X Marks the Spot (1931 film)

1931 film

  • December 13, 1931 (1931-12-13)
Running time
72 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

X Marks the Spot is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton[1] and released by Tiffany Pictures, which operated from 1921 to 1932.

X Marks the Spot ad in The Film Daily, 1932

The source material was remade into a 1942 film of the same name. Helen Parrish appeared in both versions.

Plot

A newspaper reporter is indebted to a gangster for raising the money to save his little girl's life.

Cast

  • Lew Cody as George Howard
  • Sally Blane as Sue
  • Wallace Ford as Ted Lloyd
  • Fred Kohler as Riggs
  • Mary Nolan as Vivian Parker
  • Virginia Lee Corbin as Hortense
  • Helen Parrish as young Gloria
  • Joyce Coad as Gloria
  • Charles B. Middleton as Attorney
  • Clarence Muse as Servant

References

  1. ^ "X Marks the Spot". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  • X Marks the Spot at IMDb
  • New York Times contemporary review
  • X Marks the Spot (1931) on YouTube
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