direct by jacques tourneur ( cat people and out of the past and night of the demon ) and write by phillip dunne ( how green be my valley ) anne of the indie be a quite interesting adventure pirate movie . it main character of captain anne providence be base on a real woman pirate anne boney who actually live and sail through 18th century atlantic . the film begin with the sea battle where anne ( jean peter ) pirate ship attack a trade ship that be on it way to europe from the south america . a a result a treasure of great value be capture along with a handsome french officer pierre la rochelle ( louis jourdan ) and who be take prisoner . anne end up fall in love with him and apparently her feeling be reciprocate but it only till she set him free when she discover that he have a beautiful young wife molly ( debra paget ) with whom he pretty much in love with . anne begin plan revenge on both of them but in an unexpected twist of fate end up make a great sacrifice in order to save them instead . the pirate movie cliché figure of ` black beard also make his appearance here and this time play by thomas gomez . though anne of the indie probably appear to be no more nor less than a revisiting of pirate movie clichés and it still have it classical moment in beautiful visuals and sea battle sequence film in technicolor as well a in some aspect of the story and most of all in personal touch in directing of all of it by jacques tourneur . positive .