X Marks the Spot is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and released by Tiffany Pictures, which operated from 1921 to 1932.
The source material was remade into a 1942 film of the same name. Helen Parrish appeared in both versions.
A newspaper reporter is indebted to a gangster for raising the money to save his little girl's life.