Pirates of Monterey

Pirates of Monterey is a 1947 film starring Maria Montez. It was the last movie she made for Universal.

The women hide and ride with Kents caravan to Santa Barbara. Although she is wealthy and can pay, Kent says he will forego any remuneration from Marguerita in exchange for the first dance at a festival. As love blossoms, they continue north to Monterey with the caravan, where Kent is reunited with an old friend, Lt. Carlos Ortega, only to learn that Ortega is engaged to be married to Marguerita.An attack by Spanish royalists leaves Ortega seriously injured. Manuel De Roja is taken prisoner by Kent and turned over to one of Ortegas men, but the officer in charge turns out to be Manuels own brother, Major De Roja. ........

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