirate. That may be part of the unusual aspect of this movie. Even with his open shirt showing a hairy chest, he can't escape his hairless face look. This does have the great redhead Maureen O'Hara. She does her best in this traditional role. She is good at being uppity as well as being feiry sweet. The action is old fashion swashbuckling on a fake ship set. The sea action is using miniatures. It's all very old Hollywood and Maureen O'Hara is easy to look at. She is the best part of this.
It's an old Hollywood Technicolor swashbuckler. Paul Henreid is a good pilgrim type although he's no pirate. That may be part of the unusual aspect of this movie. Even with his open shirt showing a hairy chest, he can't escape his hairless face look. This does have the great redhead Maureen O'Hara. She does her best in this traditional role. She is good at being uppity as well as being feiry sweet. The action is old fashion swashbuckling on a fake ship set. The sea action is using miniatures. It's all very old Hollywood and Maureen O'Hara is easy to look at. She is the best part of this.