El corsario negro

El Corsario Negro ("The Black Corsair") is a 1944 Mexican film of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. It was directed by Chano Urueta and stars Pedro Armendariz,^[1] José Baviera, June Marlowe^[a],^[2] and Maria Luisa Zea. The film is based on the 1898 adventure novel The Black Corsair by Emilio Salgari.^[3] It is the story of a seventeenth-century pirate (Pedro Armendariz) who declares a ceaseless war against the injustice of a cruel governor (José Baviera) of Maracaibo. In the course of his struggle, he finds the love of a beautiful maiden (June Marlowe), and loses his childhood friend (Maria Luisa Zea).

El Corsario Negro
Directed by	Chano Urueta
Screenplay by	Antonio Momplet
Based on	The Black Corsair by Emilio Salgari
Starring	Pedro Armendariz
Release date	1944 (1944)
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

The film was a major production that gained popularity with audiences in Mexico and Latin America, but received negative reviews from critics.^[4][5]

It is in the public domain in both Mexico and the United States.^[6][7]

Notes

1. Not the actress also called June Marlowe, active in silent films in the 1920s