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The American Prisoner

10.0/10(1)
1929
74 min
No Trailer
Drama

Overview

Devon, 1815. In the dying days of the Napoleonic Wars, a Danish-American lieutenant, Cecil Stark, is captured attempting to run supplies to the French. Imprisoned at Dartmoor, he and his fellow captives make a desperate escape attempt, in which Stark is shot. He is found by Grace Malherb, and the two fall in love while he convalesces on her family estate. But Grace's father is heavily indebted to the boorish Peter Norcot, whose price for forgiving the loan is Grace's hand in marriage....

Production

British International Pictures

Cast & Characters

Carl Brisson as Lieutenant Cecil Stark

Carl Brisson

Lieutenant Cecil Stark

Madeleine Carroll as Grace Malherb

Madeleine Carroll

Grace Malherb

Cecil Barry

Peter Norcot

A. Bromley Davenport as Squire Malherb

A. Bromley Davenport

Squire Malherb

Nancy Price as Lovey Lee

Nancy Price

Lovey Lee

Reginald Fox

Captain Mainwaring

Carl Harbord as Lieutenant Burnham

Carl Harbord

Lieutenant Burnham

Lucius Blake

Seaman Sam Cuffee

John Valentine

Commander Miller

Edward Dignon

Sailor Leverett

Charles Ashton

Gunlayer Carberry

Harry Terry as Boatswain Knapps

Harry Terry

Boatswain Knapps

Directors & Crew

T

Thomas Bentley

Director

E

Eliot Stannard

Screenplay

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