John Paul Jones (film)

John Paul Jones is a Technicolor 1959 biographical epic film about John Paul Jones. The film was made by Samuel Bronston Productions and released by Warner Bros. It was directed by John Farrow and produced by Samuel Bronston from a screenplay by John Farrow, Ben Hecht, Jesse Lasky Jr. from the story Norwester by Clements Ripley. The music score was by Max Steiner, the cinematography by Michel Kelber.

By age 17, John Paul Robert Stack, a native of Scotland, is an experienced ships navigator. In 1773, nine years later, he is master of a ship in the West Indies, but after an incident that results in the governor of Tobago advising him to leave, John Paul adds the surname Jones and goes to visit a brother who lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia.The brother has recently died. Jones hires his attorney, Patrick Henry Macdonald Carey, to assist in business matters. He also takes a romantic interest in Henrys sweetheart, Dorothea Danders Erin OBrien. ........

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