The American Prisoner

The American Prisoner

1929 · 74 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama

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....

Directed by Thomas Bentley · Written by Eliot Stannard

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Carl Brisson Lieutenant Cecil Stark
Madeleine Carroll Grace Malherb
Cecil Barry Peter Norcot
A. Bromley Davenport Squire Malherb
Nancy Price Lovey Lee
Reginald Fox Captain Mainwaring
Carl Harbord Lieutenant Burnham
Lucius Blake Seaman Sam Cuffee
John Valentine Commander Miller
Edward Dignon Sailor Leverett
Charles Ashton Gunlayer Carberry
Harry Terry Boatswain Knapps

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