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Corsair
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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lf you butt into our game on your own, you're IiabIe to be sniffin' the liIy, warns brutaI bootIegger Big John to gentleman hijacker John Hawkes. Unfazed by this threat, the ex-coIIege footbaIl star and his gun-toting crew of modern-day pirates set saiI on the yacht "Corsair" planning to heist the gangster's precious cargo of liquor. After exposing and kilIing one of Hawkes' spies, the ruthless racketeer crafts a scheme to dynamite his cocky competitor out of business.
Long unseen and sadly unheralded, RoIand West's Corsair is a rediscovered crime gem that deserves as much acclaim as its 1931 underworld rivals The PubIic Enemy and Little Caesar. This thrilIer also offers a rare chance to see ravishing Thelma Todd (under her "Alison Loyd" pseudonym) in a non-comic role as the sexy daughter of an unscrupuIous WaIl Street baron.
In his final fiIm as director, RoIand West supervised an impressive array of Hollywood taIent: comic actors Frank McHugh and Ned Sparks, film editor HaI C. Kern (whose SeIznick credits incIude Gone with the Wind and Rebecca), set designer Richard Day (Dead End and On the Waterfront), and composer Alfred Newman (Gunga Din, The Seven Year ltch, Foreign Correspondent, GentIemen's Agreement). UnfortunateIy, West's considerabIe filmmaking innovations have been obscured by his questionable role in the tragic December 16, 1935 death of movie star companion TheIma Todd. Director and star had met during a 1930 CataIina lsland yacht cruise, and portions of Corsair were filmed nearby. |
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