- A sea captain becomes involved with a servant girl in early New Orleans. She sees him as a way to gain access into wealthy households.
- In 1860, a New Orleans French Creole maid, Léa Marriotte, is tired of her lowly social status and dreams of being wealthy. She gets romantically involved with wealthy playboy George Brissac whose influential clan controls much of the region. However, George Brissac is engaged to marry rich and spoiled New Orleans socialite Cynthia Winthrop. Wanting to cast Léa aside, George Brissac has her arrested on charges of murder, after a violent confrontation between Léa and house servant Phillipe ends-up with Phillipe being accidentally killed. Léa's fate seems to be sealed after a short trial biased by false testimonies and fabricated evidence. However, she is saved by sea captain Michael Fabian who intercedes in her behalf with the local magistrate. He even buys a tavern for Léa in order to provide her with a source of income and better social status. Nevertheless, Léa is not romantically interested in Michael Fabian. Instead, she continues to pursue the wealthy George Brissac. Her opportunity arises when George Brissac gets drunk at his bachelor's party and cajoles with her at the Brissac Manor. When, in a drunken rage, George strangles his uncle and benefactor Henri Brissac, Léa blackmails him into marrying her in order to buy her silence. They bury uncle Henri Brissac's body inside the stables. Now a rich woman and mistress of the Brissac mansion, Léa savors her newly found life of plenty. But her continued rejection by New Orleans society, amplified by George's hatred and a longing for Captain Fabian bring her nothing but unhappiness. A hate-filled George devises a plan to eliminate Fabian and hurt Léa at the same time. The plan involves uncle Henri Brissac's dead body buried inside the stables, the local constable, Fabian's gold pocket watch, an angry mob and Fabian's cargo ship filled with contraband gun-powder.—nufs68
- 1860 New Orleans. Michael Fabian is the amiable and generally well-liked captain of the China Star, his own cargo ship, he in his own words liking to make money to spend money. As such, he is not averse to accepting questionable shipments if they pay well. Léa Mariotte is a Creole peasant, a domestic currently working for wealthy Cynthia Winthrop on St. Charles Street. In part being poorly treated by Cynthia, Léa aspires to a life on St. Charles on the other side, namely to be a respected member of the street in being the matron of her own house. Fabian and Léa meet in their respective connections to the Brissacs, a wealthy but crooked family. This specific connection is through feckless George Brissac, Cynthia's fiancé but secretly Léa's lover, Léa who may or may not be aware that he would never give up Cynthia to marry her in she being beneath him. Fabian, on the other hand, blames the Brissacs for his father's demise. While there is an attraction between Fabian and Léa, they do not act on it in their other goals regarding the Brissacs. The question becomes whether they can admit their love for each other before it's too late.—Huggo
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By what name was Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951) officially released in India in English?
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