Which 1951 film stars Ava Gardner as Pandora Reynolds?

The 1951 film starring Ava Gardner as Pandora Reynolds is Pandora and the Flying Dutchman. Albert Lewin directed the romantic fantasy film, which places a modern love story alongside the legend of the Flying Dutchman.

James Mason plays Hendrik van der Zee, the mysterious sailor whose fate is tied to the supernatural legend. Gardner’s character, Pandora Reynolds, is an American woman living in Spain. The film uses Spanish locations and imagery, including the coastal setting that helps connect its contemporary plot with the older maritime myth.

The title can cause confusion with Pandora’s Box, the German silent film released in 1929 and directed by G. W. Pabst. Those are separate films with different plots, directors, and stars. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman is also distinct from later films and television works that use Pandora as a character or title.