The Corsican Brothers is a 1941 swashbuckler film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in a dual role as the title Siamese twins, separated at birth and raised in completely different circumstances. Both thirst for revenge against the man who killed their parents, both fall in love with the same woman, the former played by Akim Tamiroff, the latter by Ruth Warrick. The story is based on the story of the same name by Alexandre Dumas père.
From 16mm film transfer
Directed by Gregory Ratoff
1941 b&w 111 MIN
Starring
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Lucien and Mario Franchi
Ruth Warrick as Countess Isabelle Gravini
Akim Tamiroff as Colonna
J. Carroll Naish as Lorenzo
H. B. Warner as Dr. Enrico Paoli
John Emery as Tomasso
Henry Wilcoxon as Count Victor Franchi
Gloria Holden as Countess Franchi
