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...Spanish Main (Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak; TIME...
...Spanish Main (Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak; TIME...
...story, such as it is, is concerned with Pirate Laurent Van Horn (Paul Henreid), an ex-Dutch sea captain, fat, dastardly Spanish Governor Don Alvarado (Walter Slezak) and aristocratic Francisca (Maureen O'Hara). There is all sorts of high-spirited romancing, pirate treachery, Iberian cruelty and slashing sword play before Van Horn and Francisca finally sail away together into an almost overpoweringly golden sunrise...
...Anna Maria calms the beavered natives by executing, as Salome, the hootchy-kootchy; a scene in which she reforms the quondam Confederate, turned local bandit, by her snarling contralto rendition of Der Tannenbaum (Maryland! My Maryland!); San Francisco in its heyday, which includes 1) an infatuated Russian multimillionaire (Walter Slezak), 2) the attempted pirating of a Chinese junk, 3) its sagacious proprietor, who speaks Oriental proverbs in Edinburr dialect, 4) a duel with rapiers on a blood-red floor, 5) a hair-raising stagecoach chase, 6) a happy ending. This does not, perhaps, give a very clear idea...
...questionable" part occurs when a storm upsets the lifeboat. The only man with enough presence of mind to keep the lifeboat afloat is Walter Slezak, the Nazi submarine commander. He orders the others to bale out the water. After the boat has been righted, Slezak is in command. He rows the boat with apparent ease toward a Nazi carrier. While the others are weary and sick with hunger and thirst, Slezak remains fresh and gay, singing German songs...