The Off-Shore Pirate is a 1921 American silent romantic comedy film produced and released by Metro Pictures and directed by Dallas Fitzgerald.

The film was based on the short story "The Offshore Pirate" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, of no relation to the director, that was published in The Saturday Evening Post.

[2][3] As summarized in a film publication,[4] Ardita Farnam (Dana), wealthy and beautiful, had a will of her own and a yacht.

Alone on her yacht one evening Ardita heard some jazz melodies floating over the waves.

They tell Ardita that they have been giving a charity performance that afternoon and at the end had relieved the audience of their valuables, and now intended to use the yacht to escape.