Corsair (film)

Corsair
Film poster
Directed byRoland West
Screenplay byJosephine Lovett
Roland West
Based onWalton Green's Corsair
Produced byRoland West
StarringChester Morris
Alison Loyd
CinematographyRay June
Edited byHal C. Kern
Music byAlfred Newman
Production
company
Feature Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • November 28, 1931 (1931-11-28)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Corsair is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama written, produced and directed by Roland West. The film is based on the 1931 novel Corsair, a Pirate in White Flannels[1] by Walton Green and takes place in and was shot during the era of Prohibition in the United States.[2] The film stars Chester Morris and Thelma Todd (credited as Alison Loyd).[3]

  1. ^ Corsair, a Pirate in White Flannels, goodreads.com; accessed December 15, 2015.
  2. ^ Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 191. ISBN 3-110-95194-0.
  3. ^ Donati, William (2012). The Life and Death of Thelma Todd. McFarland. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-786-48817-9.