Emmett Corrigan

Acting

Emmett Corrigan

Born — Died

1871-06-05 — 1932-10-29

Place of birth

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Known for

Acting

Credits

17 titles

Known for

Film credits

1930s · 12 titles

The Beast of the City poster
5.9

Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his police detective brother Ed to watch over Daisy who is associated with Belmonte but things don't go as planned.

The Beast of the City

1932

The Bitter Tea of General Yen poster
6.3

Shanghai, China, the 1920s. In the midst of a bloody civil war, General Yen, a ruthless warlord, rescues Megan Davis —who was about to marry a missionary— from certain death amid the chaos.

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1933

Dirigible poster
5.5

Dirigible commander Jack Braden and Navy pilot 'Frisky' Pierce fight over the glory associated with a successful expedition to the South Pole and the love of beautiful Helen, Frisky's wife. After Braden's dirigible expedition fails, Frisky tries an expedition by plane. Unfortunately he crashes and strands his party at the South Pole. Braden must decide between a risky rescue attempt by dirigible and remaining safely at home with Helen.

Dirigible

1931

Me and My Gal poster
6.4

Jaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley.

Me and My Gal

1932

Reaching for the Moon poster
5.8

Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He then loses his fortune in the market crash and feels he has also lost his girl.

Reaching for the Moon

1930

An American Tragedy poster
6.3

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

An American Tragedy

1931

Corsair poster
4.4

A stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.

Corsair

1931

The World and the Flesh poster
7.7

During the 1917 Russian revolution, a group of artistocrats find themselves in the custody of a brutal Communist revolutionary. He lusts after one of them, a ballerina, and gives her an ultimatum: give in to him or her friends will face the firing squad.

The World and the Flesh

1932

Silver Dollar poster
6.2

A farmer strikes it rich out West, then leaves his wife for a young beauty.

Silver Dollar

1932

The Golden West poster
5.5

Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David kills the Summers son, he escapes to the West. He marries and when his boy is two he and his wife are killed by Indians who take the boy. Twenty years later the boy is now the Indian chief. Betty's daughter is nearby and the two are destined to meet.

The Golden West

1932

Soldiers and Women poster
3.0

Captain Clive Branch, United States Marine Corps, is stationed at a Marine base in Haiti, and is having affairs with two women, Brenda Ritchie and Helen Arnold, each of whom is married to a Marine Captain. One of the husbands is murdered, and Branch, Helen and Brenda each find themselves high on the list of suspects.

Soldiers and Women

1930

Man Against Woman poster
5.0

Johnny McCloud, a tough police inspector given more to fisticuffs than investigating has the hots for torch-singer Lola Parker, but Miss Parker is much taken with a good-looking crook named George Perry. This does not bother McCloud, as he not only gets his man behind bars but takes the man's woman also.

Man Against Woman

1932

1920s · 4 titles

1910s · 1 titles