Corsair
HER KISSES WERE MOCKERY!
NR 1931 · 75 min · ★ 4.4 · Adventure
A stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.
Directed by Roland West · Written by Josephine Lovett
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Chester Morris John Hawks -
Thelma Todd Alison Corning -
Fred Kohler Big John -
Ned Sparks Slim -
Emmett Corrigan Stephen Corning -
William Austin Richard Bentinck -
Frank McHugh 'Chub' Hopping -
Frank Rice Fish Face -
Mayo Methot Sophie -
Gay Seabrook Susie Grenoble -
Addie McPhail Jean Phillips -
Al Hill First Mate of the Corsair
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