The Hawk of the Caribbean

In the mid1500s a ship containing Spanish prisoners being sent to a Spanish penal colony in the Caribbean sinks at sea but some of the prisoners manage to survive and make it to shore at a nearby island They organize themselves under the leadership of Juan Olivares dynamically played by charismatic singeractor Johnny Desmond manage to take over a ship with some cargo that they barter for supplies and eventually are asked to fight on behalf of the Spanish crown against the English or is the request sincere