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Corsair is a american film of genre Adventure directed by Roland West released in USA on 28 november 1931 with Chester Morris

Corsair (1931)

Corsair
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Released in USA 28 november 1931
Length 1h15
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Adventure
Rating55% 2.796712.796712.796712.796712.79671

Corsair is a 1931 American crime drama written, produced and directed by Roland West. The film is based on the 1931 novel Corsair, a Pirate in White Flannels by Walton Green and takes place in and was shot during the era of Prohibition in the United States. The film stars Chester Morris and Thelma Todd (credited as Alison Loyd).

Synopsis

A college football hero, John Hawks (Morris) lets himself be goaded by a wealthy socialite, Alison Corning (Loyd/Todd), into forgoing a job coaching the college team to be "a real man, and make real money" in the big city with her father, Stephen Corning (Emmett Corrigan), on Wall Street. He soon has more than he can stomach, making money by bilking the poor out of their meager savings with junk bonds. Mr. Corning tells John he doesn't have it what it takes to succeed in the brutal world of share trading. John replies he will seek a new line of work where he will not go after elderly widows' savings.

Actors

Chester Morris

(John Hawks)Thelma Todd

(Alison Corning)Fred Kohler

(Big John)Ned Sparks

(Slim)William Austin

(Richard Bentinck)
And :
Frank McHugh
Frank Rice
Mayo Methot
Gay Seabrook
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