Sangaree (1953)

After the Revolutionary War, a dying General (Lester Matthews) bequeaths his Georgia plantation to the man (Fernando Lamas) he raised as his own. But the General's daughter (Arlene Dahl) won't accept this without a fight, even if she has to take it to the courts. Based on the best selling novel by Frank G. Slaughter and directed by Edward Ludwig. Nobody remembers Slaughter much these days but he was a doctor turned writer whose novels were popular best sellers through out the 40s, 50s and 60s. It was shot in the 3D process so naturally we get things tossed at us from knives to barrels. As a 2D film, it's still fairly entertaining. Lamas is a bit of a dullard (pity Ricardo Montalban wasn't cast) but the film has two Technicolor assets: the flame haired Arlene Dahl and the raven haired Patricia Medina who both look spectacular. The film has pirates and the plague to spice up the proceedings. With John Sutton, Francis L. Sullivan, Tom Drake, Willard Parker and Charles Korvin.