Release Date
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Original Release
September 28, 1929
1h 14m
The American Prisoner (1929)
⭐ 10.074 min
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....
Director
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Thomas Bentley
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.5
Cast
Carl Brisson
Lieutenant Cecil Stark
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Madeleine Carroll
Grace Malherb
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Cecil Barry
Peter Norcot
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A. Bromley Davenport
Squire Malherb
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Nancy Price
Lovey Lee
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Reginald Fox
Captain Mainwaring
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Carl Harbord
Lieutenant Burnham
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Lucius Blake
Seaman Sam Cuffee
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John Valentine
Commander Miller
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Edward Dignon
Sailor Leverett
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Genres
Drama
Production Companies
British International Pictures
